Melanie Daly: I want to thank you for all your help and patience.......I expect I will continue to refer colleagues to you - when it comes to legal recruitment you have been by far the best consultant I've dealt with.

Rebecca Lawrence: Rebecca has provided a personal and very professional service to Awdry Bailey & Douglas over a number of years.  She has managed to provide some very good Fee Earners to the firm and we will continue to use her services for as long as she holds her current position.  Relationship with a recruiting consultant is paramount and Rebecca has worked hard to have a thorough understanding of our firms reputation and high standard requirements.  I have no hesitation in recommending Rebecca to other Law Firms or potential candidates looking for future positions.

Kaye Thumpston: "Kaye has always provided an excellent service. She is professional and understand the culture of the business and the quality and fit of candidates that we require. It has been a particularly busy year for us and she has helped us to maintain service to the business by her speed of response. I would have no hesitation in recommending Kaye to other employers seeking interim legal resource."

Rebecca Lawrence: During a difficult time for property lawyers to take the next step up the career ladder I was fortunate to have Rebecca in my camp. From the moment that we spoke on the phone in connection with an opportunity that had been advertised, to some days after my new job had actually started, I found Rebecca to be completely amenable and pleased to help. Before my first interview Rebecca had put together a helpful pack giving details not only about the firm but also about the interviewers. As time is precious this was very helpful indeed. Rebecca was also available for a conversation about the job offer that I had received on a Saturday afternoon and provided further advice. I am very grateful to Rebecca for all of the time that she put in to helping me secure my dream job.

Rebecca Barry: Rebecca was a pleasure to work with and really helped secure the job for me by giving excellent advice on how to prepare, negotiate and follow up after the interview. My new employer and I both found Rebecca charming, professional and a pleasure to correspond with. You will not find a better representative who knows the business as well but who is also able to bring a smile and happiness to the process. Rebecca has a great deal of integrity and honesty and stands apart from others in the business in this regard. Rebecca is pragmatic and understanding in her approach and a great support throughout.

Penny Trotman: "I cannot think of another recruitment consultant who is so committed to working with the client to understand the firm, the department and the vacancy and then only put the most appropriate candidates in front of you.  I hate recruiters who pay scant attention to your needs and then send you every CV in their records!  I would certainly not have recruited my Senior Associate this year without your close support and advice throughout the process.  I do not think any of the other recruiters I dealt with were anywhere near as good hence going exclusive with you after the initial trawl.  I would not hesitate to use you again or recommend you to others and indeed have already done so."
 

Kaye Thumpston: Kaye Thumpston and ENL assisted me with my first transition from private practice to an in-house role. I have consistently found Kaye to be first rate in all my dealings her. She clearly knows the legal recruitment sector inside out and I have already recommended her to several of my peersfor the above reasons.

Penny assisted me in obtaining the position of Senior Associate (IT and commercial) .  From the beginning of the process, Penny was extremely professional and had a great knowledge of the firm.  Penny always replied to messages promptly and she also took the time to come to Cheltenham to brief me on the position before arranging an interview for me with my new employers.  As part of the various briefings Penny gave me, she provided both general background and tips, as well as specific information on the interviewers.  Penny remained involved throughout the process and always called me after interviews to obtain my views, as well as to pass on feedback that she had also taken the time to gain from her client.

When it came to negotiating my package with the client, I must say that Penny did a sensational job and managed to meet all my expectations.  She did this by asking me early on in the process what I was after to ensure that neither me or the firm were under any illusions in terms of what I would accept and what the firm would be able to offer. 

It is this personal touch, and attention to detail, which sets Penny apart from the recruitment professionals I have dealt with in the past.

Penny Trotman: Penny is fantastic to work with. She understands our business model very well and the type of candidates that will thrive here. What is very good too is that she is not afraid to say that someone is just not my cup of tea........even when she stands to lose a fee. If that makes me difficult to place candidates with then she never says !

Pasquale Agatiello: "Just a quick note to say thanks for arranging my current placement with Capital One and for all your help and assistance throughout the process. Capital One is proving to be a very good fit for me and I am very much enjoying my time there. Your assistance has been invaluable and I look forward to working with you in future."

Penny Trotman: My experience of Penny as a candidate is that she is responsive, efficient, hard-working and innovative in her approach. She has made it her business to get to know me personally and professionally so as to be able to match me to the best fitted opportunities. Her tenacity and commitment in moving myself and my Team last year to a leading firm was exemplary and all the fee earners with whom she dealt in this Team spoke highly of her support towards them and her accessibility at what was quite a stressful time for all of us.
 
As a client, Penny works hard to identify the right opportunities for us and keeps up to date on our current thinking in relation to recruitment. She understands the firm and the ethos very well and champions our employer brand to candidates. She has found us some excellent candidates in recent months and we continue to rely on her as our primary contact for recruitment.

Rebecca Barry: I was a candidate working with Rebecca Barry (nee Mawdsley). Rebecca and I got on very well and were able to have very open and frank discussions. I felt that Rebecca was approachable, friendly and gave good constructive advice. Rebecca did a fantastic job and I feel like we developed a great relationship during what was, at times, quite a stressful time. I would have no hesitation in recommending Rebecca to another candidate or, indeed to the firm that I now work for (that she secured)! I even recommended her to the firm I left. Rebecca was professional but thoroughly approachable at the same time.

Gemma Jones: I have been involved with eNL both as a client and a candidate in the past. The service provided by them and Gemma Jones in particular is outstanding. eNL is a proactive yet realistic agency and is ethical in the professionalism that they exhibit to both clients and candidates. I would have no hesitation in using them or recommending them to my friends and colleagues.

Kaye Thumpston: Having previously been placed by ENL Legal, I was keen to approach them again when I started looking for a new position, and one night e-mailed them my updated CV. The very next morning, Kaye Thumpston called me. I was very relieved that she had very clearly spent the time having a good read through my CV before she called me - something which few other agents ever bother doing. Kaye is a delight to speak to - knowledgeable, a good listener, and very patient. She was happy to spend as much time as I needed, listening to my concerns and providing sound advice. Kaye kept me up to date with developments at every step, and eased the way when I had difficult choices to make.

Penny Trotman: "I have found Penny to be extremely knowledgeable about the role, the key players and the firm.  I have found this helpful in my preparation and frame of mind when attending interviews.  From the outset, Penny has been enthusiastic and motivated, but at the same time maintained a layer of professionalism.  Penny clearly is willing to pull out all the stops in arranging meetings that often impact on her weekends, which is appreciated if beyond call of duty." 
Placed at leading regional law firm

“I have worked with Penny Trotman for a number of years and have used her services in the recruitment process for Keelys on a number of occasions.
 
She has brought to my attention a number of high calibre candidates, and demonstrated a clear understanding of the requirements of a firm of this type when looking to attract new talent.  I have always found her to be very professional in the way she deals with candidate selection and to be very “user friendly” in terms of her general manner and approach.”
Managing Partner
Regional law firm

Melanie Daly: I have found you efficient, clear and helpful in all our dealings and would not hesitate you use you again – and indeed may well do so, should we opt to restart our use of recruitment companies. I was impressed by your enthusiasm and your quick understanding of our business and our needs, and would happily recommend you to others.

"having worked with Martin over a number of years I have no hesitation in recommending him for his ability to find the right person for the job whilst operating with the utmost integrity"

Kaye Thurmpston: Kaye has worked with us on a number of exercises to recruit lawyers. She demonstrates a good understanding of our needs and has always provided a good range of candidates, including some of extremely high quality. Kaye has always been friendly, helpful and professional in her dealings with me. It has been a pleasure to work with her.

It has now been 3 months at my new law firm  - I'm eligible for their pension!!
 
Everything has worked out as I had hoped. The firm is certainly a more risk aware firm than I was used to which is fantastic. The travelling hasn't turned out too bad - they are sticking to the 2 days a week in Bristol which is good. There is still a lot to learn about how they operate, but I am getting there slowly.
 
Can I take this opportunity to thank you for your time and effort in securing me my new position. It was a pleasure working with you and I would not hesitate to either call you first if I ever needed to in the future (although hopefully not too soon!!) or to recommend you to others. Indeed I have already passed your details on to one former colleague.
 

Penny Trotman: "Until a few months ago I had never heard of Penny Trotman who contacted me on her own initiative to see if I was interested in returning to the law and if so whether she could help me secure a suitable role.  She has come up with some good ideas and has been a very good sounding board for ideas of my own. Penny realises that I may end up securing a role that she has not introduced me to but notwithstanding this she continues to offer help and support in the hope that her investment in me will pay off when I am up and running and recruiting again! I will certainly use Penny going forward should I need the services of a recruitment consultant. She is professional, client focused and very results orientated. She is highly regarded by a number of senior figures in the Birmingham legal profession. Based on my own experience of the legal recruitment world Penny is a "stand out" performer."

We have always found the staff at enllegal to be friendly, efficient and helpful. We have found all the candidates recommended to us were of an extremely high calibre and we have recently employed a candidate introduced to us by enl. We have no hesitation recommending this company to anyone.

Rebecca Lawrence: My firm have had a working relationship with Rebecca Lawrence for many years and I have personally been working with Rebecca for our Fee Earner recruiting needs for  the past three years.  I have dealings with many recruiting agents for the employment of secretarial and general support staff, however I will only use eNL and Rebecca specifically for sourcing Fee Earning Candidates for us as the service that Rebecca gives is absolutely “OUTSTANDING”. 
 
Rebecca is a fantastic ambassador for eNL Legal and the company I would hope appreciate having such a diligent, dedicated and professional individual representing them.

Gemma Jones: Gemma Jones (from ENL), was by some margin the most outstanding recruiter with whom I've dealt in the last few months. She was a pleasure to deal with and extremely efficient.

'Rebecca Barry (nee Mawdsley): eNL's level of professionalism and in particular Rebecca Mawdsley's  specialist knowledge of the legal industry made the recruitment of our candidate an easy and smooth process'.

Gemma Jones: "I wanted to say that the work you have done re our London office is really appreciated and is now coming to fruition which is really exciting for us as a firm. You do understand where we are trying to go and to help us find the right staff for the right position. I look forward to working with you in the coming weeks and months and you are very much our preferred recruitment consultant."