Blog post July 2026
Happy 17th Birthday to AFA!!
We are celebrating 17 years of hard work with a new website! Mike Stevens has given us a re-vamp and we couldn’t be happier. If you haven’t already had a look around it then please do! There are lots of new exciting things to see on there like our CV reviewer tool and our chat bot Afa. Do not forget to read through our July blog first of course! Andy File Associates | Recruitment Agency Sheffield
We have also had Hugo File, Andy’s son, in for some work experience this week and they have been busy: see the LinkedIn post here.
We have used his teenage IT skills, and we now have a brand-new YouTube channel as well with all our videos and client testimonials on, so please give that a visit later too: AFA YouTube
We are also celebrating Anne Braithwaite's 12-year anniversary with Andy File Associates! We are very lucky to have her.
Candidates of the month
Client Feedback
We visited IT Desk and Steve Harper the Commercial Director and spoke about our most recent placement with them and how we went about finding the right candidate. We came to them!
IT Desk serve over 100 customers of varying sizes and requirements, across many different sectors. Technology plays a critical role for every one of these clients: it has the power to support their growth and unlock efficiencies and profitability. They see their role as enabling those improvements, delivering IT solutions that transform their client’s business. In the video we also covered their other businesses they have in the IT Desk family: Dynamics Fanactics, an ERP solutions provider and Hydrogen BI that deals with data and analytics.
This video has some clear takeaways:
Trusted agencies can surface high quality candidates before you even start a hiring process.
Being open to speculative CVs can give you a competitive advantage in talent acquisition.
Sometimes the right person appears before the role does. The core message is that being receptive—even when you’re not actively hiring—can prevent you from missing out on strong candidates.
Please give it a watch:
Are you open to receiving speculative CV's of candidates from an agency who you know?
If you would like us to visit to film a brief video – please do get in touch.
Customer Feedback
We continue to get great feedback with 175 star google reviews to date and counting – here’s one more:
Here are some other excellent reviews from this month:
Great and reliable agency, they work smooth and are professional. I spoke to Andy himself, who is very down to earth. They found me some temporary work and I am very grateful for it as it came in a time of need! I highly recommend them 10/10
Professional and friendly. I would highly recommend Andy File Associates.
Excellent service from Anne and Rebecca. They helped me find a job quickly and they kept me up to date during the whole process. I highly recommend Andy File Associates to anyone struggling to get back into work
Andy and his team are superb, they have found myself and my wife a few jobs over the years. They think outside of the box and due to the relationships, they have with businesses have even found me a role that didn’t exist. Andy saw a company and individual that would fit well and he was 100% correct. Give them a call today if you are looking for a role or an employee. Would give 10 stars if I could.
So a very busy and exciting month for us all round! Thank you for reading and bring on August!
