Established in 1987, Merit is a privately owned independent agency providing a quality personalised service to both candidates and clients alike. We are Hampshire based and provide a national supply of temporary, permanent and contract staff to all sizes of business in a variety of industries. We operate within three Business Sectors; Supply Chain, Business Services and Manufacturing & Engineering, with recruitment specialists in each field.

 

Merit’s business model is based around partnering organisations through the dynamics of globalisation and intense competition, with the drive to deliver more for less. This often rests on the professionalism, creativity and integrity of teams and our success is reflected in the retention of a plethora of clients that we are proud to have worked with for decades.

 

Why our expertise can make a difference to your business:

 

• We have crossed continents to resource speciality skills.

• We have introduced 24/7 recruiter cover in order to ensure that our clients get the support they need during their peak periods, not just our own.

• We run periodic free training workshops covering new legislation.

• We provide private interview rooms.

• We pay all our contractors and temporary workers in-house, thereby ensuring that our team gets paid on time every time.

• We are passionate about process and compliance.

• We are predictable in our fulfilment – our clients know that our word is our reputation. 

 

At the same time we appreciate that candidates are the lifeblood of any recruitment agency and the key to our success has been the establishment of a bespoke database of talented, hard working individuals.

 

Our staff treat all candidates and clients with dignity and respect, ensuring all decisions relating to employment practices will be objective, free from bias, and are based solely on work criteria and individual merit.  In every set of circumstances we aim to find the ‘best fit’ between personal requirements and business needs. 

 

As professionals we strive to observe the highest principles of ethics, equity, integrity, professional conduct and fair practice in dealing with others. We understand that our longevity is due to the aforementioned factors, coupled with the goal of making a fair profit and creating wealth for our community, our staff, our suppliers and our clients.