Let's Get Introduced
Ask yourself 'what it is you buy into?' - when you buy into the services of a professional company such as a recruitment agency.Above and beyond their experience, skills and ability to meet or even exceed your expectations; more often than not people say that it's the personalities behind the brand that is the deciding factor when it comes to choosing.
So with that in mind, please let us introduce ourselves...
Kim Barnes-Evans FIRP
Kim Barnes-Evans FIRP
THE Agency (Recruitment) Limited is headed up by its founder and Managing Director, Kim Barnes-Evans FIRP.
You wouldn’t think it to look at her, but Kim has been involved in the recruitment industry for over 20 years, an industry in which she holds the prestigious status of being awarded Fellowship status of the REC (The Recruitment and Employment Confederation): the recruitment industry’s governing body, sometime ago.
Kim initially made her mark in the recruitment sector at a well-known International recruitment agency where she quickly rose through the ranks before moving on to build the blue-chip client-base of a London based agency.
However, the benefits of ‘Gods Own County’ soon beckoned and she eventually moved back to her Yorkshire roots to establish her own recruitment agency which she built up to be a thriving, profitable business before selling it and founding THE Agency in Cleckheaton during 2006.
Well known for her passion for people, Kim’s enthusiasm for an industry that has grown to become her lifelong passion, is very much apparent in the way that she conducts business with both her clients and candidates, and she’s always keen to demonstrate her acute abilities for spotting talent within the candidates she recruits.
Outside of work, Kim is very much a family person; loves reading – especially her teenage son’s school reports and is a passionate advocate of interior design. She also has the final say about what does or doesn’t go on this website, so it’s worth mentioning that she is an excellent manager and is an all-round good egg!
Email: kimbarnes@theagency.org.uk | uk.linkedin.com/in/kimbarnesevans
WE’RE not aiming to be the biggest recruitment player in the field, but prefer to concentrate on caring for our candidates’ and clients’ needs; by being involved at every stage of the relationship, reacting to their needs and exceeding their expectations whilst delivering an affordable recruitment service to the client.
– Kim Barnes-Evans FIRP, 2011
Catherine Smith
Catherine Smith
Catherine is the central administrative hub of THE Agency and has been with us for over 4 years having served her time within a series of senior PA roles with the likes of the NHS and a large food manufacturing company.
So with all this administrative experience under her belt, it’s fair to say that Catherine is ideally placed to keep everyone in check and is renowned for keeping her head about her when everyone else is losing theirs (thank goodness).
Being ultra-organised as she is, Catherine’s always keen to keep the wheels of commerce ticking over nicely here at THE Agency’s HQ, and ensures that the first impressions our clients and candidates have of us when they walk through the door, is always the right one.
When not organising THE Agency’s world for the better, Catherine is a keen cake-baker, the results of which she often shares around the office. Time spent with her grandchildren is one of her other loves in life as is the ability to ‘give them back’ at the end of the day!
How lucky she is and how lucky we are to have her.
Email: catherinesmith@theagency.org.uk
Louise Smith
Louise Smith
Louise has recently joined our team here at THE Agency as a Recruitment Consultant working alongside Kim and Catherine (no relation) to help look after both the Permanent and Temporary side of our business.
With a strong background in administration and human resources management (she is CIPP qualified), gained throughout a career which has included working for a large firm of solicitors, being part of the HR team at a national cinema chain and organising people at a well known name in the world of fashion, fabrics and interior design; Louise loves putting her experience and infectious enthusiasm into practice in order to make sure our clients and candidates are perfectly matched and of course, perfectly happy.
When not at work, Louise enjoys spending time with her young son and unleashing her creative side (did we mention she also has an Art and Design Diploma as well as a degree in Surface Design?), by designing, sewing and making beautiful things.
Email: louisesmith@theagency.org.uk
Associates
We also work with a number of associates, specialist service providers if you like, who are experts in their fields of knowledge who help us deliver the added value our clients love. View details of these companies here.
