Our Story
People First Recruitment is a multi-sector recruitment agency. We have been recruiting since 1997 and are based in London, but our specialist recruitment areas are about as niche as they get.
Our recruitment sectors are:
- Banking & Financial Services — Partner with UK and international banks across all office functions.
- Japanese Recruitment (Team Japan) — Matching Japanese-speaking professionals with roles at British and Japanese companies.
- Chinese Recruitment (Team China) — Specialists in Mandarin and Cantonese roles for Western and Chinese clients.
- Supply Chain, Procurement & Logistics — Filling key operational roles across freight, procurement, and supply chain management.
- Multilingual Recruitment — Placing bilingual professionals in languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and more.
- Business-Critical Support — Covering essential support roles within administration, HR, accounting & finance, audit, IT, operations and offices Support.
Right from the start, we set out to provide a unique recruitment service to international companies and individuals and more than twenty-five years later, we are still doing just that.
Key Statistics
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Over 90% of our clients and candidates rate our service as Good or Excellent.
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Our repeat business stands at 81% of our total business.
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82% of clients rate the quality of our CVs as Good or Excellent.
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Employee Engagement is over 90% (Quantum Workplace Survey).
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90% of clients rate their consultant’s market knowledge as Good or Excellent.
...And the winner is...
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Business Awards UK – Winner 2024 –Best Recruitment Agency of the Year Permanent |
REC – REC – Best Recruitment Company to Work for 2022 |
Recruiter Awards – Shortlisted for the Recruiter Awards 2021 in the category of Recruitment Agency of the Year (up to 19 employees) |
REC – Best Recruitment Company to Work for 2019 |
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Top of the Class
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