
South West Specialist Recruiters
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Growth is at the heart of everything we do, King Recruit are an ambitious, independently minded recruitment and search agency, covering the whole of the South West.
Founded in 2015 by MD Helen Plumridge, King Recruit, based in Pynes Hill Exeter are specialists in finance, sales, tech and digital search. In 2021 King Recruit joined forces with former Dragon and serial Entrepreneur, James Caan CBE by becoming part of the Recruitment Entrepreneur portfolio.
King Recruit work with SME's across the region to find the best talent to join their teams, grow their businesses and ultimately drive success. As a specialist recruitment and search agency we work with talented individuals and focus on a broad range of commercial positions, all the way through to senior management.
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King Recruit Founder and CEO Helen Plumridge shared her expertise on maximising motivation and creating success, with Recruitment Entrepreneur's Marketing Director Tom Burkinshaw. In Episode 4 of the Podcast released by Recruitment Entrepreneur, you can hear Helen discuss her interesting journey into the world of recruitment. She talks about her background in the management and executive market, her experience of…
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Are you at a point of wanting less involvement in the day to day running of your business? Do you want to free yourself up to focus on innovation and new ventures? Are you losing enthusiasm, having worked so hard for so long? Or are you considering your exit strategy? Almost every entrepreneur comes to a time when they realise…
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Whatever your skills, strengths and talents, there’s a place for them here at King Recruit – one of the leading Recruitment and Search agencies in Exeter and the South West.
If a dynamic, mature and flexible team culture sounds like you – you’ll fit right in! Whether you are early career or have years of experience in recruitment or search, we would love to hear from you.
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