Success stories

When employers offer work placements and work trials to our customers it can make a real difference. Find out more from our real life examples below.

Fashion retail - New Look

Construction industry supplier - O'Neill and Brennan

Tile and wood flooring specialist - Topps Tiles

New Look
New Look are an international high street fashion outlet, with nearly 250 stores in the UK and another 250+ around the world. They provide designer fashion at High Street prices and were one of the first fashion outlets to launch a size 16+ range in the UK. New Look believe that everyone can enjoy fashion, no matter what age, shape or size.

Joanne Zammit, Manager of New Look – Kingston, met up with her local CDG team to discuss how our services could help her fill instore vacancies quickly and effectively. Between them, they agreed the key skills and personality traits required by New Look, and arrangements were made for Joanne to meet and interview the CDG candidates who met the criteria.

Joanne hired one person following the first stage of interviews and has continued to work with CDG and hired a further three candidates over the past six months. Joanne says “CDG are very helpful, they understand my in-store needs. Their candidates are all keen to learn and progress, and are genuinely enthusiastic, which is perfect for a busy retail outlet. Importantly, their service allows me to fill vacancies quickly and effectively at any time of the year.”

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O’Neill & Brennan
O’Neill & Brennan are one of the UK and Ireland’s leading suppliers of labour, trades, professional and technical staff to the construction industry.

Established in 1990, there is a regional network of offices in Central London, Potters Bar, Manchester, Birmingham, Fareham and Brighton who provide a reliable recruitment service to O’Neill & Brennan’s client base of blue chip companies.

Since May 2007 CDG have built up a strong relationship with the south coast O’Neill & Brennan branches and now regularly pass on candidates upon achievement of. the Construction Industry’s Health and Safety qualification (the CSCS Card).

O’Neill & Brennan understand the CDG candidate group and are determined to provide sustainable work to meet their skill set. They also provide opportunities for successful applicants to continue in further education whilst employed.

Dominic, one of CDG’s many successful clients from Brighton said “O’ Neill and Brennan are helpful and accommodating to my college course, whilst trying to ensure I have constant work.”

O’Neill & Brennan continue to grow their relationship with CDG, placing 12 candidates in the first six months of the relationship. David Livsey, the Commercial Manager says “CDG have supplied us with motivated CSCS qualified staff, sometimes at very short notice. CDG candidates always arrive with a great professional attitude and work ethic. I can always trust and rely upon CDG to help us with our recruitment needs.”

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Topps Tiles
Topps Tiles is Britain’s biggest tile and wood flooring specialist, with more than 230 stores throughout the UK. Starting business in Manchester in 1963, it was a pioneering concept offering customers quality tiles at bargain prices. Today, Topps Tiles provides the best the world can offer in wall and floor tiles.

CDG first partnered Topps Tiles at a local level in early 2007, working alongside branches in Ealing. The relationship started smoothly by filling a couple of vacancies with good quality candidates.

CDG now assist in the recruitment needs of more than ten Topps branches in North West London, West London and the Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth areas. Sagren Naidoo is the London Area Manager for Topps Tiles and he has worked closely with his Job Performance Officer to ensure that he maximises the benefits of the relationship with CDG: “Working with CDG has many advantages; they arrange recruitment days at one of their local offices when we have multiple personnel needs and they ensure suitable candidates are invited; I can then interview and hire as I wish.

The existing working relationship we have with CDG is valuable and we will hopefully expand to other geographical areas.”

Topps Tiles have also taken advantage of the work trials scheme, allowing them to take a potential employee on-board for up to two weeks without incurring any costs. So far, Topps Tiles have hired 10 people through CDG recruitment days and trials.

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