“We have been trying to fill an open position in Germany for some time, which proved very challenging due to the specialised nature of the role. Debbie did a great job in finding us an excellent pool of candidates to choose from. In addition she represented our company so well, that this was a major reason for candidates to take a special interest in working for us. Thanks to Debbie this position has now finally been filled with a highly suitable person that meets our expectations.”
Timo Fey, Learning Manager International Operations at GMAC Financial Services
“Having known Debbie for a number of years, she recently led a search for a Global Recruitent Director for me at ICON plc. Not only was she a joy to work with, but through her expert understanding of the market place as well as through her seasoned expertise she delivered a high quality shortlist and ultimately a very strong outcome, whom I am sure we wouldn’t have hooked without Debbie. Thanks Debs!”
Peter Abdey VP HR ICON Plc
“I have recently worked with Debbie on a retained assignment for a Recruitment Manager for PizzaExpress. We have been delighted by the speed Debbie has completed this, 6 weeks from briefing to offer being accepted, which included Debbie taking a 2 week holiday over Christmas! This is the first time Debbie has worked for PizzaExpress and following our first briefing she had an immediate grasp of the culture and role requirements and put forward 3 excellent candidates. I would have no hesitation in recommending Debbie – she is driven to succeed for the client together with providing great support to her candidates. She is resourceful in finding suitable candidates and above all a pleasure to work with.”
Jane Bon Bernard, Interim HRD Pizza Express
“Debbie is extremely professional and an excellent consultant. She has a terrific network that she is able to draw on, but what I like most about her is the way she provides a service that goes above and beyond what is normally required. You can depend on her to provide that personal touch, with both style and integrity. I thoroughly recommend her work.”
Karen Chappell – Tay, Global Head of Learning at BT Global Services
“From a candidate perspective it was a pleasure to work with Debbie. I felt that we were working in partnership to ensure that there was a fit between my skills and the roles suggested rather than being forced into what was available. So often in this process you feel the Recruiter is just interested in the financial rewards but with Debbie it was about building a working relationship. Throughout the interview process until the end of the assignment I felt totally supported. Debbie always returned my calls and ensured I was well prepared for each interview. I felt I could trust Debbie and call on her at any time. Many Recruiters work hard to please the hiring organisation, sometimes at the expense of the candidate. This was not the case with Debbie and she built successful relationships with all the stakeholders. Debbie successfully placed me in a role so there can be no higher recommendation.”
Nigel Connolly, Head of HR Services at Thomas Cook
“Debbie handled a number of senior European HR vacancies for me. I found her to be extremely professional and very effective in sourcing these positions. She is very knowledgeable within the HR field and sourced first class candidates in a timely and effective manner. She has an honest and direct approach and a personality that makes her a pleasure to deal with. I would not hesitate to use her again.”
Gillian Humphries, Former HR Director EMEA at Novell, now at Siemens.
“I have known Debbie for two years and have valued her immense energy-levels, vast network and invaluable ability to cut to the chase to offer sound advice and wise counsel on career matters. Debbie operates as a ‘partner’ whilst working with you and manages relationships on a long-term basis rather than as a slave to any particular fee. This approach, when working with you as either a candidate or client, is a refreshing one; and when combined with the behaviours articulated above generates a significant value-add to decision making.”
Graeme Cook, Group Head of Talent & Leadership at Legal & General
“I have known Debbie for many years and she has always delivered quality, on time and within budget. When I moved to Flybe in January 2007 I needed to reshape and strengthen the HR function as we were about to acquire British Airways low cost airline and double our size to 3,000 employees overnight. I contacted Debbie who helped me hire a number of senior HR Business Partners who through their talent have helped Flybe to become Europe’s leading Regional Airline and the number 1 UK domestic carrier. I have no hesitation in recommending Debbie who knows the marketplace and is a recruiter who ultimately gets results.”
Simon Charles, Director of HR at Flybe Group Ltd.
“I am absolutely delighted to offer a testimonial for Debbie who is a true example of someone who recruits with absolute integrity and a focus on the right outcome, a rare breed in my experience. Debbie is someone who has precisely the right blend of knowledge, insight, credibility, reliability, effectiveness and character to succeed. She knows what is required, how to get it done and is prepared to have the difficult conversations as well as the easy ones. Crucially, Debbie understands the value of building true and lasting relationships and she is open, honest and very easy to do business with, keeping clients informed throughout an assignment and making contact from out-of-the-blue when something interesting crops up – typically well before others have heard of it. The recruitment market is full of people and providers who promise much yet under-deliver, chasing sales targets at the expense of the outcome. Debbie, meanwhile, builds lasting trust through relationships, understands the market and sectors, and brings genuine insight to each assignment. It is a compelling blend and I recommend her services to without hesitation”.
Mick Williams, Senior People & Change Head, KPMG
“I have worked with Debbie for the last 19 years and will continue to do so in her new venture. During this time, I have been the HR Director for a number of companies and Debbie has shown the flexibility to support me in a number of business sectors from financial services to telecommunications to FMCG. In each of these businesses, Debbie has undertaken recruitment assignments both in HR and other functions such as important sales roles. Each time she has adopted a very focused and professional approach and persists until 100% successful. She adopts a thorough project management approach to each piece of work and as a Client you are kept fully briefed whilst she always delivers to the commitments she makes.”
What really makes Debbie’s contribution so valuable is her advice and deep thought which she gives to any brief; she will therefore help challenge your thinking and ensure you have the brief just right. She has excellent people skills and builds great relationships within the business which of course helps any busy HRD as line managers can go directly to Debbie and value her counsel. Debbie also brings such a wealth of knowledge of the market because she networks to keep up to date with her clients and the talent pool in HR in particular. And most important, in my opinion, she is great fun to work with; we have always managed to have a good laugh whilst maintaining a serious results focused approach! I have always chosen to use Debbie, not the business she has worked for, so I am delighted she is in her own venture where she will no doubt be successful being able to build on her vast experience and skills.”
Susan Fox, Group HRD at 20:20 Mobile (interim).
“Debbie is someone I have known for several years and during that time, she has always been honest and direct with me. She is someone that knows the HR market well because she’s worked in it and in various guises for years. She gives great counsel to individuals regarding their careers, readinness for the next job and is also excellent in advising potential clients as to the kind of candidate that would not only best suit the position they are looking to hire but also about the kind of candidate that would best fit their company culture. Her network is excellent and ranges across a wide variety of industries and each time she’s introduced me to some one in her network that may have information or access to a resource that I need, it has always turned out to be an excellent introduction. The name of her company in my view is very well chosen, because Debbie truly is a partner in the way that she works. She is the consummate professional and I would recommend that if you are looking for a service in which you feel like you are the only and most important client in the world, you should be talking to Paskpartnership.”
Yetunde Hofmann, Head of Group Leadership & Organisation Development, Imperial Tobacco Ltd
“Debbie is someone I have known for over seven years. She has a great in depth and pragmatic knowledge of the HR market. A key strength is her ability to provide great straight and objective advice. Debbie also has that much needed ‘can do’ attitude with a real focus on her customers. I’ve never needed to chase her up once on anything and she always makes you feel as if you are the only client in the world that she is working on. The even better thing about this quality of hers is that she applies that equally, whichever side of the fence you are on, i.e. candidate or client.”
Stuart Nolan, Group Reward Director DSG international plc
“Debbie is easy to engage with, very professional and proactively offers helpful advice about how to present yourself in the best way for a specific role. Through Debbie I have changed roles this year to a position which is really adding to my career experience.”
“I have known Debbie Pask for 15 years. She has worked with me in partnership for all of that time and has successfully placed HR candidates with me when I have worked in a number of different sectors. Debbie really does make a difference and she adds quantifiable value. She has never given me an off the shelf solution, nor does she just “trawl” a database. She listens and provides valuable insights. The biggest frustration a client can have is the lack of timely contact. Debbie has never once failed to return a phone call when she has promised to do so. I have picked her brains on many occasions in the last decade or so. She always keeps me in the loop and always delivers on an assignment. Debbie has an incredibly deep knowledge of the HR sector and is able to draw on an extensive network. What I value the most about her is her honesty, integrity and professionalism.”
James Stephenson, Head of Reward, Wolseley
“Debbie Pask has been a trusted professional and strategic resourcing partner of mine for a number of years. Her professionalism, business understanding and commercial acumen are unquestionable. However, what I personally value most is the authenticity, commitment and candour she demonstrates in her handling of every assignment.”
“I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending her – if you are interested in attracting business savvy, high potential and effective HR professionals that make an immediate impact on performance, speak to Debbie ”
Diahann Williams, HR Director, BP, now HRD at British American Tobacco (BAT)
Debbie is easy to engage with. She is very professional and proactively offers helpful advice about how to present yourself in the best way for a specific role. Through Debbie I have changed roles this year to a position which is really adding to my career experience”. Corrine James, Head of Group Learning & Development at Bodycote PLC
“I have worked with Debbie for the last 19 years and will continue to do so in her new venture. During this time, I have been the HR Director for a number of companies and Debbie has shown the flexibility to support me in a number of business sectors from financial services to telecommunications to FMCG.
In each of these businesses, Debbie has undertaken recruitment assignments both in HR and other functions such as important sales roles. Each time she has adopted a very focused and professional approach and persists until 100% successful. She adopts a thorough project management approach to each piece of work and as a Client you are kept fully briefed whilst she always delivers to the commitments she makes.
What really makes Debbie’s contribution so valuable is her advice and deep thought which she gives to any brief; she will therefore help challenge your thinking and ensure you have the brief just right. She has excellent people skills and builds great relationships within the business which of course helps any busy HRD as line managers can go directly to Debbie and value her counsel.
Debbie also brings such a wealth of knowledge of the market because she networks to keep up to date with her clients and the talent pool in HR in particular. And most important, in my opinion, she is great fun to work with; we have always managed to have a good laugh whilst maintaining a serious results focused approach! I have always chosen to use Debbie, not the business she has worked for, so I am delighted she is in her own venture where she will no doubt be successful being able to build on her vast experience and skills.”
Susan Fox, Group HRD at 20:20 Mobile (interim).
“Matt has provided excellent candidates to us over many years and uses his extensive knowledge of the market to source a wide range of high quality candidates. He is also a strong business partner and adviser to us as the client. I would strongly recommend his services.”
Angela Williams – HR Director, British Gas
“I have known and worked with Matt for more than seven years. Matt took over and managed a relationship I had previously had with another member of his business. The manner in which he did his set the tone for the rest of our working relationship. It was both personable and professional.
Matt is honest, trustworthy and dependable. He always delivers on his personal commitments. He is also very well connected and leverages his network very well indeed. Matt will try new avenues to fulfil his commitment and will work incredibly hard to deliver.
If Matt cannot help you, he will say so. If he can help you, he will work incredibly hard to deliver to your specification. You can count on Matt.”
John Handley – HR Director International Markets, BUPA
Debbie Pask has over 25 years' HR resourcing experience. She has a reputation for building sustainable, trusting and collaborative relationships with clients and candidates. Her in depth knowledge of the HR market and her track record for delivery in a timely and cost effective manner is renowned.
Matt Wallis has 10 years' experience of recruiting senior management and Board level candidates in the UK, US and Western Europe. His functional expertise covers HR, Finance, Sales & Marketing, IT, Operations and General Management.