Testimonials

What our clients say about us…….

"Penta have worked with Cazenove Capital Management for around five years, initially as one of our First-Tier Preferred Suppliers for IT Recruitment supplying both contract and permanent staff and for the last four they have provided an on-site Managed Service for all of our IT Recruitment.  Penta have developed an excellent rapport with us and have always demonstrated their total commitment to meeting our requirements.  I have always found them to be extremely reliable and professional and they are a pleasure to work with."
Alison Stobbs Human Resources, Cazenove Capital Management Ltd

“Penta Consulting has demonstrated a clear understanding of our business objectives and their total commitment to delivery has helped us to achieve them.  They have delivered well above the competition and this has included a jointly developed web based recruitment solution.” 
UK Head of Services, Siemens Mobile

“I have worked with Penta Consulting over the past two years during which time they were key in providing me with quality technical specialists for a large Government account based in South Wales. Our requirements were for time served Architects and Technical Specialists to work as part of a large team in a client facing environment – skills included Solutions Architects, Unix, Storage and Testing Specialists. Penta had excellent awareness of the local market and geography.

In the main Penta managed to source local talent which we would not normally have had access to without resorting to expensive local recruitment fairs and/or advertising campaigns. When local candidates were not available they provided us with contract staff able to work in South Wales without issues or delays. All candidates proved reliable and appeared well supported by Penta. I would recommend Penta to any customer looking to recruit technical specialists.”
Global Service Provider

"The purpose for this reference is to confirm that the services supplied by Penta Consulting to NHS Westminster have been of the highest quality. The consultants dealing with our needs have always been extremely helpful and professional and have always put forward candidates which have met out tight requirements and always ensured they fit the team perfectly.

The knowledge of technology and software used in our organisation have always been understood and has aided in the candidate selections put forward, enabling Penta’s candidates to always be above other agencies. I would have no concern recommending Penta to any other organisation looking for top quality recruitment services."
Applications and Clinical Systems Manager, NHS Westminster

"Luke Joliffe at Penta Consulting provided a great service from start to finish.  The role in question was a very specific assignment which had been open for some time with other recruitment agencies struggling to find the right calibre of candidate.  Within a very short amount of time, Luke provided a couple of suitable candidates and successfully placed somebody within six weeks.  A great result." 
Duncan Higgins, Director, Virgin Media
 
“We have been working with Penta over the past year and are delighted with the service they have provided on a high profile, complex, international telecommunications project.  I am impressed by their competency, technical knowledge and clear understanding of our business and its needs. As a result they have been able to provide us with a number of highly skilled consultants with very specific skills which in turn has enabled us to deliver on a very important project.
My contacts at Penta are very good at keeping me informed on all fronts and respond quickly to any requests we may have – their account management and service is excellent and I know I can rely on them.  I would not hesitate to recommend Penta to any organisation looking for a first class staffing partner.”
Lennart Nilsson - Sourcing Manager Sweden - Ericsson

"From my experiences of working with Penta Consulting I have found them to be one of the most reliable and competent recruitment agencies on our (very extensive) preferred suppliers list. Our extremely knowledgeable and experienced account manager (James) has been an absolute diamond in supplying us with exactly what we are looking for and providing a single point of contact, rather than having to speak to numerous consultants depending on what the job is we are trying to fill.

Penta consultants have taken the time to get to know exactly what and who we need to complement the Haymarket culture in terms of skills and fit from the candidates they supply us with. When you are working with high volume recruitment, time and resources are precious so the little extras really help -the fact that for each job we only ever receive a maximum of three or four CVs, which normally include that of the successful candidate is a godsend, as is the lack of unnecessary calls that we receive from Penta (I wish I could say that for all of the agencies we work with).

I frequently receive requests from our hiring managers to only use Penta Consulting to fill our IT and digital jobs. To quote our previous digital programme director “…..I am positive they (Penta) will fill it within 3 CVs” and he is usually right."
Gemma Rigby, Recruitment Co-ordinator - Haymarket Media Group 


"I have been working closely with Kyle Rashid from Penta Consulting over the past year in my search for professionals in product management.  During that time Kyle has proved to be a very enthusiastic, determined and skilled recruiter. He has extensive knowledge of candidates in the Dutch market who have good telecoms backgrounds and experience and has been able to provide me with excellent candidates within a short space of time. In addition Kyle personally speaks to the candidates in order to preselect and prequalify them for me. I know I can rely on Kyle to be persistent in finding the right people for our organization."
Sjouke Kooistra - Manager Product Managment - B2B Ziggo Zakelijk

"Penta have always selected a field of very able candidates for us on every occasion and been able to fill vacancies for contract staff with great speed and efficiency.  We have found their ability to manage their contractors has removed that stress from our management team - they are our first choice agency for senior project and technical staff".
Head of HIS Medway PCT

"Luke at Penta has provided a very professional service which I would recommend to others. He has been quick, efficient and produced excellent candidates. He has a good understanding of how our business works such that when we do wish to bring on a candidate he knows how to effectively steer them through the process to avoid hiccups. Great job so far ...."
Head of Propositions, Bundling & Pricing, Virgin Media

“Penta have been one of our preferred supplied now for nearly three years and in that time have developed close working relationships with our recruitment teams.  Penta consultants work tirelessly using their in-depth industry knowledge to find the best candidates, so that in turn, we can deliver the right people to our clients.  As an organisation Penta are forward thinking, adaptable and innovative which makes them perfectly placed to work within the ever changing world of IT.”
Workforce Manager - EDS

"In the short time that BA Holidays have been working with Penta Consulting, Penta have been able to fill a number of roles for us, including ones that had proved difficult to fill and had been vacant for some time.  I have no doubt that this was due to James Peachey’s good understanding of the roles and of the requirements in the travel industry."
BA Holidays

I began working with Penta Consulting towards the end of 2007.  We did not have a relationship with Penta so I was unsure as to how beneficial it would be to add them to our rapidly growing PSL.  However, following a meeting with Paul Gaskell and because of the excellent service he provided I was more than happy to add Penta.  Even though I requested a great deal of information in ridiculously short time frames Paul was always been on hand to respond via email or telephone.  It was the quality of this information that made all the difference in our recruitment process for ‘hard to find’ candidates to fill complex and challenging roles.
 
Paul has placed two such candidates with us who are both happy and steadily progressing within their department, enjoying the nature of their work and being part of the clara.net team.  I hope to continue to build on our relationship with Penta.
HR Officer clara.net

“Penta have always been a reliable source of quality staff since the days when they were much smaller and providing people to me for a range of IT projects when I was Head of Technology for Barclays. Despite having built on their success and now being one of the leading recruitment consultancies in the UK, Penta continue to work with me on a very personal level and know what I expect from staff over and above what is evident purely from a CV. A rare quality that saves me and my business many hours/days in the recruitment process."
Mark Hipperson – Head of Consultancy, BJSS Ltd

“Penta has been one of our preferred resource providers in Ericsson LMN region west in Nigeria. We have always had an excellent co-operation and Penta has over time "delivered" resources to us of all categories. We have always been satisfied with the quality delivered when it comes to skills of persons, response time, commitment etc. We can seriously recommend Penta as a good and trustable vendor of resources."
Ole Pultz, Project Office Manager, Ericsson, West Africa

“I have been extremely happy with Penta Consulting and your work over the last couple of years.  You have helped me tremendously in my time at NTL as Head of Commercial Finance for Television.  The speed of turnaround and quality of candidates has always been of the highest calibre and I look forward to having you on Orange's books to continue our relationship.”
Ettienne Brandt, Head of Marketing Performance Management

“Since being contacted by Penta, I have found that a professional attitude towards the industry in second to none, the understanding of requirements and perfected placements have left me with no doubt that Penta are the first consultancy I call in looking for a new contract and resources for any future projects.”
Keith Bradley Project Manager / Brads Business Solutions Ltd

“As a Test Manager, I was contacted by Penta Consulting with an offer to supply contract testing staff. I asked what Penta could do for me over and above my PSL agencies and my contact immediately offered to get on a plane to come and see me - which he did, forthwith.
 
We were very impressed with his presentation which was specifically tailored to our business and to the test programme and by his professional approach.  When we received a sample CV it looked an exact match to our requirements and when we interviewed the candidate he was very well briefed and aware of our objectives and methods of working. We offered a position to the candidate and he accepted.  I have no hesitation in recommending Penta to any prospective employer of testing staff."
Roger Walker, Lloyds TSB

“I have found that your consultants to be extremely competent and intelligent - very rare for the recruitment industry in my experience.”
Mark Wiggins, Sales Director, Hitwise UK Ltd.

“I have found over the course of our three year relations with Penta that their understanding of our requirements and subsequent delivery of high calibre people is consistent and truly exceptional” 
Managing Director NTL Home

“I have used approximately 20 Contractors supplied by Penta Consulting over the last year.  Penta clearly have a top quality database as they continuously meet the high skills standards I need for assisted operations.  I find them to be very flexible and always willing to go the extra mile in order to help Nortel meet its customer expectations. As well as providing the correct skills they always focus on providing the best possible price. They demonstrate a true partnership approach and are willing to explore innovative ideas with me in creating new solutions and strategies to keep up to date with our evolving technology requirements.
 
I would rate Penta overall as my number one supplier.  In 2006 I would like to see Penta operate as a managed service provider in order for us to be able to continue to grow the business unit I look after.”
Assistant Operations Manager, Nortel EMEA

“I feel that of all the technical agencies we use, that Penta is consistently at the top in terms of response time, quality of account management, knowledge of the markets, the high quality of the candidates presented and the interest shown in trying to properly understand our business.”   
Daniel Lawton, Graduate Recruitment Specialist EMEA

“I have worked with Penta Search frequently over the last few years and have found them to be extremely competent and very successful at what they do. The team provides well vetted and well qualified candidates and was particularly successful in supplying us with senior managers to roll out our VOD products and services. Andy Crouch who heads up Penta Search is an approachable and resourceful point of contact.”
Gidon Katz, Director NTL: Telewest

 “I just want to let you know that you have just received a big compliment from Filip Hufkens Project Manager for Siemens Belgium. He said that Penta is more professional than any of the other agencies he is using and he is very satisfied with the standard of the contractors you have supplied to him. Congratulation guys, keep up the good work!”
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