5 of the best Southwest recruitment agencies in 2021

If your business is struggling to fill roles or wants to find the very best candidates for the job you are hiring for, having a top-quality recruitment agency will give you a huge advantage. 

Recruitment agencies can take care of all of the time-consuming aspects of advertising a new role and can guide you on how to write job ads that will attract the highest calibre of employees or fill a role that is frustratingly difficult to fill. If you are recruiting for a large volume of roles, using a recruitment company will help you to manage the campaign and the high volumes of enquiries and applications.

Expert recruiters who understand the local job market will be able to save you time in the recruitment process, as well as helping to find the best people for the role, whether that is a temporary worker with an immediate start, or a long-term employee who progresses at your company.

If you are recruiting in the South West of England, these are five of the best recruitment agencies to use:

CMD Recruitment

CMD Recruitment has four offices across the South West of England supporting businesses to recruit for all types of industries and roles. They also provide assistance for high-volume recruitment campaigns and can help to fill roles that companies have difficulty finding the right candidates for. According to the CMD Recruitment website, they combine local market knowledge with the most up-to-date recruitment tools, to successfully recruit top candidates.

Simple Recruitment

Simple Recruitment covers the industrial and commercial sectors across Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and North Devon. They help to recruit for Engineering & Technical, office-based personnel, Finance & IT, Transport & Logistics, Warehouse & Distribution, Hospitality and several more sectors. Simple Recruitment can help with both permanent and temporary roles in the South West of England.

LinkedIn Recruiter

Another option is to use an online recruitment tool such as LinkedIn Recruiter to find candidates in the South West of England. If you are recruiting for a role that is home-based, the location of the candidate will be less important, so online recruitment could help to reach more candidates. LinkedIn also allows recruiters to vet candidates by reading their profiles, checking their connections and feedback etc. You pay a monthly fee for Recruiter Lite, so if you are only advertising for roles once in a while, it probably is not worth paying a monthly fee.

King Recruitment

King Recruitment is based in Exeter and specialises in recruiting for finance, sales, tech and digital search. James Caan of Dragon’s Den fame is part of the King Recruitment set up. The recruiters work with SMEs across the South West of England to find the best talent for the sectors they specialise in. They are the ideal Recruitment Partnering Solution for businesses who need high volume or specialist staff or who are facing recruitment challenges.

Cathedral Appointments

Based in Exeter, Cathedral Appointments supports businesses in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset. They have been operating since 1988 and have a great reputation for high quality recruitment services in the South West of England. Cathedral Appointments have been helping businesses to recruit for remote working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and they use virtual tools for interviews and digital solutions for assessments.

Some companies decide to recruit for roles by themselves without the support of expert recruiters. By doing this, the company could be missing out on the highest quality of candidates, as they are not advertising as widely as they could do and are not reaching the maximum scale of job seekers. 

Working with a recruitment company can ensure that more people are aware of vacancies, as they also contact people they have on their mailing list who might be right for the role, as well as advertising the job. Recruiters can also search for candidates who might not be actively looking for a role at this point but who could be interested if the right offer came along. 

If you are recruiting for jobs in the South West of England, these recruitment agencies will be able to help you to find the best candidates and overcome any recruitment challenges you are currently facing.