Podcast: How inclusive hiring can help alleviate talent shortages
Inclusive hiring not only helps to expand the candidate pool with a steady stream of motivated, excellent candidates that can often be overlooked but it can also help with the
Your local recruitment experts
One of the UK’s top recruitment agencies with over 20 locations, Brook Street connects thousands of people with meaningful jobs annually. Founded on the ethos of providing a top-quality service to both clients and candidates, we emphasise a personalised and tailored service. With a focus on local markets and specialised expertise, we nurture relationships to match candidates with fulfilling roles. Our local presence means we can engage with jobseekers and employers in person, allowing us to perfectly tailor our approach to their unique requirements. But we also have the nationwide infrastructure and innovative technology that’s needed to make the process seamless and hassle-free. That’s why employers across both the public and private sectors trust us to find their ideal new recruits, no matter the size of their hiring needs.
Key facts
75 years
in business
4,500
clients
20+
high street locations, nationwide
Our services
Temporary recruitment
Our specialist recruiters have established talent pools of ready-to-work professionals to support your requirements, allowing you to quickly flex up or down in response to business demands.
Permanant recruitment
Our streamlined permanent placement process gives you access to top quality, fully screened and qualified professionals, helping you build your workforce for the long term.
Interim contracts
For bespoke short- to medium-term projects, our team of sector experts will attract and onboard the specialist skills required to bridge a gap or provide the missing link in your priority projects.
Volume and project-based resourcing
For large-scale hiring, our dedicated taskforce can take care of the entire hiring process, from attraction to screening to onboarding and more, allowing you to benefit from cost efficiencies, reduced time-to-hire and peace of mind.
Upskilling and development
Through our AccelerateYou upskilling programme, we enable our associates to achieve their career goals with tailored training and guidance and provide businesses with a bespoke solution to access experienced, ready-to-work, in-demand talent.
Our specialisms
Business Professional
We’re the UK’s leading recruitment agency − matching thousands of people with meaningful job opportunities at hundreds of companies every year. We’re the people jobseekers turn to when they’re looking to change roles, take the first step into employment or re-enter the workplace. And employers of business professionals across both the public and private sectors – from contact centres, to government, to finance, to HR – trust us to find their ideal new recruits, no matter how big or small their hiring requirements.
Social Care
At Brook Street Social Care, we are proud to provide quality temporary and permanent recruitment services to the social care sector. With over 30 years’ experience, we have become one of the UK’s most trusted names in social care recruitment. Operating across the breadth of the social care sector – both adult care services and services for children and young people – we have expertise in learning & disability, residential services, housing & hostels, leaving care, mental health and specialist educational needs.
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