Aston Carter is the leading IT, Finance and Management Consultancy recruitment business, turning over in excess of £190 million p/a.

We currently have over 360 employees globally. Based in the City, the company provides a full range of recruitment services from contingency through to executive search, to a select number of the world's leading Banks, Financial Services, Software Houses, IT companies, New Media and Public Sector organisations within the UK, Europe and Asia.

Aston Carter is part of the Allegis Group of companies, the largest privately owned recruitment company in the world, turning over $6.5 billion. We currently have offices in London, Dublin, Brussels, Paris, Singapore, Utrecht, Hong Kong and Stockholm, with plans for further international expansion in 2011/2012.

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Case Study 1

Bart Verbunt – Team Leader Netherlands

“After studying International Business Studies at Maastricht University, I worked in a few companies but did not find the challenge and opportunities I was looking for. When I joined Aston Carter, I knew from the start that all the challenges I wanted would be included in the job. Aston Carter’s transparent and honest way of working, its professional view on the market, and its in-house and well structured on-the-job training led to several personal successes.

“Starting as a Researcher on the Dutch SAP market, I found myself overachieving my expectations. It was clear that the help and space offered in ‘doing things my way’, combined with the structure of the organisation, helped me achieve my goals. I was promoted from support to Consultant, Senior Consultant, and then Team Leader of the Netherlands.

“Having started the Dutch office, and beginning to build a solid team with many people that are just as eager as I was, I hope I can offer my colleagues the same as I’ve been offered. I’m looking forward to growing the Netherlands business, and I’m confident that with the help of Aston Carter (as they always have), that this will be achieved.”

Case Study 2

Alex Most – Senior Consultant

"After studying Natural Sciences at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University, I joined Aston Carter three years ago as a researcher on the permanent banking desk working in the Business Analysis and Project Management vertical market. This was my first role in recruitment, having previously worked in the music industry after graduation. We cover a large range of clients including major Investment Banks, Retail Banks and Asset Managers.

To me, the main attractions to Aston Carter were the large and diverse client base the company has built up and also their excellent reputation for training and development of newcomers to the industry. I appreciated the combination of learning on the job, with one to one support from my consultant/manager and going through the extensive training courses provided on all areas of the recruitment lifecycle. This gave me a strong base of industry knowledge and wide contact network, which helped me to progress quickly to Support Consultant and subsequently Consultant. Having reached Consultant level I now focus on building my account management responsibilities by developing new business in parallel to making placements in our existing clients.

I very much enjoy the close knit team environment and the constant cross desk liaison allowing us to share knowledge of the market rapidly, making it a very dynamic and people focused role. I have been inspired by the success of the company and the opportunities afforded to its employees, particularly the international expansion and I am looking forward to furthering my career with Aston Carter going forward."