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| A People Business Connells is the second largest estate agency group in the U.K. We have over 500 branches and employ over 5000 staff. As part of our vision, we intend to be the number one house-selling agent in each town where we have an office. Just as we work tirelessly to ensure our customers find a home they’ll be happy in for many years to come, we’re committed to ensuring the people working for us find a fulfilling, long-term career. Our industry is very much a people business, therefore the recruitment and retention of high calibre staff is vital to our success. That’s why remuneration incentive and reward structures are reviewed annually. Why every free-generating member of staff has a incentive element to their remuneration structure based on business they can influence or control. And why our passion for developing our own people, coupled with our award winning training programmes, ensures everyone has the opportunity to develop and grow as Connells grows. The following summarises the Company's status:
Training At Connells we have a well-deserved reputation for excellent on-going training, both in-house and through external formal courses. We’ve also received numerous industry awards. The emphasis on training ensures that all of our staff provide a standard of competence that meets both legislative requirements and customer expectations. It also means that you have all the tools to do your job properly and with total satisfaction. Climbing The Ladder with Connells. At Connells we have a well-structured career ladder based on your achievements and results. Wherever possible, we prefer to promote from within, unusually for such a competitive business sector we have many people within our network that have been with us for over 20 years! Graham Freeman – Land Director Graham has been in the estate agency business for more than 20 years. He started his career in an independent Hampshire practice which was first acquired by Prudential Property Services in the 80’s before being bought by Connells in 1991. At 26 he was made a Land Director. Graham has always specialised in residential development, land purchase and new homes, dealing with landowners, major house builders and institutions. His work now takes him all over the country using these contacts to generate land and new homes business for Connells. Jeffrey Servent – Area Partner Jeffrey began his career with Connells over 10 years ago after graduating with degrees in engineering and business studies. In January 2004 he became manger at Wootton Fields and within 6 months had helped make Connells the number one estate agency in the area. Following his success with us in Northamptonshire he moved to take over the management of 5 branches in Bath and North Wiltshire. In February 2005, Jeffrey returned to Northampton to take responsibility for the 7 offices within the Northampton area. Liz Brown – Senior Area Director Liz began her career at a rival agency as a trainee surveyor but soon decided she’d rather sell houses with Connells! She’s never looked back – progressing from branch manager to area manager in the West Midlands. In 2003 she took on extra responsibility for running four additional branches in Hereford and Worcester. Nerys Viner – Area Mortgage Services Sales Partner Nerys began her career with Connells over seven years ago after graduating with a degree in performing arts. Following her success with us as a Mortgage Consultant she has progressed to Area Mortgage Services Sales Manager and is now responsible for 12 Consultants. The area that she looks after is performing well and when asked the key to success, Nerys says: “It’s really simple – deliver a damn good personal service, take the time to talk to people and make sure you keep in contact with them. Even if you have a thousand and one things to do, you still have to make time to listen to people and build a rapport with them.” Doug Guerrier – Board of Management Partner Doug began working for Connells in 1994, straight from school. He soon proved his ability, winning many of the company’s local and national sales awards. After a short career break to go travelling, Doug returned to Connells, taking over the management of our St. Albans branch in 1999 and being promoted to Branch Partner within five years. We believe it is our combination of excellent training and remuneration that makes people want to stay working with us. Staff achievements are always recognised – ranging from promotion to one–off prizes and right down to a simple ‘thank you’ for a job well done. Additional benefits of working with us: Due to the success of our business we are continuing to expand and a greater number of opportunities exist for staff to develop and grow within the Connells network. To retain excellent people we believe in providing excellent benefits in addition to salary and bonus packages. For example, at partner level we provide a matched contributions stakeholder scheme. All staff benefit from a Death in Service benefit at twice salary. We also provide company cars (or a car allowance) to fee generating employees after a qualifying period. So, to Summarise… We believe five key points encapsulate what Connells stands for:
Connells have career opportunities across their branch network for the following: Connells currently have the following specific career opportunities: |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
