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TurnerFox has been based in Mansfield for over a decade, providing both temporary and permanent recruitment services across a wide range of sectors, in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire areas.

With an experienced team, focussed on delivering a personal service, we place thousands of candidates a year in roles for over two hundred local employers, many of whom have been with us since our first year in business.

Are you looking for quality recruitment?

Looking for an agency that listens to your exact needs and feels like a part of your extended team?

Are you looking for a new job, temporary or permanent?

Looking for an agency that gets to know you, supports you and finds you work within weeks?

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TurnerFox, your recruitment specialists

  • We are bold, ambitious and determined (and we can be a lot of fun!)
  • We are recruitment specialists for Nottinghamshire and We know this area.
  • We have worked in Nottinghamshire, Mansfield and Chesterfield for over ten years.
  • We are connected. We have relationships here – with businesses and with candidates.
  • We are your friendly, recruitment team.

Our go to recruitment company

“TurnerFox are our go to recruitment company for both permanent and temporary positions. They totally understand us and so make finding new hires simple. Even though they have a 13 week guarantee – we have never had to use it!”

Thomas

I had no idea where to start

“I really wanted to get into marketing – but had no idea where to start! Connie helped me to create my C.V. and to find a temporary marketing role. 8 months later I learned so much and the role is now permanent!”

Jenny

The TurnerFox team were amazing

“We won a big client and needed 20 temporary staff within a week. The TurnerFox team were amazing finding us the right people, checking all the references and all on time. We will definitely use them again!”

CLAIRE

Latest blog posts

16 Questions For 16 Years In Business As TurnerFox Recruitment

16 Questions For 16 Years In Business As TurnerFox Recruitment

1. How did you both meet? We met way back in the beginning of 2000 whilst both working for a Nottingham based recruitment agency. We hit it off and have remained friends ever since. 2. How did you know you would make great business partners? Well, we both have the...

Two Decades Of Recruitment Experience For Your Business

Two Decades Of Recruitment Experience For Your Business

We’ve worked with leading employers across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for over 20 years and helped teams find the right people, whether they are looking for permanent or temporary staff members. Our founders, Michelle and Connie, have always had an approach and a...

Autumn Statement 2023 – 5 Key Implications For Workers and Businesses

Autumn Statement 2023 – 5 Key Implications For Workers and Businesses

As the Government unveiled its Autumn Statement for 2023, it was no surprise that most of the significant changes had already been widely discussed in the media leading up to the Chancellor's statement on November 22nd. However, in this blog, we'll provide an overview...

Resurrecting the workplace: The battle for remote work

Resurrecting the workplace: The battle for remote work

Over the past few years, the way we work has undergone a significant transformation. While many employees have grown accustomed to remote work, which offers its advantages, it also presents challenges for employers seeking to bring their teams back to the office. The...

Why outsourcing your recruitment needs can save time and resources

Why outsourcing your recruitment needs can save time and resources

Outsourcing your recruitment needs to TurnerFox or any other recruitment agency can be a strategic move for HR managers and business owners looking to streamline their hiring processes, save time and resources, and improve the quality of candidates they attract.Here’s...

Move Fast With Your Recruitment

Move Fast With Your Recruitment

There is no hiding from the unpredictability and competitiveness of the current job market and how difficult it can be to attract and retain candidates. One key factor that can make or break the recruitment process is moving fast. As candidates still have more options...

How to Attract Top Graduates and Shape the Future of Your Business

How to Attract Top Graduates and Shape the Future of Your Business

As companies strive to stay ahead of the curve in this competitive business landscape, attracting top graduates has become a key strategy for shaping the future of a business. With fresh ideas, enthusiasm, and a hunger for success, young professionals can bring new...

Celebrating 5 years with TurnerFox

Celebrating 5 years with TurnerFox

How did you end up working for TurnerFox, and a little about your background before you joined the company? I originally started as an apprentice recruiter for a recruitment agency that focused on recruiting healthcare professionals for various mental health and care...

Is it still a candidate market in 2023?

Is it still a candidate market in 2023?

Reaching the halfway milestone of 2023, we’ve accessed the overall outlook for the candidate market and found a slight swing in power as the talent shortage starts to ease and employers begin re-evaluating their recruitment activities. However, the talent market is...

What will your recruitment in 2023 look like?

What will your recruitment in 2023 look like?

As a recruiter, HR manager or business owner, it’s essential to stay ahead of the curve on the latest shifts in the recruitment process. The new year is here, bringing opportunities, goals, and targets. 2023 is an opportunity to shift the gears of your recruitment...

Recruitment during a recession

Recruitment during a recession

We set our recruitment business up during the last recession – and nearly 15 years later, we continue to do what we love – connecting people to thrive. There is no denying the UK is going through a period of economic uncertainty,...

The impact of the cost of the living crisis on recruitment

The impact of the cost of the living crisis on recruitment

We constantly hear news about the severe talent shortages, and here at TurnerFox, we’ve been reporting on the impact of the great resignation in our blogs and conversations with clients throughout 2022. Now we face the challenge and impact of the cost of living crisis...

What’s the real cost of your recruitment process?

What’s the real cost of your recruitment process?

How often have you heard ‘ people are the foundation of any business?’ The results can be outstanding if you get the right people in place to perform and be aligned with your company's vision. But to recruit the best talent to your business, what does it cost? We...

5 ways to boost employee retention

5 ways to boost employee retention

You may be thinking, why are recruiters writing about how to boost employee retention when our business is based on recruiting candidates for the right jobs?! Right now, we are in a great position to help strengthen the labour market. We, along with the rest of the...

How to retain and attract new employees in 2022

How to retain and attract new employees in 2022

The post-pandemic recruitment recovery continues to be unstable as organisations battle it out over talent and try new ways to retain their valued employees. This new found fierce competition for talent has forced employers to focus on their values, purpose and...

What attracts candidates to a company in 2022?

What attracts candidates to a company in 2022?

As we finally enter the phase of pandemic restrictions easing, it's improved the market confidence, which has driven strong demand for workers. Since last August, permanent and temporary placements have increased quickly and then at the start of 2022 recruitment...

How to pick out your future employees ahead of demand.

How to pick out your future employees ahead of demand.

Over the last 2 years, those in charge of company recruitment processes and HR managers have had a challenging time dealing with online working, Brexit diminishing overseas staffing pools, furlough, and unforeseen demands. Mass unemployment has now transformed into...

What does recruitment look like in 2022?

What does recruitment look like in 2022?

Over the last twelve months, most businesses have found themselves pivoting to the ever-changing climate, and recruitment is no different. Recruitment strategies have had to adapt to change.  The remote home working culture and the skills gap are taking over the...

What can local businesses do about the shortage of job candidates?

What can local businesses do about the shortage of job candidates?

Job vacancies have hit a record high right across the UK. We can’t believe how vastly different the UK economy looks when we think back to starting the year in another lockdown. Vacancies are now booming as the post-pandemic labour market continues to recover. High...

Furlough Scheme is Ending, so what’s next?

Furlough Scheme is Ending, so what’s next?

6 Top tips if you have unexpectedly found yourself job hunting. The furlough scheme has protected millions of jobs during this pandemic, but now it’s coming to an end, will employers decide to take back their furloughed workers or make them redundant.  Companies...

How Covid has Changed the Recruitment Process for Everyone

How Covid has Changed the Recruitment Process for Everyone

Companies have thrived or survived during this time. It’s been pivotal for companies to provide flexibility, resources and tools to adapt quickly but it’s been easier said than done. This pandemic has disrupted every industry; every organisation and most job roles now...

7 Compelling Reasons Why You Need A Recruitment Agency

7 Compelling Reasons Why You Need A Recruitment Agency

We see it all the time on adverts places ‘no agencies please’, but any good recruiter is thick-skinned and doesn't’ take offence to these blanketed barriers cast out over agencies that look upon us as all the same. We understand and we also know you are more than...