Walsall recruitment firm lands 100 in jobs in one month

For the first half of this year, Starting Point Recruitment (SPR)’s monthly run rate of candidates placed in work was hovering in the high 80s and 90s, but in July it passed the symbolic century for the first time since the firm was established in 2002.

These people are now no longer among the 131,000 listed in official ONS (Office for National Statistics) stats as unemployed across the West Midlands region, or in the 1.67m nationally.

With offices in Walsall and Birmingham, SPR deals with a wide range of candidates, including those on the government’s Restart scheme.

Professor Paul Cadman, chief executive of SPR, said: “We’re thrilled to pass the 100 milestone for July. Far from basking in the glow of success, this is spurring us on to help even more people into jobs in future.

“The West Midlands region has the two crucial ingredients for economic growth: firstly, great businesses looking to hire, and secondly, lots of talented people eager to get back into work.”

He added: “At SPR we look at each individual person and their potential, rather than making snap decisions based only on the qualifications and experience on their CV. So, if you’re looking for a new opportunity, get in touch.”

The roles SPR helped its 101 candidates into in July included: youth support worker, groundworks apprenticeship, teaching assistant, sales assistant, customer service advisor, warehouse operative, care assistant, administration officer, client relations account manager, bartender, tyre-fitter, and a whole lot more besides.

On August 6, SPR joined forces with Netcom Training and the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) to stage a jobs fair at Millennium Point, Birmingham, where 35 hiring employers spoke with more than 1,100 job-seekers looking to find work.

Between April and July this year, there were an estimated 727,000 job vacancies in the UK and 1.67m working-age people unemployed, 131,000 of whom are in the West Midlands, according to ONS.