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When you deal with maturelawyers you deal with experienced solicitors with relevant and recent experience of both the in-house and private practice worlds, in both fee earning and non-fee earning roles. I have experienced the frustrations of the recruitment game both as a 40-something candidate, and as a Head of Legal trying to find competent people.
So what do experienced candidates offer?

They are available on short notice and hit the ground running
They need minimum training and supervision
They bring a wealth of knowledge and sector experience combined with bags of commercial nous and common sense
They've seen it all before and are not easily fazed by difficult situations
They work equally well in teams or alone
Stability: they know what they want to get out of their career and tend to make career choices for the longer term.

As a former Head of Legal of a listed company, I understand what companies are looking for in in-house counsel and look to offer my clients a service that goes way beyond traditional recruitment.

We have many experienced lawyers on the books and that number is increasing daily. They all have one thing in common and that is "experience" in their chosen field of expertise. As we are an internet-based business we have no geographical boundaries and our candidates are based throughout the UK.

We offer very competitive terms to our clients with recruitment fees starting from 20% of the salary.
We can offer a bespoke service for each vacancy and will do as little or as much of the process as the client requires.
We pride ourselves on being very responsive and our ability to provide a first-class personal service.
Why not try it out and see.

Edward Simpson

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Testimonials

	Mature accountants were immediately responsive to the needs of my business and within a week I had 15 applicants, 10 of whom were a perfect fit. I chose one and he got stuck in within 24 hours of having understood the brief. The quality of the work done was first class. Mature accountants exceeded my expectations by a comfortable margin. If only other B2B services were as efficient. Thank you very much.

	Peter S. Detre Accelerated Growth Ltd

	Bridgeman Art Library recruited their Financial Controller vacancy through Mature Accountants. A difficult role at a time in the company when extensive restructuring and developing is being configured for their whole IT systems and programs. They needed to find someone who would be able to take up the challenge that this poses by contributing in the development of the new systems, whilst keeping in consideration the specialist field and requirements that this digital international library has to contend with. Martin at Mature Accountants was from the outset very attentive to all our requirements as well as himself actively helping to further define our requirements not only verbally and in his excellent selection of a small number of candidates which he put forward very quickly, but also by writing up for us an excellent detailed job description. Martin was also very flexible with our changing requirements from a full time to a part-time role the result was that in the space of three weeks all the interviews which had been arranged and co-ordinated with Martin were completed and a candidate was in place. Martin took the stress out of the search process. Thank you so much for a most efficient and considered service.

	Cherine Mekkaoui PA to Deputy Managing Director The Bridgeman Art Library Ltd

	As a financial management outsourcing business, we often need staff at short notice to satisfy client situations both on a temporary and full time basis. We are delighted to work with Matureaccountants to help fulfill these opportunities as we have found them to be very responsive to our requests, happy to put together a quality advert from an outline brief, and put forward a range of candidates who can possibly meet our requirements. In addition when looking to grow our own business, Martin has been able to identify senior candidates in a geographic area to match our needs and has helped to contribute ideas as to how we might present our proposition to these candidates. We look forward to continuing to work with matureaccountants on such an open and flexible basis.

	Gary Jesson Managing Director e-Financial Management Ltd

	Mature Accountants could not have been more helpful. They listened carefully to want we needed, responded quickly and sent us only high-quality candidates who fitted the bill. I will definitely use them again.

	Judi Geisler, Partner, Aptus Training Consultants

	At last! I have finally found a source of experienced candidates and an agency that provides just the right level of service - quick to respond, proactive but not pushy. A sensible fee rate helps also! Mature Accountants have found me two staff in the last three months and they will now be my first and only port of call when I have another vacancy.

	Roger Nilsson Director Nimbus PRG Limited

	I have found mature accountants to be extremely responsive with a strong list of candidates. I am delighted with the candidate I took on an interim basis and have got matureaccountants.com at the top of my list of internet recruitment favourites.

	David Oliver Managing Director Clear Channel UK Limited

	Mature Accountants provided a quick solution to a not so easy problem; we recruited a high calibre individual that enabled us to continue with our work and have a competent person onside; highly recommended and we will certainly consider working together in the future.

	Andrew G. Steel Founder/Director PATT Foundation

	We used Mature Accountants to help us find a Finance Director. We were extremely satisfied with the service, both in terms of the quality of candidates and their availability for what was an almost immediate vacancy. Our initial appointment was not successful, but matureaccountants found an alternative candidate who is currently filling the role in a very satisfactory manner. We would certainly use the service again.

	Peter M Brown, Director Gabbitas Educational Services Ltd

	It is truly a pleasure dealing with the mature accountants team. The promptness of their response and personal attention made me feel valued and confident that their help was genuine and beyond the call of duty.

	Glenn Lawrence Managing Director 8020 Financial Management

News Feed

Solicitor challenges mandatory retirement at 65

Leslie Seldon, former Senior Partner of Kent firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes, has challenged an Employment Tribunal decision that upheld the firm's policy of mandatory partner retirement at 65. We await the decision with great interest.

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Mature Workers bridge the skills gap

I read with great interest today that UK entrepreneurs are increasingly relying on older workers to plug skills shortages in their businesses, according to figures released by entrepreneur think tank, the Tenon Forum.Nearly half (45 per cent) of UK owner-managers are concerned about skills shortages and many claim younger recruits are often just not up to the job. Many entrepreneurs are now looking to the previously untapped potential of older workers to plug the gap, with two thirds (66 per cent) of SME leaders agreeing that the employment of workers aged 50 plus is a good solution to skills shortages. And more than a fifth (22 per cent) of entrepreneurial businesses actually favour the hiring of older workers over college leavers as a solution to staffing problems.

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Another "mature" brand

MatureMD was launched on 8th April 2008 and will be run by Peter Detre an experienced London-based CEO. MatureMD is the latest brand from Mature Appointments.

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Celia gets her job back

Worthing Council has reinstated Celia Powis and extended her contract for 12 months.

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Age Discrimination Alive and Well

This morning BBC Breakfast reported the story of 70-year old fitness instructor Celia Powis, who was sacked by Worthing Borough Council for being too old. Her appeal against the decision is tomorrow.

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