Family
Karen lives in North Sheffield with her husband, Philip, and teenage daughter, Paige.
Karen lives in North Sheffield with her husband, Philip, and teenage daughter, Paige.
Karen enjoys keeping fit but due to ongoing back issues is limited to what she can do. She is a regular at the gym attending several classes and swimming. She attends yoga classes several times a week which helps physically and mentally. She loves walking but is well known as a “fair weather” friend by those closest to her!
She has a passion for travelling having visited Turkey (several times), Canada, Australia, Barcelona and Rome to name a few with a much longer wish list of places to visit.
Karen has been working in financial recruitment since 1998 and is one of the most reputable and long serving recruitment consultants, at this level, in the area.
After leaving school Karen worked as an administrator in the welding industry for 12 years before ‘falling’ into recruitment. Whilst looking for an alternative role, she applied for an administrator job, working for a small privately owned boutique agency. They immediately spotted her natural talent for recruitment and her career grew from there. She set up a temporary desk, and from nothing, became one of the top billing consultants in the business.
She spent 17 years there, but in 2014 she moved to a privately invested independent business, recruiting for transactional and part qualified roles, as well as for temporary and contract positions. It was there that she first met Nik.
This was an easy decision for her to make, as she already knew they worked well together, and was excited about joining a team of forward thinking and dynamic people, working alongside Gillian, Elise and Nicola once again.
Karen leads on all aspects of non-qualified financial recruitment and works with key clients on professional support campaigns. She has made a significant impact since joining and has confirmed our belief that she is indeed one of the best accountancy and finance recruiters in the region.
“I would say Karen has always combined an understanding of both the role requirements & our culture to put forward suitable candidates, we always end up with a difficult decision between strong and well fitted candidates at shortlisting and low turnover of new placements as a result.”
"I have worked with Karen for a significant part of my financial career. In that time I have had many ups and downs and Karen has always made herself available not only to assist with potential new job opportunities but also listen and advise. It is rare to meet an individual working in the recruitment industry who genuinely takes the time to understand what you want from your next career move and ensure they address what is important to you on a personal level. Karen has and continues to be my first contact for any recruitment requirements I have both individually and in a business environment."
"Karen has delivered time & time again, genuinely bespoke recruitment of the highest quality, based on listening to our needs and getting to know how we 'tick'. She has an excellent knowledge of the sector and this was demonstrated in the quality of the candidates provided. I would never use anyone else!"
