Balfor Recruitment Reviews 22

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a great experience working with Belford Education. James Perry was extremely helpful throughout the process and supported me in securing a contract job. He was professional, responsive, and made... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I recently joined Balfor Recruit because of Will Allen! After a quick interview I really wanted to get on board with his team as he was so motivated to get me into work asap. I highly recommend this r... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Contacted me on WhatsApp without even ateempting to connect on LinkedIn first. Seems somewhat unprofessional. I looked up the person who contacted me, who has their entire name in full caps on their p... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Haleemah was so lovely in my interview and really made me feel comfortable. Callum has been fabulous in helping me find work. As someone who was on to e verge of leaving the education profes... See more

Company details

  1. Recruitment Service
  2. Recruiter

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All grown up with everywhere to go. Balfor Recruitment has spent nearly 20 years building relationships with great employers and matching them with talented candidates. With proven success, we’d love to help you find the perfect career or employee too....


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  • Brindley Place 3, B1 2JB, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • balfor.co.uk

4.5

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a great experience working with Mr perry

I had a great experience working with Belford Education. James Perry was extremely helpful throughout the process and supported me in securing a contract job. He was professional, responsive, and made everything smooth and straightforward. I really appreciate his assistance and would highly recommend this agency to others.

December 2, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Sana Tang

Huge THANKS to Sana for securing me a role. The whole process was great, done in a very professional manner and much appreciated. I am looking forward to my new role and new adventures!!

June 18, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely experience

Haleemah was so lovely in my interview and really made me feel comfortable.
Callum has been fabulous in helping me find work.

As someone who was on to e verge of leaving the education profession, I found the overall experience massively reassuring and extremely positive.

They have both shown so much patience with myself. I feel like I have been a really priority to them both.

I would happily recommend the agency to others.

March 19, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ruweyda from BR has been helpful and…

Ruweyda from BR has been helpful and informative from day 1. She’s guided me along the process of finding work and respected my choices for how I would like to carry out my long term supply work. Overall a lovely human as well!

November 29, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An amazing recruitment company

An amazing recruitment company, providing me with work within an amazing special educational school. Thankyou ever so much for providing me with work with a so efficiently.

A special mention to Callum Sinton
Team leader -SENDA
Balfor Education

November 24, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I applied for a job and the same day I…

I applied for a job and the same day I was contacted by will who has been amazing by the end of the week he had me signed off and ready for work, the quickest agency for recruitment and no messing about waiting, can’t fault the team especially will so thank you x

November 6, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Spam!!!

Started spamming my whatsapp out of blue and ignored my requests to explain how my contact was obtained. Don’t care it the business is legit or not, just stay away from people whatsapp

November 7, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Contacted me on WhatsApp without even…

Contacted me on WhatsApp without even ateempting to connect on LinkedIn first. Seems somewhat unprofessional. I looked up the person who contacted me, who has their entire name in full caps on their profile on LinkedIn. The name they introduced themselves as, didn’t match what WhatsApp identified them as either. That was enough for me to block and move on.

November 7, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I recently joined Balfor Recruit…

I recently joined Balfor Recruit because of Will Allen! After a quick interview I really wanted to get on board with his team as he was so motivated to get me into work asap. I highly recommend this recruiter and agency as they seem very determined and all ball with roles that suit you! Will encouraged me to keep going when jobs were scarce and because of him I have so many opportunities come! So thank you and I look forward to working alongside you in future Will. 5/5 service.

September 20, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What a great place to work

What a great place to work. I have been given regular jobs, always helpful. Do anything they can to find you work.
Thank you Tom
It really is a great company
Lynne

June 23, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been working with balfor since…

I have been working with balfor since November 22,Cecile and jasmine has been so helpful and so professional and help you in every way they can,balfor is a very good company to work for there service is brilliant.

June 13, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hugely unimpressive, unprofessional and unresponsive

Unprofessional , uninformed and condescending. Recruitment consultant and office staff obviously don't listen or care. My consultant never listened when first signing me up. Company ignored consistent requests for my basic and lawful workers right of receiving my wage slip. But like many agencies obviously preferring to make extra out of you by auto enrolling you into their umbrella partners. When a worker, knowing their rights refuses to be paid this way and only through PAYE, they encounter issues as I did, in not receiving any wage slips at all for over two months.
After persistently contacting company finally after over two months I speedily received wage slips from upper management after yet another call to chase them, surprise surprise they were just about to call me so I was told and asked now matter resolved if could take my previous posted and much poorer and unimpressed review, I'm sure sparking action to resolve my basic long overdue request with lots of excuses given and condescension. Recruitment consultant and staff obviously needed further training as no online portal was ever mentioned in whole two months? I would strongly suggest and have to many friends or colleagues in the education sector when asked that I recommend registering with any other agency than this less than professional, unresponsive and poor excuse for one.

January 21, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

They received my CV on the Thursday and…

They received my CV on the Thursday and offered me an interview the following day. Tanisha and Callum the ultimate professionals and very efficient in securing me work for the following week.

February 7, 2020
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Reply from Balfor Recruitment

Hi Daniel,

Thanks so much for your lovely review! It was a pleasure getting you into work. We wish you all the best :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent and welcoming service

Excellent and welcoming service. The recruiters really listened to my requirements as a supply teacher and reassured me that they were on board and supportive with what I am looking for.

January 31, 2020
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Reply from Balfor Recruitment

Thank you for your wonderful review Lauren! We glad you found what you are looking for with Balfor Recruitment :)

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