I launched MacGregor Recruitment in 2021 and am supported by Matt who delivers talent mapping and candidate outreach projects behind the scenes.
A bit of background on me. I left Liverpool Uni in '95, worked in retail management and then started my recruitment career in 1999 - working firstly for Randstad in Leicester managing large temporary contracts, worked briefly as a Branch Manager for Manpower, and then took up my first move into a HR based in-house recruitment role with Goldsmiths the Jewellers in 2005.
Over the following 16 years I set up and ran internal recruitment functions for a number of companies that included Eurocell Plc and Stevenswood & Customade Group (Customade, Polyframe, Fineline Aluminium & Virtuoso doors), which gave me fantastic hands on recruitment experience across the whole spectrum of extrusion, fabricating, field sales, head office, trade counter management and operational roles. I quickly came to love the variety of different roles, and the characters and people that all play a critical part in this brilliant sector.
Working in these businesses shaped me as a recruiter. The focus being squarley on connecting with and engaging with top performing candidates who are suitable for the company culture and who can make a big positive impact rather than aggressive sales targets. I gained a first hand appreciation of the difference a great hire can make to a business, and the consequences and costs of getting it wrong.
This in-house recruitment experience and culture within the fenestration sector is probably my biggest USP compared to most other recruitment agencies.
Out of work I'm based near Nottingham with my wife & step son, and have 2 grown up children - my daughter currently working and living in Angola managing ordanance clearance projects, and my son living and working in Manchester. I'm often seen being dragged around by my 2 Spaniels or riding around on my dads old Suzuki Bandit and am working towards my long term goal of relocating to the Scottish highlands in the next year or two ...and upgrading to a Bonneville T120!
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