Founded in 1979, Central Employment is the North East’s oldest independent recruitment agency, boasting over 40 years of industry expertise. Throughout our history, we have partnered with some of the region’s largest businesses and renowned brand names, specialising in temporary, contract, and permanent recruitment across diverse industries with full UK coverage.
Starting with humble beginnings in the industrial and manufacturing sector, we quickly gained a strong reputation throughout the North East during the 1980s and 1990s.
Today, we operate a multi-million pound business and are the preferred recruitment partner for leading blue-chip employers and established privately-owned SMEs in the region.
Our Growth
Over the years we have expanded our reach and expertise into sectors such as Sales & Marketing, Information Technology, Engineering, Construction and Technical fields.
This growth has been driven by our commitment to traditional values that prioritise teamwork, exceptional customer service, honesty, and a relationship-oriented approach – principles that remain central to our business model today.
One of our main strength’s is the time and investment we put into our staff. We have an exceptional track record of selecting, training and retaining our consultants. We believe in investing and developing our staff, as such they have all studied or are studying towards the below further qualifications alongside receiving on-going internal training. This model allows us to provide you with a consistent, sustainable and quality driven level of service.
- REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) – the industry body for standards, ethics and best practice
- CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) – a professional association for human resource management professionals
- NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) – work based awards that are achieved through assessment and training
We have recognised the changing demands on today’s workforce and have built up our team to deal with this. Our team is made up of fully experienced consultants who have extensive experience in handling contract and temporary assignments.
Our philosophy is simple yet effective; we believe that every appointment you make should strengthen your business. We listen to what makes your particular business work to increase our understanding of your workforce, before providing you with outstanding individuals who share your ethos and who suit your requirements perfectly.
As of June 2015, Central Employment announced a management buy-out by four members of senior management with a combined 50 years’ experience at Central Employment & within the recruitment industry. The buyout will help to ensure the continued stability and growth of Central Employment as three of the companies longest serving and key senior managers have made the commitment to invest in the brand.
Our office is located in Portland House, New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AP.
Our offices are open Monday – Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm. Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm.
Please feel free to book an appointment to come and see us.
