Testimonials

Universal Music has enjoyed a successful and professional relationship with Stella Walker and her team at Handle for over 20 years. Their unique ability to keep pace within an industry that has changed so much (and continues to evolve) has been second to none. They continue to deservedly hold the position as the recognised the market leader in music recruitment, and as a result have an amazing ability to attract and provide top quality candidates, with the appropriate skills, from junior assistant roles to senior executive positions. Unlike most other agencies, Handle acts as a true “business partner” with both the Temporary and Permanent positions and never fails to provide the perfect candidate for the job.

The high levels of personal service together with professionalism within the Handle Team mean we can have the utmost faith that our needs as a dynamic business in such a demanding and competitive industry are always met. I therefore have no hesitation in recommending Handle Recruitment.

Malcolm Swatton - SVP Human Resources

We share a close working relationship with Handle and find their depth of industry knowledge, both refreshing and reassuring. Their professional and highly effective Account Managers deliver a consistent quality of personal service and have the ability to attract relevant high calibre candidates to a variety of areas across the business at Paramount Pictures. Handle has a unique offering with high standards, making them stand out from the crowd. I highly regard the team at Handle and look forward to their continued support.

Caroline Martin - HR Director

Having headed up the HR functions for some of the leading media and entertainment companies, my teams and I have worked consistently and successfully with Handle Recruitment for over 15 years. Their in-depth understanding of the media industry is hard to find in the recruitment business and can only be achieved through continued success.

Handle has a professional and efficient team of consultants, and I regard them as a vital addition to our HR Department. Handle provide an excellent pool of permanent candidates, their temp desk is wonderfully speedy, with a fantastic knowledge of both client needs and candidates skills. Handle is certainly amongst the leading agencies within the Media Industry and has been for many years. I look forward to working with them for many years to come.

Jill Berry - VP European Human Resources

As a former VP of European Admin for EMI Music Publishing I have worked with Handle Recruitment as a client and candidate. Handle have always offered the highest levels of service, the consultants have a great understanding of the media industry and always offer a professional yet personal approach to the recruitment process. I genuinely believe that Handle’s commitment to their clients and candidates is what sets them apart from other agencies.

Andy Hill - Head of Royalties

I have worked with Handle for the majority of my career, both as a Human Resources Director and latterly as a Search/Recruitment Executive at Time Warner. I have always been incredibly impressed by the high quality candidates they present to both our many divisions and myself. Handle is a very professional recruitment company with an extensive knowledge of the media and entertainment industry, and most importantly, understands the culture and subsequently who will best fit in to our businesses. Their excellent contacts, their commitment and drive to deliver results to our HR teams and senior management, mean that we fill positions, both temporary and permanent, quickly and efficiently. Having worked with many recruitment consultants over the past 15 plus years, I can recommend Handle as a high quality team that is a pleasure to work with and that delivers results.

Rachel Denning - Executive Director, Recruitment - International

The personal service we have enjoyed with Handle has been second to none and proving to be a solid partnership. You have an excellent understanding of our recruitment needs and are particularly good at matching candidates with the Iris culture. We enjoy an excellent working relationship with Handle’s friendly team, admire their professional approach and feel totally confident in their ability to handle our busy recruitment needs. Thank you for all your hard work, I look forward to many more years to come.

Sophie Theadom- People Manager

We have a long-standing relationship with Handle and throughout our many years of working with them they have been professional, reliable and committed to providing a first class recruitment service. Handle’s extensive and well established networks and contacts within the music industry have helped us to recruit the best people into a broad range of positions across both the creative and support areas of the business.

Michelle Emmerson - SVP, Human Resources

I have been working with Handle for over 4 years now, firstly with 2entertain Ltd and now at freud Communications. I have always found Handle to be very professional with an extensive knowledge of the media industry. The consultants I have worked with really understand the culture within the company and who will best fit. Their commitment and drive means that I have always filled positions quickly and efficiently. I have worked with many recruitment agencies over the years and would put Handle top of my list every time!

Jacquie King - HR Manager

I have a long-standing relationship with Handle from both a professional and personal point of view and cannot speak more highly of them! I have worked with Handle on a variety of recruitment within my HR remit at MTV, Sony BMG Music and now at Sweet as Candy. They have also served me well with my personal career development and have given me really useful advice over the years!

Handle would always be my first port of call for any role that I am recruiting for within a media environment. They have such a variety of candidates registered with them and they have a network of established contacts, which means they have successfully recruited for a variety of my support roles but also for more technical and creative positions.

I have always found that they understand the company culture well and they are able to easily identify personalities who will best fit with the team. Handle pride themselves on their quick turnaround from both a temporary and permanent recruitment perspective, which is essential when working in the fast- paced Media Industry. I would highly recommend Handle Recruitment - they are efficient, professional and very personable and in general, a real joy to work with!

Stacy O'Hagan - Human Resources Advisor

Handle Recruitment have successfully worked with BBC Worldwide over the last 12 months and has filled 10 out of the 10 roles on a permanent and temporary basis that they have been assigned. They have taken the time to understand both the needs of the organisation and of the individual line managers and supplied a consistently high standard of relevant candidates.

Cathy McGrath - HR

As our business has evolved, so have our recruitment requirements and the Handle team has always worked hard at developing their understanding of our changing business needs. They have an exemplary track record of responding to our needs and delivering quality candidates.

Their heritage inspires trust, their knowledge and expertise gives confidence, which makes for a strong working relationship. I would have no hesitation in recommending Handle as a recruitment business partner.

Sally Shields - VP Human Resources

Having worked with Handle for almost a decade I can confirm that they consistently deliver, no matter how difficult the brief. Let’s face it; recruitment is extremely time consuming and it can also be incredibly frustrating. The consultants at Handle always do their utmost to take the stress out of this aspect of my job and I always feel that they recognise and respect the needs of my business. They are a pleasure to do business with and have been incredibly successful at supplying high calibre candidates no matter how big or small the role is. I look forward to the next decade..........

Sarah Axson - HR & Recruitment Manager

In our business finding the right match is everything. From the people that search on our pages to the people that support them, so it is very important to find the right partnership. It was my first time to work with Handle and Shibli and what a refreshing change to deal with a recruitment specialist that can deliver consistently. It really comes down to the quality of service, efficiency and integrity when coupled with the in-depth understanding of our market and the requirements that makes finding the right match easy.

Patrick Murphy - Finance Manager

Recruiting within the media industry can be a very difficult and time consuming process, but through Handle Recruitment this process is seamless. Handle, with their personal touch, have developed a first hand knowledge of our business, what our needs are, and the type of candidate that will succeed in our environment. Having managed to build up an excellent relationship with The William Morris Agency over the past several years and in particular with our recent expansion, Handle have been able to provide us with an extensive number of candidates that fit our company’s unique and dynamic profile.

It is the joyful nature of their Team, the professional full service approach and the unwavering efforts to provide results with the insistence to only put forward the best of candidates that really mark out Handle as an excellent recruitment partner.

Personally I have worked with Handle for over 20 years and every phone call and every meeting is an absolute pleasure. Not only did they facilitate me getting the job of my dreams, they have provided me a dream team!

Cathie Covington - Operations Director