What our Employees say

Sarah

"I joined the Assist group in June 2004 as Branch Administrator at the Northwich Branch.

In late 2005 with other internal promotions within the branch I was approached regarding the position of Trainee Recruitment Consultant - my role as Administrator had given me an insight in to recruitment so of course I bit their hands off! I settled into my new role as a fully fledged Recruitment Consultant and worked hard to get sales, sales, sales!

I was later seconded into being the Branch Controller. During this time the branch was performing very well, therefore this secondment became my full time role. I had the opportunity to work alongside great people and learn different techniques and feel I have taken a little from each to adapt my own style.

Within six Months I was promoted to Branch Manager and also won Employee of the Year in 2007!

photo of Sarah My role has seen me build and stabilise the team here at Northwich, which was a long process, but I now have a settled team whom I enjoy working with (and hopefully they would say the same!)

Without a company like Assist, I would not have been given such massive opportunities. I now use my progression as an example to new candidates whom I recruit, that the Assist group will invest time and money in people if they show potential and willingness to grasp the opportunities they are offered."

James

"I began working for Streetcare as a Grounds Maintenance Operative back in April 2003. In March 2004 I was able to secure a position in the Liverpool operations department, where I worked on a Scottish Power contract, maintaining sub stations across the North West of England.

In April 2005 I was promoted to a team leader. I was responsible for a team maintaining the grounds of 40 Travelodge sites between Bangor in North Wales and Inverness in Scotland, this role gave me a good insight into supervision and encouraged me to progress further within the company.

In September 2006 I applied for an internal vacancy as a contract supervisor working a street cleansing contract in Liverpool City. I was successful with my application and began the job in October 2006. When the Liverpool contract doubled in size in May / June 2007 I became the manager of the contract which was worth over £1m per annum.

photo of James My responsibilities involved managing between 35 and 40 staff working on streetscene, graffiti removal, street washing, and highway gritting.

Since May 2008 I have been working within the Assist Academy, helping to restructure and grow the business.

Throughout my time working throughout the Assist group I have always been presented with exciting opportunities to progress."