Red Flag Recruitment

Red Flag Recruitment is in the hideous Tower Point, a building that reeks of despair and desperation, but that’s the only negative thing I could say about it. Run by two friendly, chirpy gentlemen who seem bright as buttons even first thing in the morning, it isn’t so much like an employment agency as one of your friends nudging your CV to the top of the manager’s pile, albeit in a very professional way. They engage with your personality, offer you a range of options and help and advise right the way through the process. It feels very much like they’re on your side. Admittedly the options they have aren’t going to ignite the creative juices and let loose the hounds, but if your gastronomic juices are beginning to make themselves felt, a job through these guys could keep the wolf from the door for a couple of months.
Their service would be hard to fault. They really do take the stress out of applying for rubbish day jobs, down to telling you what you’re expected to wear so you don’t turn up feeling out of place and ill at ease, walking you over to your interview and drilling you thoroughly so that you know what the employers really want to hear. Admittedly it’s more of a silk purse into a sow’s ear transition, watering individual personalities down into bland mulch that call centre managers can stomach, but if anyone’s going to do that, albeit temporarily, I’d rather it was these guys. They have the unique perspective of knowing exactly what they’re doing, and admitting that you want the job for the money, not for ‘career advancement’ or ‘broadening experience’ — very refreshing.