Candidates

We go the extra mile to support you

It says a lot about the level of support we provide to candidates throughout the selection process that many of them go on to become loyal clients.

As experts within automotive executive search, we can provide you with superb opportunities to advance your career but we appreciate that everyone has different needs and concerns – just as everyone brings different skills, qualities and experiences.

That’s why we manage you throughout the interview process, providing continual feedback right up to, and including, the offer stage. We’ll even check back on you once you’ve started your new position, just to make sure you are happy and flourishing in the role.

We really pride ourselves on the quality and frequency of our communications with candidates. Our role has been likened by some to that of a friendly but highly professional coach.

An example of this is the care we take to brief you carefully on a client before your interview with them to avoid any surprises and ensure you have made the right decision in pursuing the opportunity.

This benefits our clients, too, by making sure their brand is properly communicated so that the decisions you make are fully informed and, ultimately, right.

Your individuality is important to us. We are one of the automotive industry’s most prominent and vocal advocates of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, having partnered leading brands to organise seminars, workshops and conferences on the topic.

We want you to fulfil your potential, and we go the extra mile to make it happen.

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% of placed candidates happy with the level of support we provided
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% of placed candidates satisfied with how we communicated with them

Testimonials

  • The Ennis experience was a through-and-through professional and very personal one. Lynda was a pleasure to work with – always informed, always accessible. She made sure my skills matched the client’s in the initial stages and then served as a coach and support person for later interview stages.

    Candidate
    Global OEM
  • The recruitment process was prolonged but I fully understand this was due to diary challenges within the recruiting company. Overall, a very professional engagement from all at the Ennis team – thank you.

    Candidate
    International automotive retail group
  • Ennis & Co were extremely helpful and informative as well as understanding.

    Candidate
    Global electrical vehicle manufacturer
  • The Ennis & Co team were very well-prepared people – proactive, supportive and driving through the recruitment process in a very professional way.

    Candidate
    Automotive chemicals supplier

How we work

We work on a retained basis, which means that a client will ask us to carry out a search for a specific senior role. We do not accept roles by any other method.

Recruitment organisations that work on a contingency rather than a retained basis will commonly have a large list of potential candidates on their books, often (but not always) within a specific industry. This works in the opposite way to retained recruitment in that the consultants will focus on searching for roles for their candidates.

Some large recruitment companies will offer both contingent and retained recruitment. However, as a specialist organisation, we work only for individual clients on specific roles.

Candidate policy

As a specialised executive search company, we do not normally make placements via speculative applications. We source our candidates in relation to a search assignment for which we have been specifically engaged by a client, and we search proactively for the best candidates to fit this role.

We understand that individual candidates may wish to contact us from time to time to discuss their career progression. In this scenario, we will conduct a career call with the candidate to understand their skills and requirements and to assess whether they are suitable for any open roles that we are holding in our portfolio.

If no match is made, we will keep the candidate’s CV on file, if that is their wish, in case a suitable role should become available in the future.

Candidate resources

We have produced a pack of information to help you in your search for your next role. 

Containing CV, interview and networking tips, there are also links to external resources to help you on your way to securing your dream job.

Click the link below to download a copy.

candidate resources