North Somerset based recruitment company Hunter Selection is opening a new, eco-friendly office in Portishead that will provide up to 20 new jobs for local people.

The specialist recruitment service currently has an office on the Greystoke Business Park in Portishead, along with three other offices nationally, and have now purchased an additional office unit on the site with the hope that they can find up to 20 aspiring new recruiters in the area to join one of their four teams.

Currently working in Portishead are the engineering and manufacturing, and science and technology teams with the new office planning to house service and sales, and IT teams. 

These four departments currently work with major international companies, with brands like Unilever, Yeo Valley, and Müller, already on their client list.

The new Portishead office will be fitted with solar panels, LED lighting, and EV charging points, changes also being made to the current office, as the company looks to do its part for the environment.

North Somerset Times: Th team from Hunter Selection, many of whom come from the local areaTh team from Hunter Selection, many of whom come from the local area (Image: Hunter Selection)

This positive push for the planet’s atmosphere is reflective of the atmosphere that Hunter Selection wish to cultivate within the company.

With much of the team hailing from North Somerset and its surrounding areas, including founder and managing director Russell Smith, there is a homegrown feel to the office which aims to provide a professional environment for aspiring recruiters without having to journey into cities like Bristol.

Smith said: “We're financially successful, we're growing, and this office gives us a platform to employ another 20 people in the Portishead, Clevedon, Nailsea areas.

“We want people to go hang on, I'm communicative, organised, and ambitious, maybe recruitment could be for me, and they don't have to go and join that snake’s nest of companies in Bristol, there's a really good company here in Portishead.

“We're not profit, profit, profit, we’re all about employing good people, helping them to develop as individuals and develop their skills as business professionals and recruiters, and that business is right here on your doorstep.

“I'm North Somerset born and bred, most of our managers and staff live within North Somerset or South Bristol, and I know people say their companies have a family fit, but I think we've sincerely, genuinely got that.”