Karen Caswell
Karen has a strong reputation and excellent track record of recruiting for transactional and part-qualified roles, built on many years’ experience of working in the financial recruitment sector.
She takes time to understand the needs and requirements of both clients and candidates and offers honest, straightforward advice based on her immense market/industry knowledge.
- Karen has over 20 years experience working in the financial recruitment sector in Yorkshire.
- Throughout her career she has worked with some major PLC’s, PE backed businesses, FTSE companies and SME’s and has been instrumental in winning major pitches.
- Karen’s specialism lies in recruiting for transactional, part qualified, temporary, contract and permanent roles, something she has been doing for the last 7 years.
"I have worked with Karen on a number of occasions and she is always professional in her approach to recruiting, listens to the business requirements, and consistently delivers results."
Facts about Karen
Family
Karen lives in North Sheffield with her teenage daughter, Paige.
Fitness
Karen enjoys keeping fit but due to ongoing back issues is limited to what she can do. She is a regular at the gym attending several classes and swimming.
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Travel
She has a passion for travelling having visited Turkey (several times), Canada, Australia, Barcelona and Rome to name a few with a much longer wish list of places to visit.
Working in financial recruitment since 1998
Karen has been working in financial recruitment since 1998 and is one of the most reputable and long serving recruitment consultants, at this level, in the area.
After leaving school Karen worked as an administrator in the welding industry for 12 years before ‘falling’ into recruitment. Whilst looking for an alternative role, she applied for an administrator job, working for a small privately owned boutique agency. They immediately spotted her natural talent for recruitment and her career grew from there. She set up a temporary desk, and from nothing, became one of the top billing consultants in the business.
She spent 17 years there, but in 2014 she moved to a privately invested independent business, recruiting for transactional and part qualified roles, as well as for temporary and contract positions. It was there that she first met Nik.
At the beginning of 2020, Karen was given the opportunity to join Nik again, at Pratap Partnership.
This was an easy decision for her to make, as she already knew they worked well together, and was excited about joining a team of forward thinking and dynamic people, working alongside Gillian, Elise and Nicola once again.
Karen leads on all aspects of non-qualified financial recruitment and works with key clients on professional support campaigns. She has made a significant impact since joining and has confirmed our belief that she is indeed one of the best accountancy and finance recruiters in the region.
