Excel Recruitment, New Owners, Same Values!
Excel Recruitment is excited to announce that the business has recently undergone a change in ownership, with its founder Katie Faulkner now transitioning into a thoroughly ...
Excel Recruitment, New Owners, Same Values!
Excel Recruitment is excited to announce that the business has recently undergone a change in ownership, with its founder Katie Faulkner now transitioning into a thoroughly well-deserved retirement. As part of this change, Excel’s other shareholder and Director, Della Page will also be relinquishing her equity.
Katie founded Excel Recruitment almost 28 years ago and during this time she has built a very successful and well-respected business. Indeed, the business has shown great resilience during turbulent times including a recession, the credit crisis, ongoing technology transformations and more recently the global pandemic. Core to this success has been an unwavering commitment and genuine embodiment of the company’s values which are applied equally to both our clients and candidates alike.
· Honesty & Integrity
· Excellence
· Accountability
· Respect
· Teamwork
The new ownership model sees existing employee Ben Le Feuvre, who has been with the business for the past three years, partner with Chartered Accountant, Jamie Rose. We are delighted to also confirm that Della Page, a long standing and highly respected member of the Excel Recruitment team, will be staying with the business. Della has played an integral role in supporting Excel for over a decade. With her broad range of skills and experience, she will continue to play a vital role in helping Excel through this next chapter. Further, as part of the transition, we are equally delighted that Katie will continue to provide her invaluable support and insight to the business over the next three months.
Commenting on the decision to now hand over the reins to Ben and Jamie, Katie explained, “I am hugely grateful to this wonderful business for 28 unforgettable years. I have been so lucky to have had some fantastic and loyal support over the years and, having worked closely with Della for 12 + years and Ben for three years I know the business will sail smoothly into its next phase, even more so with the great addition of Jamie to the team. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients and candidates, and indeed all stakeholders, for their support over the years, long may it continue. I look forward to supporting the team in the coming months before starting my next chapter.”
Ben further reinforced this, “It is very exciting to be partnering with Jamie in this next stage of our careers and it is a great honour that Katie has provided us with the opportunity to become the next custodians of this great business. Retaining Della is also fantastic news as she has been right alongside and supporting Katie for more than a decade and brings a huge amount of value to the team. Excel Recruitment has a great reputation and we are all highly motivated to continue this legacy.”
Jamie added, “I would like to start by thanking Katie and Della for this opportunity. Without them, and their hard work over many years, this wouldn’t be possible. We are privileged to be able to take Excel forward. When this opportunity presented itself I thought long and hard about whether or not to take the leap and, most importantly, what I could offer to the recruitment world. I realised I am deeply passionate about working with candidates and potential employers and genuinely feel I can offer a wealth of experience. I look forward to creating many new relationships, as well as reconnecting with past colleagues, to see if we can build those synergies”
In regard to both Excel Recruitment’s clients and candidates, the message is simple, we have new owners but will continue to embrace the same values. We remain very much business as usual and are excited about the future.
Katie Faulkner, Ben Le Feuvre, Della Page and Jamie Rose.
Excel Recruitment
Working from home or ‘WFH’, has for most become a regular way of working and the technology enables us to do this. It does create other challenges and the debate will continue in terms of office based working versus WFH, versus a ...
Working from home or ‘WFH’, has for most become a regular way of working and the technology enables us to do this. It does create other challenges and the debate will continue in terms of office based working versus WFH, versus a combination. Today, I am not going to discuss this but simply wanted to share the below picture of my beloved cat Hendrix!
Amongst the team Hendrix is now known as the Executive Chairman of Excel Recruitment and on a regular basis during online meetings, he will honour us with a brief appearance! His little cameos never cease to be a source of light hearted amusement and equally, I have also enjoyed seeing children and pets make brief entrances at the other end of the camera!
I hope being at home more often is a positive for Hendrix (you’d need to ask him!) but what has become clear is that his presence is often welcomed by those I am meeting. During these unusual times where we are WFH, our beloved pets have made themselves seen and often heard in our working interactions and I feel this has been a welcome and happy addition in engaging with one another on a personal level.
Whilst Hendrix is yet to make an executive decision, he’s an expert at alerting me when he is hungry or wants a cuddle!
In keeping with the recent pets and Working From Home Covid-19 theme, today we turn to ‘Cracker’, the cheeky and beloved Lhasa apso of Della and her family!
Like so many of us during these periods of lock down, Cracker has ...
In keeping with the recent pets and Working From Home Covid-19 theme, today we turn to ‘Cracker’, the cheeky and beloved Lhasa apso of Della and her family!
Like so many of us during these periods of lock down, Cracker has been denied his long awaited and eagerly anticipated regular trim! Poor cracker has also not been able to do a DIY haircut like so many of us have attempted, some with less than favourable results, myself (Ben) included!
Thankfully, today on our morning Microsoft Teams meeting, Della explained that she was optimistic that with the gradual easing of lock down restrictions here in Jersey that the wait for Cracker might soon be over!
Below is a Before and After picture of little Cracker when he was finally able to visit the salon post 2020 lockdown!
Happy Friday everyone, we hope you all have a nice weekend!
One of the biggest work related talking points that has arisen since the emergence of Covid-19 is remote working. The pandemic almost overnight led to vast numbers of employees, switching the office or regular place of work to home. This seismic shift for many has resulted in mixed views. For some, the option of removing a stressful commute and possibly spending more time with family has been welcomed. For others, the infrastructure of their home working environment has created challenges and for some, they simply miss the banter and physical proximity to their colleagues. What is perhaps certain however, is working practices in this regard are likely to never fully revert back to the ‘old normal’. On this point, one related matter occurred to me on Friday 7th August, when temperatures peaked 35.3oC! The warmest day of the year in Jersey! Whilst I am a strong advocate of remote working, my current home office is in a bedroom which catches the sun all day. The heat was unbearable and it was a busy day. With this in mind, I opted to drive to the office in the afternoon to enjoy the welcome relief of the AirCon! This made me realise that whilst I wish to continue a significant amount of time by working at home, I may need to consider upgrading my temperature control system in the future. Not an insignificant investment but in the long term over many hot summers, I see as a decent return on investment!
Nearly the entire workforce prefers a return to the office if a COVID-19 vaccine is established.
This was found by Office Space in Town (OSiT), who offers businesses and individuals flexible workspace solutions, that 95 per cent of ...
Nearly the entire workforce prefers a return to the office if a COVID-19 vaccine is established.
This was found by Office Space in Town (OSiT), who offers businesses and individuals flexible workspace solutions, that 95 per cent of employees would favour a return to the workplace if a COVID-19 vaccine was made. More than half (59 per cent) of these workers do desire more flexibility when they do return though.
Another interesting article from HRReview.Co.UK. Click through for full article.
Research, conducted by Dale Office Interiors, a company that designs and builds office spaces, found that 71 per cent of managing directors (MDs), CEOs and business owners wish to make flexible or agile work part of their staff working ...
Research, conducted by Dale Office Interiors, a company that designs and builds office spaces, found that 71 per cent of managing directors (MDs), CEOs and business owners wish to make flexible or agile work part of their staff working week.
16 June 2020
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