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Becoming a Methods Associate
Zoe Lewis
Account Director
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Becoming a to customise my CV to highlight my relevant experience for
the role. This was really helpful advice.
Methods Associate... During the whole recruitment process I was kept up to date
with the latest developments through individually tailored
Morné Van Den Berg, ACMA CGMA
email communications. I received detailed briefings from
Senior interim professional, Morné Methods’ resourcing team about the client as well as the
describes his experience of joining specific project to help me prepare in great detail prior
Methods and what it means to him to interview. I am pleased to say that I was successful at
personally, to be part of a highly interview stage and was soon offered the role. Zoe’s team
successful and delivery focussed moved swiftly and professionally to put in place the relevant
‘associate pool’. paperwork and contractual documentation to enable me to
start my new interim role as soon as possible.
“Having been out of the interim market for around three
years, I decided to move back into interim management As a very busy senior interim manager, I value the
back in February 2012. I attempted to rekindle old personalised approach that Methods provide to all their
relationships with my previous ‘agents’ but found it difficult associates. They work hard to build individual relationships
to get hold of anyone I knew because of the usual very high with their candidates and therefore are very well placed to
staff turnover in the recruitment industry. put forward high calibre interims to relevant opportunities.
Unlike other suppliers, they do not play the numbers game
Subsequently, I spoke to a few of my previous interim
by seeing how many candidates they can get on their
colleagues who all recommended that I contact Methods,
books and inundate clients with volumes of CVs, often
mainly due to their personalised approach to candidate
without matching the required person specification and job
relationship management and a great track record of
requirement. Additionally having worked on the client side
securing the ‘perfect fit’ roles for the right individuals.
where I have recruited associates as well as working on the
I e-mailed my CV to Methods, explaining who I was and that supply side looking for a role, I can certainly say that I whole
I was looking to move back to the interim market. I received heartedly recommend Methods as ’best in class’ for senior
a prompt response from the associate relationship team interim resourcing solutions. They really do ‘innovate and
who invited me to attend a face to face meeting at their resource’ so that we can deliver great results to clients.”
offices in London. Upon arrival at Methods I was personally
Morné Van Den Berg
greeted by the resourcing team who were well prepared for
the meeting and had researched and studied my skill set and
Morné has been operating at very senior levels at the Care Quality
experience and also proactively presented me with a few Commission, Office of Fair Trading, Identity and Passport Service.
potential opportunities.
A few day later I was again contacted by the team with the
good news that one particular opportunity had come to You can contact Zoe’s team of resourcing specialists at:
fruition as a live requirement and that they wanted to put 0207 240 1121 | info@methods.co.uk | T: @methodsnews |
me forward for it. The resource team gave me some advice Methods Associates
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