International Women’s Day – Celebrating Our Women in Recruitment

Lauren

With over 13 QCS Staffing years under her belt, Lauren saw the available progression opportunities within recruitment, and ran with it! Initially joining within an administrative role, she since discovered her talent for recruitment and grew from Delivery Executive to Delivery Leader and then Associate Director of Delivery for QCS Staffing. Having accrued a wealth of knowledge in Life Sciences and Renewable Energy during her time within these areas of recruitment, Lauren now uses her expertise to manage both sectors for QCS Staffing. Not only does she support developing projects and business delivery plans, day to day she spends her time encouraging her team’s learning and progression, continuously cultivating their talent as recruiters and industry experts. Recently, Lauren has secured another promotion, moving to the Associate Director of Operations position. 

Zoe

As a Human Biology university graduate, Zoe took the opportunity to put her scientific mind to excellent use as a recruiter for the industry. Joining QCS Staffing in 2017, Zoe began her career as a Delivery Executive for the Life Sciences sector, applying her astute pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology knowledge to the sourcing of new candidates within the field. Her brilliant understanding of the industry, as well as her skill for recruitment, enabled her to grow into an Account Manager role, where now she plays an important role in QCS Staffing’s Life Sciences function by forging relationships with new businesses and supporting the needs of existing clients.  Not only is Zoe a superb and valued member of our recruitment team, but she is also a reservist for the Royal Navy, committing her spare time to undergo specialist training with the eventual goal of being deployed in active service. 

We have so many brilliant and gifted colleagues here at QCS Staffing, we simply couldn’t fit them all in this one blog post, so go ahead and discover our superstars on our meet the team page.

Supporting Women in Recruitment

Although recruitment is becoming a more opportunistic and diverse industry for women, much work is still to be done, particularly in growing female employees into leading board positions. An organisation that is helping to drive the change is the APSCO Embrace initiative, formally known as 'women in recruitment'. The movement was established to give recruitment firms support to attract, develop, and retain female talent, as well as demonstrate a commitment to gender equality for clients and candidates. As leaders in employment, the initiative highlights the importance of recruitment companies to not only diversify their own workforces, but also educate their clients in creating an inclusive work culture.

At QCS Staffing, we are proud to represent an equal and inclusive workforce. We value each and every single person we employ for their individuality, knowing that it is our uniqueness that brings us closer as one team. If you would like to embrace the exciting opportunities that recruitment has to offer, and join our incredibly talented female colleagues at our Berkhamsted recruitment head office, get in touch today.

Happy International Women’s day from all of us at QCS Staffing!