Paramount Recruitment

Paramount was founded in 2007 by Jason Thomas, a senior recruitment professional with a highly successful track record of working closely with many companies throughout South Wales and the West. He has created and delivered exceptional recruitment solutions and service to them and continues to do so. Paramount is a professional recruitment consultancy with offices in Pontypridd, Cardiff and Swansea. With over 30 years recruitment experience, it operates four specialist recruitment divisions covering manufacturing, technical, driving and commercial market sectors, delivering permanent and temporary recruitment solutions to clients and candidates. Its consultants not only have specialist experience in their chosen sectors but have a passion and conviction to exceed clients and candidates expectations consistently. The company operates with honesty, integrity and passion giving all its customers a truly excellent service and Paramount has established a strong brand name that exudes quality and a service that is delivered with professionalism and passion.

Origins

After creating many new recruitment operations for a national recruitment company but never truly getting the rewards he deserved, Jason decided to utilise his 15 years of recruitment experience at senior level of working within the manufacturing, construction and technical market sectors to create his own brand. The initial challenges were cash flow, restrictive covenants from the previous employer and convincing potential clients not only to try a new company but to believe and put trust into a small independent company that could not only match but better the service given by larger recruitment companies. The focus on business development was incredibly strong and with long standing client relationships built up over many previous years, the company started to increase its market share of the business and grew accounts to vast levels, often reaching 100 plus temporary workers at individual client sites. This then enabled it to concentrate its efforts on helping the customer to fulfil their obligations of deadlines, quality and quantity.

Success factors

The Paramount team have a positive an opportunistic vision and have capitalised on the tough economic climate by chiselling out the companies that were remaining busy and providing them with a bespoke cost effective and flexible service to utilise within their business. Paramount has developed outstanding relationships with its clients that have been built through trust, honesty and the consistent delivery of an exceptional service. They share a relationship of mutual trust and understanding with both clients and candidates which has been the cornerstone of successful placements. The team constantly strive to work with clients and candidates, listening to their needs and assisting them in reaching their requirements. Paramount has old fashioned values and fully believe that all candidates should be and are interviewed at its offices prior to being submitted to any client, which ensures that the candidates professionally selected, matched and, most importantly, right for the role and clients’ company.

The future?

Paramount plan to create an apprenticeship scheme from its new Cardiff office which is also the company head office. It will have the facilities to train new recruits to the highest standards of excellence and ultimately ensure they obtain the REC qualification which is the governing body of the recruitment industry. They will also invest in additional staff to increase the team size in each operating division and will create three new offices over the next 2 years in the east of Wales and South West. This will enable the company to provide recruitment services not only from Carmarthen to Cwmbran but to increase profile into the South West, engaging with companies from Bristol and the surrounding areas to utilise the Paramount brand.

Sector: Industrial/Manufacturing recruiter

Established: 2007

Growth: 374.6%