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Recruiting since 1976

Rotherwood Recruitment specialises in placing skilled professionals into commercial office support and industrial roles across Keighley, Burnley, and surrounding areas. Our 50 years of local market presence ensures access to talent not found on job boards, achieving a 98% permanent placement retention rate for our clients.

 

  • Temporary and permanent staffing
  • Same day temporary supply
  • On-site client inductions
  • Candidate guidance and advice

Why Choose Rotherwood

Rotherwood Recruitment operates from central high street locations in Burnley and Keighley, providing unparalleled access to local talent pools unavailable through job boards. Our established relationships with local employers enables strategic workforce planning and rapid response to staffing needs.

Our rigorous assessment process addresses the challenge of sourcing immediately available industrial candidates with limited employment histories. Through comprehensive screening and capability testing, we ensure every placement meets role requirements and performance expectations. Our long-standing client relationships demonstrate the quality, consistency and expertise that set us apart

More than recruitment

  • DBS and vetting service 
  • Attraction, recruitment and retention consultations
  • Candidate guidence and employability coaching
  • Market intelligence and employer benchmarking

Services We Provide

Rotherwood Recruitment provides specialist staffing for commercial office support and industrial roles across Keighley and Burnley with 50 years of established market presence.

  • Our proprietry assessment process ensures candidate quality and reduces hiring risk.
  • Able to deliver rapid temporary staffing solutions within 2 hours and permanent recruitment with 12 weeks post-placement support.
A Personal Touch
Specialists
Vetting Process
Permanent Recruitment
Temporary Staffing
A Personal Touch

A Personal Touch

  • We take the time to listen and try to get to know our candidates on a personal level.
  • We will always be honest, deliverying constructive feedback where we can.
  • We are committed to building last relationships.
  • We focus on finding the perfect match, not just filling a position.
Specialists

Specialists

  • Our team have collectivley over 80 years recruitment experience and our average length of service is 20 years in this team alone. 
  • Our consultants understand the challenges your industry faces and the varying demands.
  • We have prominent high street branches that attract a steady flow of quality local candidates.
  • Established in 1976, with access to an extensive and trusted network of passive talent.
Vetting Process

Vetting Process

Every candidate is met face to face in one of our high street locations in Keighley or Burnley, this ensures we are able to verify all right to work documentation in person and get to know our candidates better. 

Our standard vetting process includes:

  • Online registration and screening
  • Face to face appointment
  • Health & Safety screening
  • Suitability assesment
  • RTW verification
  • Minimum of 2 years references secured
  • Identification verification

 

Permanent Recruitment

Permanent Recruitment

  • Deep-dive briefings and market mapping to identify suitable candidates within our extensive local network.
  • We coordinate interviews, manage offers, and provide 12 weeks of post-placement support to ensure successful integration and retention.
  • All candidates are interviewed face to face and undergo a suitability assessment as well as standard right to work and identity verification.
  • We are able to offer a Retained Search option that enables us to source and attract passive candidates and headhunt on request.
Temporary Staffing

Temporary Staffing

  • 24/7 on-call support for urgent staffing needs.
  • Account Management Structure.
  • Temporary worker recognition scheme.
  • Same day supply of staff.

Areas Of Specialism

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Industrial

Our industrial team specialise in placing warehouse, stores & stock, factory and production operatives as well as machine and assembly operatives.

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Office Support

Focused on customer services, call centre and technical services as well as administration, transcational finance and HR support.

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Semi-Skilled

Typical roles include welder fabricators, MIG & TIG welders, paint sprayers, CNC programmers and operators

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What others say about us...

Happy candidates

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To all the team at Rotherwood Keighley. 

Thank you for finding 2 old-timers such suitable jobs, with particular thanks to Hannah for all her hard work and Sally for her support.

Rhea & Mark

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Rec team

Happy candidate

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The staff at Rotherwood have always been extremely friendly, helpful and knowledgeable whenever I've needed them to help me find work. Super quick to find the right position and after taking up one of their temporary roles I've now been taken on permanently and promoted. 
Thank you for all your support and positivity.
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Happy client

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Please can I thank Rotherwood Agency for all the help and assistance offered to me and my team here and I will have no reservations in contacting you if we need your assistance in the future.

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Contact us

If you have any questions and would like to chat with one of the team, give us a call today on 01535 604508

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Frequently asked questions

 

 

All you need to do is send us your CV and one of our sector specialists consults will be in touch to arrange a registration appointment. Our consultants will walk you through the registration process, outlining any specific documentation we will need to see

Active jobs

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Bookkeeper/Office Administrator

Crosshills
North Yorkshire
TBC & DOE
Join a growing accountancy firm in its new Crosshills office, supporting a small, friendly team with reception, administration, bookkeeping and payroll. This varied role offers training and scope to develop into a more bookkeeping-focused position. Scroll down for more info.

Stock Control Operative

Haworth
West Yorkshire
Β£12.71 per hour
Rotherwood Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Stock Control Operative to join our client in Haworth. This is an ongoing position paying Β£12.71 per hour, with the potential to increase for the right candidate. The role involves stock control and booking stock in and out, with previous FLT experience beneficial but not essential. For more information, please see the full job description below and apply below.

Sheet Metal Worker

Keighley (Outskirts)
West Yorkshire
Β£12.71 per hour
Rotherwood Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Sheet Metal Worker to join our client on the outskirts of Keighley on a temporary-to-permanent basis, paying Β£12.71 per hour. The role involves moving, cutting and folding steel and using a pressing machine. Previous experience is beneficial but not essential, with full training available for the right candidate. For more information, please see the full job description below and apply below.

Machine Operative

Keighley (Outskirts)
West Yorkshire
Β£13 per hour
Rotherwood Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Machine Operative to join our client on the outskirts of Keighley. This is an ongoing temporary position paying Β£13.00 per hour, working rotating shifts of 6:00am–2:00pm and 2:00pm–10:00pm, Monday to Friday. The role would suit someone who is mechanically minded, with full training provided. Due to the location, own transport is required. For more information, please see the full job description below and apply below.

Meet our Commercial & Industrial Team

Jo Pagdin

Jo Pagdin

Managing Director
Jess Russell

Jess Russell

Business Manager- Care & Recruitment
Sally Fletcher

Sally Fletcher

Senior Consultant - Commercial & Industrial
Hannah Crowther

Hannah Crowther

Delivery & Compliance Consultant- Commercial & Industrial
Ebbonie Ambler

Ebbonie Ambler

Consultant- Commercial
Max Layte

Max Layte

Apprentice Consultant- Commercial & Industrial