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Carl Howarth
Name: Carl Howarth
Job Title: Senior Branch Manager
Branch: Worcester
Number of years in recruitment: 11 years
Number of years with Pure Staff: Almost 6 years
What’s the best job you’ve ever had (before Pure Staff of course): I used to work at Phones4u (no I can’t do the actions).
What do you like to spend time doing outside of work: Going on trips and days out with my friends and family.
Favourite Singer/Band: My current favourite band is the Architects.
Favourite Food: Burgers all day long!!
Favourite Animal: Dogs.
Favourite Hobby: Golf and Football.
Favourite Film/TV Show: Marvel Films (all of them) and Game of Thrones/ Peaky Blinders are my favourite TV shows.
What do you like most about working for Pure Staff: I love working with the people, we work hard get results but have fun in the process.
What’s your biggest challenge in recruitment right now: The candidate market is like nothing I have seen in 11 years in recruitment, it seems to be getting a little better but there is a serious shortage of quality candidates looking for work.
Jake Henley
Name: Jake Henley
Job Title: Senior Consultant
Branch: Worcester
Number of years in recruitment: 3 years in October
Number of years with Pure Staff: 3 years in October
What’s the best job you’ve ever had (before Pure Staff of course): ARGOS, believe it or not I found working in retail really enjoyable as there was always targets to achieve and it was a fast-paced environment. Not to mention the 10% staff discount!
What do you like to spend time doing outside of work: I’m a gamer at heart and whenever I’ve got a spare hour my headset goes on and I forget about the real world!
Favourite Singer/Band: Guns n roses. I’ve been to see them twice, both times with dad who is also a diehard GnR fan. (I may also have a tattoo dedicated to GnR)
Favourite Food: Got to be pasta and cheese, easy to make and DELICIOUS.
Favourite Animal: Owl, as a child I spent a lot of my time at Birmingham children’s hospital and I remember there being an owl there this one time, it happened to be the same day I received treatment. I now consider the owl my lucky animal!
Favourite Hobby: Gaming
Favourite Film/TV Show: Film – Gladiator, Series – Suits
What do you like most about working for Pure Staff: There is always room for development/progression and we have a team that all share the same ambition and drive.
What’s your biggest challenge in recruitment right now: Driver market, managing the highly volatile and fluctuating rates and demand for drivers.
