This issue we introduce CMR’s UK Recruitment team.

Suzanne Boyle – Senior Recruitment Consultant

Suzanne started with Clyde Marine Recruitment in July 1998 as the Office Junior.  Suzanne has worked her way up in various roles within the recruitment department from Trainee Recruitment Consultant to Recruitment Consultant and finally Senior Recruitment Consultant.  She currently deals with deck officer recruitment but has dealt with all ranks in the past which includes engineers and ratings.  She has also been involved with some crew management contracts in the past.  Her main activities include recruiting deck officers for various Clients by searching for suitable candidates, checking certificates and references, preparing candidates for payroll, and organising specific certificates for crew to join vessels.  Suzanne is also assists with QA and conducts internal audits for the company.

Angela Hewitt – Senior Recruitment Consultant

Angela joined the company in November 2008. During this time she has gained valuable recruitment experience focused primarily within Engineering, Electrician and Motormen disciplines and covering all sectors of shipping as well as the oil and gas market.  Her main activities include candidate sourcing, checking certificates and references and preparing candidates for payroll.  Angela, along with the CMR recruitment team, dedicates a substantial amount of her time to expanding the candidate pool using latest marketing techniques such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Jamie Cunningham – Recruitment Consultant

Jamie started with Clyde Marine Recruitment in July 2007 and is an integral part of the recruitment team managing day-day enquiries from Clients and candidates.  He currently manages the temporary and permanent recruitment of ABs and Deckhands, however he has also managed recruitment for motormen, cooks and stewards.  Main duties are sourcing candidates for various clients, checking certificates and references and preparing candidates for payroll.

Valerie Clark – Recruitment Consultant

Prior to commencement with Clyde Marine Recruitment, Valerie was employed by Clyde Marine Training where she gained valuable transferable maritime knowledge, before starting with Clyde Marine Recruitment in 2012. Valerie has had exposure to Crew Management whilst managing various contracts with European ferry operators.  She now works with the CMR Recruitment team, where she is responsible for the resourcing and recruitment of Catering Ratings and is currently working on expanding the Superyacht recruitment desk.

Becca Hall – Crew Co-ordinator

Becca started with Clyde Marine Recruitment in 2005 on a part time basis whilst studying at college.  Initially within a Recruitment Administration capacity assisting the recruitment team with resourcing.  Since then, her job role has varied across the business from Recruitment Consultant for both sea-going and shore-based personnel, to Crew Co-ordinator managing a number of contracts supplying marine personnel to LD Lines, DFDS Seaways, Isle of Man Steam Packet, and P&O Ferries.  Becca has also gained exposure in a marketing role assisting with advertising, website, social media and branding for the company.  Most recently Becca has been assisting the recruitment team with recruitment of temporary and permanent Deck Ratings.

Cara Clark, Recruitment Administrator

Cara Clark started with Clyde Marine Recruitment in 2014 on a part-time basis whilst studying Media and Communication at college.  She is mainly responsible for assisting the UK recruitment team with resourcing, which involves speaking to candidates, updating the database with certification, booking medicals and general admin tasks, however she is quickly learning all aspects of the recruitment operations in order to progress in her role.