Fast-growing specialist jobs business, Clear Sky Recruitment, has added a further professional to its expanding team to assist with the increased demand for its services.

The independently-owned recruitment consultancy, with offices in Blackwood and Cardiff, has taken on experienced Kelly Berry as a recruitment consultant.

The Gwent-based business, still in its first year of trading, specialises in recruiting candidates to the manufacturing, call centre and business support sectors.

Ross Porter, managing director of Clear Sky Recruitment, said: “Over our first year, we have seen a steady growth in our turnover and we have moved into bigger and better premises first in Blackwood and then in Cardiff.

“It is this success which has provided us with the solid platform to invest further in the business and recruit more local talent. Our aim now is to hire another five staff before the year is out.”

Ross said: “With demand for our services at an all-time high, we knew we had to bring in more expertise. Kelly has proved a perfect fit for our team to help source and attract high-quality candidates for all of our job opportunities. With her ten years of experience gained within the recruitment industry, Kelly understands the industries we operate in, inside out.

Kelly, aged 35, from Aberdare, is based in Clear Sky Recruitment’s Blackwood office.

Kelly has worked in recruitment since leaving school previously worked as a senior recruitment consultant for Robert Half International and Adecco.

The mum to Jake, aged six, and Amy, four, said: “I’m thrilled at my appointment at Clear Sky Recruitment. Although I thoroughly enjoyed my time in my previous role, I felt it was time to push myself into an even more challenging role which could utilise my knowledge of and passion for recruitment, and saw this as an ideal opportunity.

Kelly, who is a fitness instructor in her spare time, said: “I applied for this job due to the proactive nature of the business and the fast-paced, ever-changing environment. It is a company that is going places, and I’m very much looking forward to developing my role and using my background and skill-set to offer something a little bit different.”

Established in April 2014, Clear Sky Recruitment is owned by recruitment entrepreneur Ross Porter who has more than 16 years’ of industry specific recruitment experience. The team works with companies of all sizes.

Clear Sky Recruitment primarily operates within the manufacturing, call centre and business support sectors and its client portfolio includes: Conduit Global, Firstsource Solutions, PHS Group, Kloeckner Pentaplast, 2 Sisters Food Group and Eurocaps Limited.