OUR SECTORS
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Helping you find your new role
South West Recruitment Specialists
The job you choose has an enormous impact on your life and finding the right position to fulfil your ambitions can be a challenging process. As South West recruitment specialists we understand the market and have 30 years of experience helping people across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Bristol to find jobs that get them excited about working.
Matching you with businesses that fit your goals
We take time to get to know you, your background and your interests meaning we find a role that matches your personality as well as your skill set and career ambitions. It’s about more than putting you forward for the first vacancy that roughly fits your experience or technical skills we want to make sure the culture and opportunities for progression are a good fit too.
Taking you to the next stage of your career
We recruit for a variety of positions across a huge range of sectors throughout Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset. We can discuss your career aspirations within industries like Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing, Legal, Leisure, Tourism, IT, HR, Sales, Marketing, Transport and a whole lot more. We offer permanent, interim, contract and temporary roles. Our team will work with you to find out the type of job you’re looking for and discussing your options from there.
Supporting the transition to a new job
We understand and have long standing in-depth relationships with a wide range of businesses across the South West and this helps us understand different options available to you for your next career move. We take the time to understand you and your requirements in the same way. We will invite you to have a chat with us and we can look at your experience, education, interests and ambitions to help you identify some of the professional environments in which you could flourish. We can also point out training and professional development opportunities that could help you take your career to the next level. A short chat could be all it takes to give you something clear to aim for.
Our approach
Our personal approach to building strong relationships over time marks us out as the leading agency in the South West. We build lasting relationships with our candidates, helping to support you in your new job and throughout your career with all the interview and career advice you need to prosper. It’s what we have been doing since we opened our doors for business in 1988 - and since then we have become the leading independent South West recruitment agency, with a diverse mix of clients across the region and beyond.
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Don't just take our word for it
Fantastic service received by the team at Cathedral Appointments. Extremely personable and so lovely to deal with, they were proactive, professional and reliable. Their input helped me to successfully land a role and return to an industry I'd been away from for a few years. Highly recommend the team at Cathedral.
Suzette K
Candidate | Accountancy and Finance
Charlotte guided me through the process and always ensured to keep up to date. It was great having someone there that was knowledgeable and couldn’t do enough! It enabled me to successfully secure a new role and I would highly recommend Charlotte and the team's services at Cathedral Appointments.
Oliver S
Candidate | Marketing
We’ve worked with a number of consultants across different divisions over the years and we’ve always found Cathedral Appointment’s service to be very professional and efficient. They understand our requirements and are always excellent in putting a number of different options in front of us from which we’ve made many successful appointments. They have a brilliant understanding of the local market and we would highly recommend them.
Sarah Robinson
Client | Fraser Anti-Static Techniques
I worked with Georgia for the first time and found her to be totally professional, and friendly, and she couldn't have been more helpful if she tried. She made looking for a new role seamless. I would definitely recommend using Cathedral Appointments for anyone either looking to recruit or seeking employment.
Elaine F
Candidate | Manufacturing
Link Asset Services have had a long and successful relationship with Cathedral Appointments. We have been very satisfied with the consistent level of service received and the quality of candidates provided. Their consultants have invested time in getting to know our specialist fund administration and accounting business and to ensure they fully understand our requirements. We feel we are a valued client.
Gary Woolfries
Client | Link Asset Services
We are a small business with only occasional need for additional staff but, having tried using various job sites and advertising, would recommend their service for the time it saves in filtering and meeting candidates. We have used Cathedral Appointments a number of times over the years and been impressed with the time they spend getting to know us and our business and the resultant calibre and “good fit” of the candidates that they subsequently introduce to us.
Tim Bishop
Client | Foresight Financial Planning
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Meet the team
Joanne Caine FIRP DipRP
Managing Director
Jo joined Cathedral Appointments over 25 years ago and now leads the business alongside Clodagh, who joined the company in 2021. Jo is a local employment expert and a former board member of Exeter’s leading business membership organisation, Exeter Chamber. She is also a Fellow of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and has an Associated CIPD membership.
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Clodagh Murphy MBA; BSc Business & IT
Director
Clodagh is a business leader, holding over two decades’ experience in the tech and IT sectors. Her career began in 1996 working in San Francisco for a Mutual Fund Company. Clodagh then moved back to her home city, Dublin where she spent four years in a variety of roles for eircom. In 2003, Clodagh relocated to the UK and has had a number of leadership roles in Tech & IT Services businesses, including KCOM Group PLC, where she progressed to Managing Director of Eclipse Internet and grew that business from £20m to £40m turnover.
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Charlotte Ferguson MCIPD
Recruitment Manager
Having spent over seven years as a Recruitment Manager in two leading national law firms based in the South West, Charlotte has a passion for working with law firms to support partners and teams to find top talent in order to flourish and grow.
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