Blusource, a leading supplier of strategic recruitment and advisory solutions to the professional services and commerce & industry markets, has launched a new HR division, to provide a personable and professional HR recruitment service to clients across the Midlands.
The HR division is headed by Lorraine Whittick, who previously managed her own boutique recruitment business. Lorraine has also worked as an internal recruiter as part of a Human Resources team for large corporations in the banking, technology, and FMCG industries in London.
Talking about her new role, Lorraine, who will be based in Blusource’s Nottingham office, says: “Understanding the importance HR plays in any business is vital. HR professionals provide invaluable support to the business whether this be through succession planning, dealing with employee relations issues, working out an effective compensation and benefits strategy to the vast array of other responsibilities these professionals have to manage.”
Blusource HR has dedicated recruitment consultants who don’t just understand HR, they also know what good HR is supposed to look like, meaning they can ask the right questions of a business to ensure the best HR professional is identified.
Lorraine adds: “The focus of Blusource HR is concerned with building strong relationships with both clients and candidates. Our aim is to understand our clients’ business objectives and align this to our candidates’ career goals. The function of Human Resources is paramount to the success of an organisation, and therefore, it is important that our recruitment service has a holistic approach in order to optimise our client’s organisational performance, and our candidates’ careers.”
Bjorn Jones, Director at Blusource, says: “ Lorraine is in a great position to understand the challenges faced by HR professionals today and uses that experience to offer higher levels of service than currently seen in the market.
“We are always on the lookout for experienced HR recruiters who can add value to our service offering and become a part of the Blusource success story and over time we will be looking to have an HR team working from each of our offices around the UK. Blusource HR is initially growing simply from introductions across our existing client base in the Midlands covering the finance, accountancy and legal brands and from that we have already been receiving referrals and recommendations to other clients and candidates, as our consultative approach has been extremely well received.
Blusource HR provides a direct link to the HR functions of its clients and provides a platform to solve more of their issues, especially around talent management. It helps Blusource with its aim of being a true business partner with our clients – not just a supplier.
Bjorn adds: “We’ve been delighted with the speed at which our approach has been received and the feedback we have gained, which demonstrates our approach works. HR professionals are extremely discerning about the levels of service they expect from a recruitment company, so Lorraine’s meticulous approach and passion for the doing the job right has meant she has already been receiving rave reviews, and we’re convinced this will continue.”