Meet the Team

Great agencies need great people, committed to making the best match between client and candidate.

Meet the Team

Nicki Bennett
Managing Director

Nicki comes from a background in HR Management.  She set up the agency in 2000 after realising that recruitment was the area of HR that she most enjoyed, combining her interest in helping people achieve their full potential with strengths in relationship-building, assessment, sourcing and negotiation.  In her spare time, she can often be found spending her time with her four Pygmy Goats which are a great stress-buster!

Cate Kearsey
Recruitment Consultant

Cate graduated in Psychology and gained a great grounding in customer service from hospitality, where she was quickly given additional roles and responsibilities. She has a bubbly, warm-natured personality, with clients finding her approachable and capable in representing their requirements, and candidates finding her really helpful in securing great career opportunities.  In her spare time to relax, Cate particularly enjoys gardening and reading and has her own mini library of treasured books.

Laura Fairchild
Recruitment Consultant

Laura has worked for Calibre for four years from a background in hospitality and loves the satisfaction of helping candidates to find the right job. She loves recruiting as she is constantly learning new skills. Laura is a great organiser and thrives by her ‘to do’ lists.  In her spare time, she directs and stage-manages local theatre productions. From a farming family, Laura has 26 chickens, 3 rabbits and a dog.

Bonnie Rampton
Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Bonnie has been offered her first office role as a Trainee within the Calibre Candidates team.  She has an outgoing, enthusiastic nature and enjoys building relationships and meeting new people. Bonnie is really keen to support the recruitment team and to help candidates to find their ideal new roles. In her spare time, she enjoys Aromatherapy and has a keen interest in photography.

Nicki Bennett
Managing Director

Nicki comes from a background in HR Management.  She set up the agency in 2000 after realising that recruitment was the area of HR that she most enjoyed, combining her interest in helping people achieve their full potential with strengths in relationship-building, assessment, sourcing and negotiation.  In her spare time, she can often be found spending her time with her four pygmy goats which are a great stress-buster!

Cate Kearsey
Recruitment Consultant

Cate graduated in Psychology and gained a great grounding in customer service from hospitality, where she was quickly given additional roles and responsibilities. She has a bubbly, warm-natured personality, with clients finding her approachable and capable in representing their requirements, and candidates finding her really helpful in securing great career opportunities.  In her spare time to relax, Cate particularly enjoys gardening and reading and has her own mini library of treasured books.

Laura Fairchild
Team Leader - Client Delivery

Laura comes from a background in hospitality and loves the satisfaction of helping candidates to find the right job. She loves recruiting as she is constantly learning new skills. Laura is a great organiser and thrives by her ‘to do’ lists.  In her spare time, she directs and stage-manages local theatre productions. From a farming family, Laura has many pets including chickens, rabbits and a dog.

Bonnie Rampton
Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Bonnie has been offered her first office role as a Trainee within the Calibre Candidates team.  She has an outgoing, enthusiastic nature and enjoys building relationships and meeting new people. Bonnie is really keen to support the recruitment team and to help candidates to find their ideal new roles. In her spare time, she enjoys Aromatherapy and has a keen interest in photography.

Nicki Bennett
Managing Director

Alice Bennett-Jones
Recruitment Consultant

What we can offer you:

What we can offer you:

• Our registered candidates find out about a potentially suitable vacancy before anyone else does
• Our consultancy team will get to know you and really promote your strengths to our clients
• We always return telephone calls
• Before any interview, we will ensure you are given client information and lots of useful interview tips to help you prepare
• We will always pass on client feedback as we receive it

How to impress us as a candidate:

How to impress us as a candidate:

Two simple principles: Commitment and Communication

It can be really frustrating if we work hard to get a candidate an interview and then the candidate doesn’t return a call or even worse, doesn’t show up to an interview. On the rare occasion this happens, we feel as if we have let our clients down – fortunately, we have many of the same Clients we had from 20 years ago, when we originally set up the agency (and many more!), and our Clients appreciate we have done everything we can, bar giving them a lift ourselves! However, if we do not receive advance communication for a cancelled interview, please understand the impression this creates.  Similarly, if we leave you a message, please return our calls, even if you find a new role or have decided against a vacancy – we will not be irritated, we would just like to be able to keep our Clients updated and really appreciate the call.

Our Consultants and Clients love candidates who:
• communicate regularly
• research the Company on their website and latest news on Google as part of interview preparation
• note how your skills and experience match the criteria listed in the job spec/outline
• dress professionally and interview positively

Have you thought about sending a follow up email after your interview, expressing your keen interest in the role? We would be pleased to forward this on – it often makes the difference between the final two candidates.

Register with us using our ‘Submit a CV’ page and we will work in partnership with you to help you find the right role!

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