You may have already gathered that the way we operate is more customer-focussed than other recruitment agencies. The way we treat our customers is second only to the way we treat our staff.

Recruitment is an industry with a reputation for treating its staff badly.
In the main, we believe that this is justified, especially on the IT side of our business. At Circle, we believe that the most important asset we have is our staff, and our policies reflect this. To new employees, we are nothing less than a complete culture shock, and a breath of fresh air. Recruitment is an enjoyable career and we encourage and allow people to enjoy it. Our staff retention rate is exemplary - in six years we have never had a successful recruitment consultant choose to leave us for pastures new.

The reasons that our staff have chosen Circle are, in the most part, due to lifestyle-improvement rather than financial. However, the financial side needs to be considered too. Circle consultants enjoy an extremely competitive basic and commission structure - we have yet to hear of a better one.

Consider the following as illustrations of why Circle continue to be the agency of choice:

• You will be surprised by how relaxed and stress-free our office is.
  Recruitment doesn't have to be a nightmare job
  
• You will not be hit with crazy targets, with policies such as " you
  are only as good as your last month"
  
• Flexible hours. We operate a 10am-6pm core hour policy, however the
  office is manned from 8.30am-8.30pm for those that like to work early/late
  
• Some of our staff like to go next door to the gym in the mornings
  before work as it helps prepare them for the day ahead
  
• We will not be standing over you monitoring how much you canvass.
  You are a professional, not a sales tool
  
• Our ongoing expansion allows for management openings for the right
  people
  
• Brand new, purposefully designed, stunning open plan offices with
  beautiful view over Salford Quays waterways and Manchester United beyond
  
• Industry leading remuneration packages and training
  
• Freedom to unleash your potential properly (we do not restrict our
  consultants with geographical/vertical markets)
  
• REC accreditation
  
• Circle-subsidised car parking (you will pay around £1.66 per day)
  
• The latest, stunning wireless technology equipment (including laptop and home working facilitation for non-junior staff)
  
• Circle-expensed mobile phone
  
• Dress down Fridays
  
• Regular social events
  
• First class restaurants, cafés and sandwich shops nearby (rub
  shoulders with actors and footballers on your lunch!)
  
• Discount on many nearby shopping outlets
  
• Discount on Manchester's most exclusive gym (Salford Quays Esporta, which is next door to our Manchester office)
  
• Our staff enjoy membership of Manchester 's most elite private members club, the Circle Club at Barton Square , central Manchester .
• An outstanding working environment that includes plasma TVs visible to all, with a surround sound music system and regular Playstation tournaments
• Outstanding, industry leading commission structure. We operate the below yearly structure. As soon as our Consultants achieve the next band in the structure, whether it takes 1 month or 5, all commission from then on is paid at the next band rate, and so on, rising throughout the year. In the latter months of the year, five figure pay cheques are the norm for many of our staff who regularly perform at £10,000+ billings per month. Do the maths – how much better off would you be at Circle?

There are many other reasons for thorough, professional, and career-driven consultants to join us. These are exciting times for Circle. Having very quickly established ourselves as one of the North West's major players over the past five and half years, we are expanding further and our goals continue to be achieved faster than planned. We are continuing to recruit throughout the current economic downturn, however for the time being, not for Account Managers or Account Handlers (we now only have vacancies for IT Recruitment Consultants).

We have a team of individuals that are enjoying recruitment again, which invariably in turn leads to better performance. It also makes a massive difference to their personal lives, which should always come first. We are open, honest and fair, and our success is reflecting the fact that we have the right policies. As such, we are surprised that we are so unique in this respect. Perhaps old habits die hard.

Why not see what we are offering? If you have read this far, you owe it to yourself.

Not all recruitment agencies are the same. For further information, contact Stephen Ricketts, Managing Director, in complete confidence on 0845 210 3333 or steve.ricketts@circlerecruitment.com