“Like many family SME’s our business doesn’t operate an HR department or even and full time HR resource, however we still face the same challenges of managing our resources, and in our situation planning for family succession. Anna was highly recommended to us as a expert who could assist us in developing our strategy. Anna very quickly understood our business, what we were trying to achieve and identified some of the challenges we faced. Through Anna’s knowledge and guidance we have been able to develop a future succession plan while ensuring the business is not distracted from it’s core day to day operations. As GM of the business it has been great to draw on Anna’s significant external expertise to help me develop a clear strategy ensuring the right approach to succession has been developed for our business. I found Anna very approachable , professional and very easy to deal with . Anna will continue to be part of our succession journey as I will be regularly drawing on her expertise and guidance. ”
— Simon Toneycliffe General Manager Whitehaven Wine Co
“Anna takes a unique approach to the recruitment process. SME Recruit felt like an extension of our business as Anna takes the time to really understand your business, the role and the type of candidates that would genuinely fit the business and the culture. We recently placed a senior role through SME Recruit and were hugely impressed by the level of professionalism and her communication. It was an important role to our future growth so we took our time. Anna was hugely patient and positively challenged our thinking throughout the process and presented a fantastic range of candidates. I would definitely recommend Anna and SME Recruit.”
“After a series of amazing recruitment fails of my own – Anna Freeman @ SME recruit was recommended to me. We had a tight time frame, and a very specialized candidate we were seeking. Anna gave me lots of options around the process and this worked well for our business. Anna made things happen quickly and we have secured a great employee. I was so happy that I used her service again straight away. In the future, if we have any other openings we would use Anna as of right. I was particularly pleased with her professionalism and level of communication.
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— Jeremy Scott CPS and Ashley & Co
“Anna has a carved out a niche service for SMEs looking for a more personalised approach to recruitment. She takes the time to get to understand your business, culture and resourcing needs whilst unafraid to challenge your current thinking and processes. I would strongly recommend her to any small business looking for a fresh and more economical approach to recruitment.”
— Matt Vyle - Director & General Manager - Unison
“As the owner of an SME and ‘not knowing what you don’t know’ I can’t speak highly enough of Anna’s ability to fully understand our business and establish exactly what General Manager would be the right fit for us. I always felt Anna had our best interests at the heart of the recruitment process and I would highly recommend SME Recruit to anyone who is really serious about making the BEST recruit for their business – A+++!”
— Richard Crum - Owner Founder - Chilltech
“The recruitment process with SME Recruit was seamless end to end. Anna really gets the challenges faced by smaller businesses and is able to apply her years of experience in the industry to get the right result every time. Her pragmatic approach to problem solving was refreshing and the expert advice made the recruitment process easy and enjoyable.”
— Gray Borrell - General Manager at Novii
“I worked with Anna and SME Recruit for the hiring of an Australasian Sales Manager. Anna’s campaign with us was an absolute success, and we are extremely happy with the team member we have coming on board. The position is one that will be hugely influential to our business growth over the next 5 years, and being a young SME with a young team, it’s never easy to attract top people from the industry. Anna not only took the time to ensure that she fully understood the type of candidate we were looking for, but also ensured we were portraying our business in an honest, but appealing way to the candidates. I enjoyed the process every step of the way. I will definitely be using Anna and SME Recruit again, and recommend anyone else to do so.”
