Karen Brodie

A Senior Recruitment specialist I have over 20 years of experience in Commercial Recruitment from Sales, Marketing, HR, and a variety of disciplines. Following University my career started in Hotel operations in a variety of roles including Food & Beverage Manager, Conference & Banqueting Manager and Personnel Manager in 4 star hotels.In 1993 I joined Thistle Hotels in a Regional Sales role covering the South of the UK with responsibility for large national accounts and new business in both the corporate and meetings sectors which offered me the training and expertise in sales and account management techniques.In 2001 I moved to the world of recruitment within a specialist agency responsible for the senior market for global and national clients and was instrumental in the growth and positioning of a successful niche recruitment business.In 2013 after 12 successful years in niche recruitment I looked for a fresh challenge and joined TeamJobs to establish the Commercial and permanent recruitment. Following 6 years of growth year on year at TeamJobs and my youngest going to University it was time to re-examine my core beliefs and what was important to me as an individual in my work life. Oyster Recruitment was born from the belief that relationships with my customers needed to be taken beyond the normal level expected from a Recruiter, less agent and more consultant, as an extension of the employers we work for - an internal specialist recruiter with the depth of knowledge of the company but not on the pay role!For my candidates I believe that we spend a large proportion of our life at work and it needs to be fulfilling, rewarding and above all fun, so finding them the right role with the right business is our business!With our shared experience of the recruitment world, partnering with Helen Purbrick to form Oyster Recruitment is a life changing opportunity and opens new and exciting doors for us both. The World really is our Oyster!!