Comments on: BD Recruitment Ltd of Manchester I will never use your services!

By: unhappy

unhappy — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:18:00 +0000

Very bad experience with BD Recruitment. My CV was belittled, I was pressed to provide contact details for senior employees at my workplace. Rude, obnoxious and aggressive….so happy I found this post!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:50:00 +0000

Dear BD Recruitment, I’m assuming it is Claire Lomax, or whoever is handling your defensive strategy, we have a policy of right to reply here. However, I’m not entirely comfortable with your posting of testimonials without supporting commentary. A post which went something along the lines of “Actually some people think we’re OK, in fact xxxxx said….” would be fine. Just posting a testimonial by itself is a little spammy. Would the clients who provided the testimonials even be aware that they had been used here and how would they respond to me contacting them to verify that they were comfortable with their names/brands being used in this context?

Cheers

Simon

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:14:00 +0000

“I’ve been really impressed with BD Recruitment. They totally ‘get’ technical recruitment and the online industry and take the time to ensure they understand your requirements in detail. They take the pain out of the recruitment process by targeting and short listing the right candidates rather than scatter gunning irrelevant CVs at you. We’ve used them on a number of occasions and their turnaround time is great. All in all, BD provide an excellent service.”

Online Services Manager – KCOM Group PLC

By: Simon Wharton

Simon Wharton — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:17:00 +0000

Interesting defensive strategy which I assume is by BD Recruitment. Claire Lomax we know and I suspect Adam Kennedy is the Adam mentioned who posted first. If I was being picky, I guess I would have linked to the recommendations on Linked In to prove authenticity and added some commentary around the recommendation to add context. But all in all, a reasonable response

By: C.Lomax

C.Lomax — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:51:00 +0000

Recommendation on LinkedIn

“I can honestly say that Claire is a recruiting consultant with a difference. She knows what’s important when your looking for a new position and makes sure that she delivers those qualities to her candidates. She always keeps in touch with you and gives you honest, encouraging feedback so that you know any areas that you need to focus on for the future.
I trust her because she has integrity and her results speak for themselves, she’s extremely knowlegeable about the industry and moves within the top digital agencies and client brands. I would have no hesitation recommending Claire either to candidates looking for new positions or for businesses looking to fill vacancies.”

By: adam

adam — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:47:00 +0000

Recommendation on LinkedIn

“iCrossing has been using Adam to help recruit our SEOs since late 2010 and he has successfully helped us resource a couple excellent candidates.

Adam is great to work with, he has excellent knowledge of the SEO sector and puts this to good use in sourcing a very high calibre of candidates

Through his work, and that of the other consultants at BD Recruitment, they are now one of our must go to agencies when we are needing assistance with our recruitment” June 29, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

1st Nick Edwards,

By: Simon Wharton

Simon Wharton — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:03:16 +0000

So, there you have it. A number of people in online marketing/development agencies who are positions to make recruitment decisions in and around Manchester expressing an opinion about BD Recruitment. Then there’s the conversation on Twitter as well. Who will these people speak in the pub later on? It’s not just what is said here, it’s what is read and what is said when someone is asked their opinion about a potential supplier.
Sometimes, in social media management, it’s best to just leave it alone.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:43:12 +0000

I had a call off BD Recruitment last month asking how my work situation was

Having run my own agency for the last 5+ years I think they need to update their db

What a bunch of losers!!

By: Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:40:00 +0000

And funnily enough, the company we got tricked by weren’t members of Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) either…

By: Rhys

Rhys — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:36:35 +0000

A couple of stories from my office (again, just stating it as fact), all within the last 6 months:-

- I got “headhunted” by a member of staff there, who buttered me up as one of “Manchester’s top SEO’s” (at the time, I was living in North Wales, weeks away from starting a new job).
- My boss got headhunted for a top SEO position.
- Another employee left a job to join us, and she got headhunted the week after for the job she left.

Personally, beside one phone call, I haven’t had any other phone call from them (famous last words), but as somebody who consider myself capable of independent and objective thought, I think they’ve done more harm than good with Natalie’s comments above.

Too many people I trust & respect have had their fingers burnt by BD. I’d never use them. Forgive me for being arrogent, but it’s their loss.