Testimonials
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"...a recruiter that goes the extra mile..."
“Our initial involvement with Eugene stemmed from a need to improve our recruitment and selection processes. We were about to embark on a period of sustained growth and change in our business and Eugene was instrumental in helping us establish more robust processes to ensure that we would recruit and retain the best people. This included the use of psychometrics and a greater emphasis on structured interviews. After successfully filling a key Operations Manager’s post in our fastest growing product group, we retained his services and in subsequent years he has filled a variety of posts at different levels in our manufacturing, technical, sales, marketing and HR functions, including the appointment of a Human Resources Director.
Eugene has delivered on 20+ assignments we have put his way and he has developed a strong understanding of our business and its needs. His assessment and judgement of candidates is extremely accurate, and we made good use of this by having him attend shortlist interviews with myself and the rest of the senior leadership team. His opinions on who to finally appoint have helped to inform our final decisions and been greatly valued by all of us. He is very thorough, always keeps us updated throughout the process and I am delighted to recommend him to any organisation looking for a recruiter that will go the extra mile!”
Giles Salt, Managing Director
“…worked on numerous UK and European searches...”
“Eugene was recommended to me by a colleague a number of years ago, and since our introduction I have worked with him on numerous UK and European searches. What keeps me coming back to Eugene is the simple fact that he has always delivered to me the right candidates. He spends quality time up-front scoping out every detail of my expectations and the specific requirements for the role, ensuring that he fully understands the context in which the candidate will be working.
Based on his many years of experience and market knowledge, Eugene also provides useful insight and perspective on the current climate, how best to position the search and what some of the hurdles might be that will need to be worked through. Once the context is clear Eugene will keep in touch on key matters and provide regular, honest updates on progress, so you are never wondering how the campaign is going. I have high standards, and clear expectations of what I want to happen during the search and Eugene has displayed great flexibility in terms of providing what I need, and balancing this with his experience for what makes sense in the current market. I have worked with him on searches for Manufacturing, Engineering, HR, Sales & Marketing and Science professionals at various levels”.
Dean McKenna, Vice President, Global Human Resources
“…amazing service, goes above and beyond...”
“I have known Eugene for more than 20 years but had never had the opportunity to use him as a recruiter until recently. We are a scale-up business in Manchester. Our most important asset is our people, and our biggest challenge is finding the right ones. This is a tough challenge. Fortunately Eugene worked with us to create an ongoing solution for lookout to manage and oversee the delivery of all of our recruitment – across tech, account management, sales, research and office management.
As a result he has recruited most of the people in the business, including our CTO, CPO, 2 x Research & Trends Director, 3 x Research Managers, 9 x Research Executives, 6 x Developers, 2 x Data Scientists, 2 x Account Managers, 3 x Business Development Managers and many more, plus additional freelance support. Recommended would not do his work justice. Without his support, we could not have delivered the plan, and without delivering the plan we would not be here. Thanks Eugene, for your support, amazing service and for going above and beyond.”
Nick Richardson, Founder, The Insights Family
“…conducts in-depth, face-to-face first interviews…”
“Thank you, Eugene, for all the work that you put in as part of the recruitment of a new Business Development Manager, not easy considering the international nature of the search across 5 European countries. Your understanding of our requirements and acknowledgement that soft issues such as ‘passion’ and ‘fit’ were as important as technical skills certainly helped in the development of a short list of candidates, all of whom were well suited for the job. Your emphasis on conducting in-depth, face-to-face first interviews and thorough briefing notes made our interview process more productive and helped in the final selection decisions. Your involvement throughout the process right up to final decision and into the ‘on-boarding’ time ensured that the whole recruitment process ran smoothly.
Our selected candidate has been in post for only a short time but has already shown that he fits into our team extremely well, has a passion for the job which is so important in a small company and has already developed new business for us. It has been a pleasure working with you and we will certainly use you again the next time we need to make a similar recruitment. I would have no hesitation in recommending your recruitment services to others.”
Edward J Hadingham, President, European Operations
“…delivered high calibre candidates within very tight deadline...”
“We chose lookout on the recommendation of one of our Group Board Directors. Their brief was to undertake a search for a Managing Director and a Sales & Marketing Director for two of our business units serving the Automotive sector. Despite an extremely tight deadline we were presented with a number of high calibre candidates that both met our requirements and demonstrated their in-depth knowledge and understanding of our sector. Their appraisal of the candidates was spot on and it was obvious to me and my colleagues that the candidates had been very well briefed prior to the shortlist interviews.
Throughout the assignment, lookout’s communication with us was first class and the regular progress reports were very reassuring. I would have no hesitation in either using them again or recommending them to any organisation seeking to appoint senior personnel”.
John Simpson, Managing Director
“…filled numerous roles over 25 years…”
“We have commissioned Eugene to recruit for a number of key commercial, operations and finance roles within our company over the last 25 years. As Sales Director I was particularly involved with the appointment of our UK Sales Manager. This was a key role for the growth of our business and it was therefore important that we undertook a thorough screening and interviewing process, particularly as we value cultural fit with our business above experience / knowledge of our industry. I am delighted to say that Eugene lived up to expectations in delivering an extremely professional service. He was thorough in his approach and provided, after extensive interviewing, a strong shortlist of quality candidates. Of the five we interviewed we chose one who has proved to be most successful.
The investment we made was the right one to ensure that our time was not wasted in undertaking the many time consuming elements of the recruitment process. It also saved us time & money by allowing us to focus on our business and then make a decision based on well presented facts. I can thoroughly recommend Eugene and would not hesitate to continue using his services in the future”.
Chris Hopkirk, Sales Director
“…gets right inside and fully understands our business…"
“I have known and worked with Eugene for more than 20 years. He played a significant role in the recruitment of several members of the founding team in our business and has continued to work with us as we have grown.
Key to our success has been hiring people that combine significant and specialist technical skills, strong ability to convince and gain trust, alongside the ability to make major decisions on-the-fly. Our business is quite niche and the available talent pool is small, making recruitment an increasingly difficult challenge in terms of finding the right people that combine the above skills and the ability to operate within a small dynamic team.
The personal connection and the ability to fully listen, get right inside and fully understand the needs of the business coupled with sensitivity are amongst Eugene’s key defining characteristics.”
Nino Mann, Managing Director
“…thorough knowledge of the Chemicals sector…”
“Eugene possesses a thorough knowledge of the Chemicals sector and works with a wide network of well-qualified individuals across a range of job disciplines. I was under a lot of time pressure to find a replacement Account Manager. Eugene, using his skills and contacts, offered a number of excellent candidates in a very short timescale.
It was a near impossible task given the skill set required and the timescale, but thanks to Eugene I appointed a new Account Manager who was able to have a full handover with the outgoing job holder. Fantastic result!
I would have no hesitation in recommending Eugene and lookout for their excellent, cost-effective service.”
Ian Smith, Head of Sales
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