Stand Out Recruitment was founded by Penny Smee and Martin Jones based on their experience that most recruitment agencies did not truly understand the financial services industry. They aim to better understand clients' needs and identify the perfect candidates by leveraging their extensive experience in financial services roles. Stand Out offers consultative recruitment services and thoroughly vets candidates to find the best talent for driving clients' businesses forward. They provide outstanding service levels and customer satisfaction.

2. FINDING
THE BEST
RECRUITS

3. Stand Out recruitment was created by
Directors Penny Smee and Martin Jones
following their own experiences of recruiting
staff within the financial services sector.
Over a period of 20 years, it became clear to
them that most recruitment agencies had no
real understanding of the industry and the
legislation that governed it.
As a result, it became increasingly difficult to
recruit for more senior roles, in areas such as
risk and compliance, or heads of departments.
Over the years, they tried numerous agencies,
many who specialised in financial services.
However, the truth is, if you haven’t worked in
financial services and recruited as a client, you
really can’t understand fully a client’s needs or
identify their perfect candidate.
Stand Out understands your market place. We
have experience in mortgages, secured loans,
bridging, commercial, risk and compliance.
We are CeMap qualified and have held several
controlling functions.
Our wealth of experience and industry
knowledge will give you access to the best
talent in the market. We will help you find
people who meet your criteria and suit your
culture – the right people, who are capable of
driving your business forward.
What makes
us different?

4. We don’t believe in charging extortionate fees for our services. Our
average fee is 12% rising to 15% for senior roles. Free replacement to
our clients in the first 12 weeks if, for whatever reason, it doesn’t work
out with your new member of staff.
Outstanding services levels, offering a truly consultative approach to
your recruitment requirements. Fully vetted candidates. We speak to
every candidate that applies to us, so that you don’t have to.
You can contact us 24 hours a day seven days a week and you will
have one point of contact.
Customer
satisfaction
24-7

5. • In most cases, we will confirm the offer in to
the candidate on behalf of the client.
• Although we will telephone the candidate,
where possible we ask for their job
acceptance in writing.
• During the period between offer and
start date, we will stay in contact with the
candidate to ensure outside influences
do not affect the process and impact the
commencement of employment.
• After the first day at work, we will check all
is well and feed back any negatives. We will
continue weekly for the first 12 weeks.
Sourcing the candidate
Pre-screening
Interviewing
First 12 weeks of employment
• Advertise roles
• Contact through the passive candidate market
• Social Networking
• Recommendations
• Referrals
• We, unlike many agencies, speak to every
candidate that applies to us. Why? Because
there is more to a person than a CV and, from
experience, quite a few good candidates are
missed by agencies due to skimming CVs
Likewise, some candidates have extremely
impressive CVs but not always the attributes
they describe on them.
• We will interview the candidate and match
their skills and experience, and evaluate if
they will have a cultural fit in your business.
• We will only forward the CV to you for
consideration if we are satisfied they are a
potential recruit.
Dynamic candidates,
thoroughly vetted • We will liaise with both parties to agree a date,
time and location for the interview.
• We will ensure that the candidate is aware of
the objectives of the interview.
• The candidate will also be fully aware of
the responsibilities of the role and the full
job description. We will spend time running
through this with them.
• We will be in contact with the candidate
straight after the interview to gain a thorough
understanding of their thoughts on the
position and their interest in moving forward.

6. Martin Jones
National Sales Director
My background has always been in starting up new
businesses and new divisions of existing companies. Having
worked in a variety of industries over the years, the one thing
that doesn’t change is that your company is only as good as
the staff you employ.
Having been instrumental in creating a highly successful
mortgage broker / packager, I understand the importance
of getting this right from day one. Where we are different at
Stand Out is that we have been in your shoes and are able
to use our experience to understand your business and
therefore understand your staffing needs.
Recently I have had experience in the Interim market and so
I truly understand, from firsthand experience, the frustrations
felt by a candidate when they apply for a job then never get
any feedback other than the dreaded automated email. I
assure you, that will never happen at Stand Out.
In any industry, customer service is everything, but in
recruitment we have both the company and candidate as our
client and we will offer both a stand out service that is second
to none.
T: 02380 403464
M: 07900 953947
E: martin@standoutrecruitment.co.uk
meet
the team

7. Penny Smee
Director
My background is as a Director of sales in the financial
services industry running multiple call centres, including
off-shore. I have been lucky enough to start a call centre from
nothing and take it to a turnover in excess of £15 million.
I understand how difficult it is to find agencies that
understand the business you are in and then transfer that
knowledge to recruiting staff that are a company, cultural and
ability fit. Unfortunately, many agencies just send endless
CV’s through in the hope one of them will fit your needs,
which wastes yours and the candidates’ time.
Stand Out is my brainchild. I want to provide an agency that
actually has the knowledge to understand your business
and transfer those skills into providing the best candidates.
Allowing minimum effort from you but giving you the
maximum results.
I have no doubt you will be impressed by our service and our
different approach to recruiting. Call us and find out why we
really do stand out from the crowd.
T: 02380 403464
M: 07557 411067
E: penny@standoutrecruitment.co.uk
Rob McInally
Business Development Manager
My background has been primarily sales / sales management
and project management. I have diversified from the
automotive industry to maritime and then most recently
facilities management.
Customer experience has always been paramount to me
throughout my career. Whether B2C or B2B the people that
you employ need to project your abilities and deliver a service
that provides incredibly good value.
The selection and engagement of the right personnel to
enable your business objectives to be met is paramount.
Building a business that delivers its objectives with
sustainability is a business that has excellent staff and
customer retention.
Standout recruitment has the ability to partner with
companies to make sure they have all the support they need
to establish the foundations of a great business, with great
people within it.
M: 07960 694572
E: rob@standoutrecruitment.co.uk

8. www.standoutrecruitment.co.uk