CNA International Executive Search Recruitment Franchise - Network Brand Parnterships

“If you want to be successful surround yourself with successful people, be honest and work hard and there is a very high chance you will succeed”, says Debbie Smith MD of Network Brand Partnerships.

Debbie is a unique person, happily married with three children she is incredibly driven whilst remaining open, honest and friendly to deal with. She knows her stuff too with over 24 years in the recruitment sector and an enviable reputation in the franchise industry. Her previous post was as the UK Operations Director for the Select Appointments Group which franchise the Parkhouse Industrial and Select Appointments brands. When she started at the business in 2004 Select had 11 franchisees. She proceeded to grow the franchise network to 87 in just 3 years, winning numerous awards for excellence in the process.

Debbie started her career in 1985 ironically at Network working for the Chairman and Owner Mr. Tim Watts. Network is a niche group of companies within the Pertemps Group who are one of the largest independent groups of recruitment companies in the UK. Debbie was winning awards from the start taking the top Consultant honours two years running before having the first of her three children!

“When Select was bought by Randstad Holding N.V. I was offered a new challenge by my former and first boss Tim to go back and build Network through franchising, although we refer to our franchisees as partners,” comments Debbie.

Network Brand Partnerships is now the umbrella team managing the three successful business models that cover the niche recruitment sectors of Executive Search, Health Care and the High Street.

C N A Executive Search form one of the three arms of the unique offering Network Brand Partnerships has formed. High quality search is a multi million pound industry. With over 20 franchisees across the UK and Europe this is a well proven business model. Continued growth is forecast due to the acute worldwide shortage of proven top level management talent.

The Health Care arm is an evolution of the established and successful Pertemps Healthcare, named ‘Network Health and Social Care’. The UK market is currently worth over £12 billion per annum and this can only increase as the Government encourage more and more people to receive care in their own homes. This coupled with an increasingly ageing population will result in a quick return on investment.

The Recruitment Network is a more ‘traditional’ recruitment agency business model and forms the final arm of the Network Brand Partnerships offering. The Recruitment Network specialise in commercial and junior to mid management roles supplying both temporary and permanent staff to a wide range of blue chip companies.

Through Debbie’s experience in the franchise industry she knew that a well run exhibition campaign would be a great way to meet and recruit potential new partners.

“I am particularly keen to recruit female partners as although the recruitment industry is historically female dominated, business owners tend to be male”, comments Debbie.

To meet Debbie and the Network Brand Partnerships team and talk about your aspirations pop by their stand at the British and International Franchise Exhibition at London Olympia on the 20th or 21st March.