Bond Williams Staff Spotlight – Alison Dowse, Senior Resource Specialist

Meet Alison, a valued member of our specialist Accounting & Finance recruitment team.

Give a potted history of your career to date.

I have worked in recruitment all my career since 1995. I registered at an agency and genuinely thought it was something I would like to do, which I clearly do if my years in the industry is anything to go by!

What qualifications do you have? 

A Higher National Diploma in Business Finance and Tourism from Bournemouth University.

What do you think makes a great recruitment consultant?

You need to be tenacious and have a good sense of humour.

Your biggest achievement at Bond Williams?

Raising the temp figures substantially

Your biggest achievement in life?

Having two well-rounded and fairly normal teenage boys.

Always wanted to travel to…?

Hawaii and New Zealand.

Always wanted to learn how to…?

Dance the tango

If I weren’t a recruitment consultant, I would be…?

A wedding coordinator

People would be surprised to know this about me?

I went to Russia with a friend in the 80s when I was just 18 and it was still communist country.

Motto in life or something you strongly believe in?

When you are going through hell…keep going (Winston Churchill)

If you think Alison can help secure your ideal candidate or find your ideal role, contact her here.