Testimonials

Mitch Mitchison

Northwood Reading

“I have recommended her to both my fellow Northwood estate agent franchisees in the region, also my friends. Recommending someone is something I do not take lightly as my reputation is also at risk. But I know through the advice she has given both within my company and to others within my BNI chapter that Amanda is knowledgeable about all aspects of HR and puts her experience at my disposal.”

Jodie Lloyd-Jones

Oxfordshire Youth
“I would highly recommend Amanda, she was very proactive in the work she did with the policies, was always there at the end of a phone for me. I think the peace of mind that she created across the whole team was so useful. Especially in the way she took over the handling of the two queries under the TUPE transfers and came up with a resolution that all parties were happy with. If it had not have been for the amalgamation and HR staff coming over Amanda would still be working with us.”

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for the work you have done for Drain Surgeons since March 2021.

We have worked with many HR Companies over the years and none of them have come close to your professionalism and work ethic.

You have been key in a huge number of our internal HR processes including supporting the Management Team, introducing new processes into the company, and supporting with staff appraisals and disciplinary. You have also provided us with a fantastic cloud software which makes managing holidays, HR documents and tracking performance a piece of cake!

It is such a delight to work with you and we consider you part of our Management Team at Drain Surgeons. You have made everything so efficient for us and we look forward to continuing our working relationship with you.

We will continue to recommend you to any contacts looking for top notch HR support.

Kate Hulcoop-Allen

Drain Surgeons – Financial Director

I would like to thank Claritas HR & Training for the contracts of employment that did for me. As I have never employed anyone before it was nice to know that I could give the task to someone who would cover all the areas and not leave any gaps or loop holes in the contract.

When I have given these to my employees the first words that they came out with were wow these are very professional which give the right message I want for my company.

Wayne Newman

W N Auto Repairs
I would like to express my thanks to you for checking through my companies contracts of employment. Although these were originally drawn up several years ago by another company, it was really nice to have someone check through them and bring them up to date legally for me and making a few sensible additions.

I would like to thank you for making the last minute changes for me without any fuss or delay, the whole process was handled swiftly and professionally, from start to finish.

Kevin James

Kentwood Garden Services
I wanted to express my thanks for all your help recently in finding Northwood a new apprentice. You managed the online advert and did the initial screening of CVs, carried out telephone interview on those you considered suitable knowing how important it was for this new employee to be good on the phone, and send me only strong candidates for me to interview myself.

You also carried out psychometric profiling on the successful candidates, which helped in my decision-making, created solid drafts of the contractual paperwork and gave me loads of advice along the way. Even though I have done a considerable amount of interviewing and recruitment in previous roles, I found your help and advice invaluable. It was refreshing to work with an HR person who knew what they were talking about and who actually helped.

Mitch Mitchison

Northwood Estate Agent Reading
I wanted to thank you so much for your on-going help in sorting out our HR and health & safety for 1-Fix.

As the director of a growing firm, having your support behind the scenes is a real weight off my mind. I know that, should the worst happen with a staff member or a team issue, I can give you a call for the correct guidance and advice.

It is also difficult as a small business to separate work from friendship, so being able to use your services as an impartial advisor is a huge benefit for both myself and my team.

Finally, your regular visits to check out health & safety, fire safety, training records and key company paperwork means that we can be sure that everything is in place and they key compliance boxes are ticked.

I’d recommend that any business who is serious about both looking after their team properly and managing their legislative requirements should speak with you as you can definitely make their lives easier.

Craig Atkins

1-fix Ltd
I am particularly impressed with the candidate overviews you provided to us, the feedback following the initial telephone interviews and the attention to detail throughout the entire process. You have made my life so much easier, saving me hours of management time. We’re delighted with the candidates put forward for interview and have already made offers to 2 new members of the team, both of which have been accepted.

Lesley Carson

Inca Caring Accounting
I wanted to write to you to express my gratitude for your expert help during this difficult time we are all facing. You have been able to provide me with HR support in this ever changing landscape. What I especially appreciate is your ability to provide me with uncomplicated solutions that are easy for me to implement. I have and will continue to recommend your services whenever I have the opportunity.

Stuart Stanley

Stanley Electrical Services
I wanted to write and thank you for your help during the Coronavirus pandemic. I needed to put some of the team on Furlough and you gave me timely and pragmatic advice on how to do that in a sensitive way to reduce uncertainty for the team members whilst helping to protect the business. You have given me continued support and advice during the Furlough period to help me communicate effectively with them and on strategies to keep them involved with the rest of the team so as to aid their return to work.

I really appreciate the solid and timely advice you provide, and I will continue to recommend you to colleagues and friends who have any sort of HR need.

Mitch Mitchison

Northwood Estate Agent Reading
Many thanks for your recent help with one of my clients. This was a very challenging exercise while restructuring the management team.

Your advice on handling a difficult decision to make a senior member of the team redundant was clear and the options were identified, and the client was clear on his position.

This made the process more professional and reduced the risk from the process for my client.

I will continue to recommend your services to my clients.

Ian Squires

Business Navigation Services

I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight how you have made a huge and positive change for a client of mine.

With a growing team and a high turnover of staff, they felt like they were chasing their tails and things where being missed. After reaching out to A J HR Solutions for help, working life got a lot easier. You are always on hand and are so efficient. The systems and processes you have put in place make life easier for everyone involved.

Thank you so much, it is an absolute pleasure to work with you and I shall continue to shout your name from the roof tops to all the people I know with employees and who need HR help and advice.

Kate Hulcoop-Allen

Simply Seven Bookkeeping
We worked with Tracey to delivery diversity training for our team. Working with Tracey to build the session was easy, it was great to be able to adapt a session to meet our requirements for our team. The training was a remote session over MS Teams and Tracey made everyone feel at ease and included throughout.

Laura Parsons

Organico

We chose AJ HR and Training Solutions as our training provider because they listened to what we needed to achieve. The other 2 companies we spoke to had an out of the box approach, which would have left us realising there was so much more to learn.

Tracey guided us to the best overall solution for us and that was to teach our existing passionate team to train as who better than the passionate team we have. She then custom wrote and delivered the full day course for us. She took our team of introverts, taught in a relatable way, which also included much input from the team. By the end of the day, they were all enthused and excited about doing their first training video. It was hugely successful but that is because Claritas HR & Training listen carefully to what you want to achieve overall and have the experience and knowledge to deliver exactly that. Highly recommend them.

Julia O’Gorman

Rags and Berts

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