Arras People was established in 2002 as a niche programme and project management resourcing services company because we understood the frustrations associated with gaining access to and engaging the best project management professionals.

Our own experience told us that on the whole generalist recruitment practices did not provide a service to the paying customer in the field of project management. The fundamental issue being that they did not have the skills or knowledge to understand what was required to be able to provide a good enough service. Hence, we were at the end of a CV processing machine, providing keyword-matched CVs without any context to the role on offer. In the words of our founding director John Thorpe: "I always felt that I was paying for a service which had no intellectual value, I had masses of CVs to process and a large bill to pay at the end".

As a consequence of our experiences all the consultants at Arras People have vast experience and knowledge of the project management and this specific job market. Having all worked in this field in roles such as programme manager, project manager, project office manager and project co-ordination previously they have a deep empathy and understanding of both Client and Candidate needs and can therefore act as a value added broker during the process.

This experience allows us to work with you to really understand the roles you are recruiting for – and if necessary to help in the generation of a suitable job specification. By understanding your requirements and the specifics of your environment we are able to apply our domain knowledge to the task of preparing a candidate shortlist which is "optimised to your" requirement. Our aim is to provide a shortlist of people who can all perform the role, your task is to select the person who you believe to be the best fit for your environment. We call this "knowledge-based recruitment™". Our aim is to provide a Quality rather than Quantity as we recognise that you also have a job to do.

Feedback from our clients has shown that this is a differentiator which eases the workload associated with the recruitment process. See some of the testimonials from clients and candidates.