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Chris Jones - Director

With over 20+ years recruitment experience, Chris is a passionate about providing an excellent service and building long-term relationships. He ensures that the team have the right tools and resources to perform to the highest standards and is hands on in recruiting for HR roles across our client base. He is a firm believer in rewarding/incentivising our Consultants and ensures that our employees’ hard work is recognised by taking the team out for quarterly outings. Chris has 3 children and is heavily involved in their sporting activities whilst playing as much sport himself as possible. When he’s not in the office you’ll find Chris on the golf course desperately trying to lower his handicap!

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Kate Miller - Office / HR Manager

With over 20 years recruitment experience, Kate is the ‘go to’ person for our team. With her wealth of knowledge in both local markets and both temporary and permanent recruitment, she is always happy to provide advice and guidance. She is passionate about working here and loves the fact we are an open and honest agency, which is central to her beliefs. Outside of work her time is taken up with running as well as running around after two active teenagers!

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Bobby Collins - Manager – Temporary Division

Bobby has been part of the team for over 9 years now. Starting out as a Resourcer to the team with no recruitment experience and through hard work and determination along with passion for helping people, he's progressed through the business and now manages our Business Support team covering Hemel Hempstead and Luton.

Outside of work, Bobby is a huge football fan and avid follower of both Berkhamsted FC and Chelsea. He adores any time he gets to spend with his son Arlo and is always planning new adventures or working through the latest lego sets. And if he's got any annual leave booked you'll probably find him off in France, Belgium or the Netherlands exploring either a battlefield or a brewery.

“I genuinely love what I do. There’s such a buzz in helping someone find a job they’re going to love, while knowing you’ve also helped a business find the person they need.”

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Ryan Coleman - Consultant – Permanent Roles

Ryan comes to us from a property background where service levels have been paramount to his success. Working as a consultant on our permanent roles, he’ll be able to put his strong customer centric ethic to good use. Outside of work, he’s a keen footballer and a long suffering QPR fan, so he’ll be adding his voice to the football banter in our team.

He’s a local to our head office in Hemel, so knows the area well, and enjoys evenings out with his wife visiting local pubs and restaurants. Being a bit of a foodie, he runs a great Instagram page showcasing an array of amazing eats from all over as well as his own home cooking!

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Amy Whittingham - Recruitment Consultant

Amy comes to us fresh from completing her Marketing degree. She’s a strong people person and enjoys working within a busy team so she is perfect for our growing business. She’s a big fan of festivals and has been a regular at Reading for the last few years. She also loves an exotic holiday and socialising with her friends at the pub where she can be found, sipping a Gin or two.

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Sophie Clarke - Senior Consultant

Sophie has over 10 years experience in recruitment with strong local knowledge. She takes pride in building strong relationships with both candidates and clients, ensuring she finds the best fit for everyone. She’s a passionate football fan (a season ticket holder at Watford FC) and enjoys socialising with friends, going to festivals and gigs. Since she’s also a Mum, her favourite thing to do is spend time with her little boy.

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Vicky Baxter - Consultant - Permanent Roles

After nearly a decade as a dental nurse, I made the leap into the world of sales and sales support roles. My background has given me a strong foundation in communication, attention to detail, and understanding people - all of which I now bring into my role as a recruitment consultant.

I'm passionate about connecting the right people with the right opportunities, and I pride myself on being approachable, honest, and driven to deliver a positive experience for both clients and candidates.

Outside of work you;ll usually find me at a Pilates class, enjoying time with friends and family, planning my next holiday - or sipping a cocktail somewhere sunny (when I can).

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Ben Jackson - Consultant – Permanent roles

Ben has recently joined the team and will be our Consultant for permanent roles in the Hemel Hempstead area. His friendly, approachable manner and excellent track record in delivering exceptional customer service means he is a perfect fit for our team. He’s a hardworking person who always goes the extra mile. Ben loves a sunny holiday, has a passion for animals (especially dogs – which works with our team of dog lovers!) and is also a Tottenham Hotspur FC supporter. So there’ll be some more football friendly banter in the office with another team to add to the mix.

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Van Kotedia - Business Manager

With 13 years of recruitment experience, including Senior ops management and executive search, Van likes a job well done in recruitment. She’s a firm believer in ‘Honesty is the best policy’ and demonstrates this with her straight talking, hard working character. When she does get some free time, she loves an active holiday abroad with her son and practices yoga to make sure she destresses.

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Raj Achall - Consultant

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Beth Merralls - Recruitment Consultant

Beth began her recruitment journey with us in 2019 and progressed to a consultant in 2020 running our Watford temporary division. Outside of work, she is a fitness freak who loves travelling. She also loves to cook and experiment with new recipes.

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Clare Baker - Manager – Finance and HR

Clare is an experienced, commercially minded recruitment professional with over 15 years’ experience across Accountancy & Finance and HR recruitment. She leads the Accountancy Division at Think SR alongside the HR Division, with a strong focus on delivering an exceptional service and building long-term relationships with both clients and candidates.

With extensive experience across Accountancy & Finance recruitment, as well as previous experience managing teams specialising in Accountancy Apprenticeships, Clare brings a wealth of sector knowledge and a strong understanding of the talent challenges facing businesses today. She has successfully supported SMEs through to blue-chip organisations, recruiting across a wide range of accountancy and finance functions.

Outside of work, Clare certainly doesn’t do things by halves! Her two daughters, crazy Springer Spaniel Jax and cat Mollie, as well as coaching 3 teams at her netball club, she likes to be kept busy!

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Casey Bennett – Consultant - Accountancy & Finance

Casey specialises in Accountancy & Finance recruitment, supporting businesses across Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas with non-qualified finance roles across permanent, temporary and contract positions.

She works with businesses of all sizes, from local SMEs through to larger international organisations, and takes a consultative approach to recruitment. Casey enjoys getting to know her clients and candidates properly, understanding the person behind the CV and finding the right long-term fit for both sides.

Outside of work, Casey loves to travel, always hopping on a plane wherever possible, spend time with family, friends and her English Bull Terrier Arthur.

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Find out more about working for us

See the Working for us page.

See our Working for us blog posts.

Our service is only as good as the people delivering it. We firmly believe that Recruiters should earn a good reputation and every day our team are striving to build this.

Our team

We are a hard-working bunch, but we also love a good social outing. We work hard for our clients and candidates in an honest and ethical way and key to this is the support and strong relationships we have with each other. Here’s who you will be working with:

Beth Merralls

Senior Consultant
Temp Division

01442 531159

[email protected]

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Casey Bennett

Consultant
Accountancy & Finance

01442 531143

[email protected]

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