My Brilliant Recruitment Career: Matthew Morehead
20 January 2016
My Brilliant Recruitment Career: Matthew Morehead
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 | By Matthew Morehead
My earliest dream job was to be a soldier, to serve my country. So at 16 that’s what I did and joined 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers.
What was your first job in recruitment and how did you come into it?
My first role in recruitment was with the 2M Financial Group, where I recruited sales and financial advisers. I originally went for a financial adviser’s role myself but after the interview they wanted me to be part of their manager recruitment team. It may have helped me that the chairman was an ex-Royal Marine and the managing director was in my sister unit in the forces.
What do you love most about your current role?
It gives me the ability to build and push an already established agency in Cannock [Staffordshire] and gives the freedom to position Berry Recruitment as the number one recruiter in Cannock.
What would you consider to be the most brilliant moment of your career?
I’m lucky to have had a number of great moments — from being made the operations manager with 2M to parachuting into a war torn situation — but my most defining moment was when Lichfield City Recruitment (my own business) was voted the top new recruitment agency in Staffordshire 2012.
What is your can’t do without office tool besides your phone?
My iPad. My whole life runs through it.
Do you prefer a staycation or holiday abroad?
Holiday abroad, anywhere around the Greek islands.
Outside the office, where would you like to interview a candidate or be interviewed?
A coffee shop. A nice relaxed atmosphere is always ideal when interviewing.
What’s your top job to fill at the moment?
A care finance director for a large domiciliary care company in the West Midlands.
Laugh or cry, what did your most memorable candidate make you want to do and why?
Laugh: I once set up interviews for a new consultant and a presentation was required… I wasn’t expecting a full costume and a rendition of ‘Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well’ [from Shakespeare’s Hamlet]. Surprised wasn’t the word.
What’s the best or worst interview question you’ve ever heard?
Worst: If you were an animal on a farm, what animal would you be and why?
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My earliest dream job was to be a soldier, to serve my country. So at 16 that’s what I did and joined 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers.
What was your first job in recruitment and how did you come into it?
My first role in recruitment was with the 2M Financial Group, where I recruited sales and financial advisers. I originally went for a financial adviser’s role myself but after the interview they wanted me to be part of their manager recruitment team. It may have helped me that the chairman was an ex-Royal Marine and the managing director was in my sister unit in the forces.
What do you love most about your current role?
It gives me the ability to build and push an already established agency in Cannock [Staffordshire] and gives the freedom to position Berry Recruitment as the number one recruiter in Cannock.
What would you consider to be the most brilliant moment of your career?
I’m lucky to have had a number of great moments — from being made the operations manager with 2M to parachuting into a war torn situation — but my most defining moment was when Lichfield City Recruitment (my own business) was voted the top new recruitment agency in Staffordshire 2012.
What is your can’t do without office tool besides your phone?
My iPad. My whole life runs through it.
Do you prefer a staycation or holiday abroad?
Holiday abroad, anywhere around the Greek islands.
Outside the office, where would you like to interview a candidate or be interviewed?
A coffee shop. A nice relaxed atmosphere is always ideal when interviewing.
What’s your top job to fill at the moment?
A care finance director for a large domiciliary care company in the West Midlands.
Laugh or cry, what did your most memorable candidate make you want to do and why?
Laugh: I once set up interviews for a new consultant and a presentation was required… I wasn’t expecting a full costume and a rendition of ‘Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well’ [from Shakespeare’s Hamlet]. Surprised wasn’t the word.
What’s the best or worst interview question you’ve ever heard?
Worst: If you were an animal on a farm, what animal would you be and why?
Make us an offer we can’t refuse
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