What Makes Us Different?

What makes us different?

We believe that the package we offer is unique, in that no other agency, to the best of our knowledge, can offer all of the following features:

* Experience

Every working day since 1970 has seen Extraman temps working in London. The recruitment industry is characterised by flux, by the swallowing of smaller companies by larger ones, and by the steady migration of recruitment consultants from one to another. Extraman remains unchanged and proudly independent.

* Management

Fifty per cent of our staff have worked for Extraman for over ten years. We neither recruit from other agencies, nor do we lose staff to competitors. We spurn the traditional "sales, sales, sales" approach that characterises many of our rivals, in favour of an approach where staff spend all their energy on satisfying the needs of our customers and our temporary workforce. Word of mouth remains our most powerful sales tool.

* Integrity

The recruitment industry has a reputation - often richly deserved - for sharp practices and unethical behaviour. Even today, we hear of temps being denied their rightful holiday pay, and agencies offering unrealistically low prices to customers on the back of highly dubious tax avoidance schemes. At Extraman, we promote transparency, and honesty, and are proud that, in our long history, we have never fallen foul of the law courts or industrial tribunals.

* Specialisation

We focus entirely on industrial staff and our operation is solely geared to that objective. Our team is trained to understand the needs of industry, our opening hours reflect the demands of our customers, and our recruitment and selection of temporary staff focuses entirely on the industrial sector.

* Capability

Extraman has serviced customers with as many as a thousand temps per day, from a fully managed, on-site office. Equally, many of our clients have just the occasional requirement for temporary help on a small scale basis. Our operation is geared up for both extremes, and everything in between. Small enough to care, big enough to cope.

* Accountability

The buck does not get passed at Extraman. Clients and temps alike are welcome to contact one of our four directors at any time, and will always receive a prompt and personal response.

And finally....................

At Extraman, our success is built upon developing longstanding relationships, both with customers and staff. We do not waste our time in annoying sales calls, pretentious mission statements, or trying to re-invent the wheel. We simply work very hard, to provide the right people in the right place at the right time for the right price.

And if, on occasion, we get it wrong, we apologise, and work even harder to put it right.