Whether you’re speaking to our consultants about your next great hire, developing your team & leaders or seeking UK payroll services and HR advice we know it’s nice putting names to faces.
Everything we do is built around the fact that people are at the centre of business success. So, as we continue to inspire people and deliver results we want to celebrate the team at Talk Staff behind it all.
As you can imagine, as a people consultancy, including our organisational development team, our wider team is significantly larger than the list below where we’ve highlighted the people you are most likely to speak to directly.
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Please note that all contact links in this email will go through to our central email for the attention of the person you’re contacting so please bear this in mind for any confidential matters. Feel free to request a direct email from our team once you are in contact with them.
Angela Harris – Legal Recruitment Resourcer
Contact Angela if you’re looking for your next position at a law firm in the Midlands.
Angela joined the team to help match talented candidates and ambitious clients and is focusing on building and nurturing Qualified and Fee Earning Talent across the East and West Midlands.
With extensive experience in the professional services sector, Angela has a strong background in both Recruitment and HR.
In her spare time she knits baby clothes for neo-natal units, has two Chihuahua’s and has even sung at The Royal Albert Hall!
Follow Angela on LinkedIn for the most recent roles.
David Orange – Managing Director and HoD – Legal Recruitment
Contact David if you’re looking for information on support across any of our People Consultancy Services including Recruitment, Payroll, HR or People Development.
David’s extensive knowledge in hiring strategy, business transformation and People Development has helped leaders and teams from start-ups to multi-nationals to build successful and powerful future-proof hiring processes, underpinned by sustainable working methodologies.
A lot has happened since David co-founded Talk Staff nearly 15 years ago, where he has been instrumental in helping turn us into a multi-award-winning people consultancy.
Over the last 15 years, David’s devotion to Talent Acquisition and desire to help businesses enhance their company culture and hire strong teams in an agile way, has allowed David to encounter a whole host of complex hiring situations and recruitment challenges, giving him plenty of commercial experience on how to overcome these for long term success, often by utilising the expertise of our wider team of people consultancy and organisational development specialists.
He works closely with our Organisational Development team who design new ways for organisations to improve their company culture and develop their teams and leaders.
Legal Recruitment
David has also built a formidable reputation in the legal recruitment world (as shown in our recent legal recruitment case study!)
“I recently asked David to find me my ‘forever firm.’ Within days he had secured me an interview which turned into a job offer which I gladly accepted. He definitely knows the industry and I would heartily recommend him to anyone looking for their new position.” Craig, Family Solicitor
Read our Legal recruitment case study
Lizzie Davison – Recruitment Consultant
Contact Lizzie if you are looking for your next support level role at a law firm within the Midlands.
Lizzie joined the team to build and nurture Legal Support Talent across both the East and West Midlands.
She comes with years of experience within the Recruitment industry, and is transferring those skills into the Legal discipline.
In her spare time, Lizzie enjoys seeing friends, watching sports and is a keep player in Rugby.
Clare Kelly – Senior Recruitment Consultant
Contact Clare if you’re looking for your next position at a law firm in the Central Belt of England.
Clare is focusing her time on both clients and candidate alike, working Qualified and Fee Earning Talent across Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
Clare comes to Talk Staff with a wealth of experience within the recruitment industry, specifically talented at working with niche recruitment requirements and is now building on that experience within our legal team.
In her spare time Clare loves spending time with her family, enjoys walking her Maltipoo, Cloud, and has a keen interest in the Aurora.
Debbie Rodgers – Payroll Officer
Contact Debbie if you’re already a payroll customer and need support
Debbie helps us support businesses with Payroll, keeping your teams paid on time and dealing with queries.
Over the past three years, Debbie has proven to be an indispensable asset, contributing immensely to our client base. Debbie contributes so much to the Talk Staff Family from keeping us entertained with the ‘great payroll quiz’ for National Payroll Week through to helping clients with a 5 star payroll service.
You’ll always find her with a cup of tea in hand.
“Debbie, your specialised skills and unwavering commitment are the backbone of our Payroll department’s success. Thank you for your outstanding contributions and here’s to many more years of collaboration and achievements together!” Richard Stokes
Here’s what one customer says about our payroll:
“With Talk Staff it’s all about relationships and that makes working with them a joy.”
National Payroll week was a real success this year, with Debbie playing a big part, hosting everything from payroll quizzes to teaching us payroll fun facts
Payroll Case Study from Derbyshire
Ellie Rowley – Principal Consultant – Key Accounts
Contact Ellie if you’re looking for a great recruitment partner to support you in building a great team.
Ellie has been a huge support to the Recruitment Services Team in her time here and last September she was promoted to Principal Consultant.
She matches ambitious companies in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas with great candidates in sectors and disciplines including customer support, Marketing, HR & finance.
Here’s what our candidates say: “I feel very lucky to have Ellie’s support and it has been brilliant to find an agency that genuinely wants you to progress and succeed in the career you have chosen.”
Adrienne Pead – Recruitment Consultant
Contact Adrienne if you are looking for your next Commercial or Technical position within the Midlands
Adrienne brings with her a wealth of experience from both the UK and overseas, she is multi-talented and spends her time working across 2 key sectors within both the East and West Midlands area.
If it’s a Sales Administrator, Finance Assistant, Welder or Engineer, Adrienne’s varied experience provides clients with the versatility of a Swiss Army Knife and is adept at providing top level talent whatever the need.
In her spare time, Adrienne loves to bury her head in a good book.
Keeley Stevens – Recruitment Consultant
Contact Keeley if you’re looking for your next big career step and after a more seamless approach
Keeley helps employers find the best office support talent across Derbyshire and Staffordshire including Administrators, Receptionists and Customer Service Advisors and is a regular winner of our team-voted Employee of the Month award!
And she is always going out of her way to help candidates…like this great candidate shares :
“My experience with Talk Staff through Keeley has been amazing, I honestly don’t know how I would have handled the application process without her. She not only helped me to find a position, but she coached me and checked in with me along the way”
Read more about recruitment challenges in 2024
Richard Stokes – Operations Director and HoD – Outsourced HR & Payroll
Contact Rich if you have any operational enquiries about Talk Staff. You can also reach out to him directly if you’re an existing payroll or HR customer or want to explore our people consultancy services do get in touch.
Richard, a pivotal member of our Senior Leadership Team, oversees our processes and operations.
He has a vast amount of experience in leadership and efficiency and in previous roles he’s helped organisational with acquisition integration for new systems, and improved efficiencies within businesses and teams. He plays an integral part in our business strategy and ongoing operations within Talk Staff.
Outside of work his dedication extends to maintaining a healthy lifestyle through frequent visits to the gym and even plans to compete in Tough Mudder Infinity.
HoD of Payroll and HR
His support as HoD spans from the meticulous management of client projects in Payroll and HR domains to the strategic enhancement of operational processes and overall business.
He supports our wider teams from supporting with employee relations and people-related scenarios through our HR support & support services and helping growing companies to adapt their payroll as they grow.
Here’s a useful resources where you’ll find 20+ payroll and HR legislation updates
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Please reach out to us at any stage if you’d like to explore our people consultancy services. We’d love to hear from you.
At Talk Staff people consultancy, we’re actively helping leaders and teams with:
- Outsourced HR Support and Advice (ad-hoc & retained)
- Outsourced Payroll – monthly, weekly and more
- Developing and implementing hiring and retention strategies – – 100+ 5 star reviews
- Developing teams and leaders through development sessions
- Coaching from Team Leaders to Executives
- Identifying and improving company culture
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Last Updated on 1 month by Richard Stokes
Last Updated on 1 month by Richard Stokes