David Kitney and Helen Roberts

KC has added local firm Emmerson Kitney to its list of preferred suppliers for recruitment services.

Established in 2009, Hessle-based Emmerson Kitney specialises in finding the right people for hard-to-fill roles for clients that include the Sewell Group and EYG, as well many smaller local businesses.

It has worked with KC recently to recruit people to sales, marketing and commercial finance roles that KC had been unable to find suitable candidates for.

KC’s HR Director Helen Roberts said: “We’re one of the region’s largest employers and we already work closely with a number of local recruitment firms to make sure we’re recruiting the best people available to the KC team.

“For some of the roles we’ve been looking to fill recently we’ve needed people with specialist skills and experience and have had to cast our net further to find them.

“Emmerson Kitney showed a great willingness to find out all they could about the type of people we were looking for, taking into account not just the skills we needed but also the other qualities we’re looking for in employees, like being able to see things from our customers’ perspective and being great team players.

“We’re delighted to now count Emmerson Kitney amongst our preferred suppliers for recruitment services.”

David Kitney, Emmerson Kitney’s Managing Director said: “When working with new clients we always invest a significant amount of time right from the outset to fully understand their business needs and their culture.  This is a vital step in the recruitment process.

“In KC’s case this has meant we’ve been able to find and screen candidates that really fit the bill early on.  This approach not only saves time and money for clients, but most importantly, it means that they get the right person for the job in the long run.”