Testimonials
Rob Lake – Group Head of HR
“Our organisation began to employ staff from overseas a little over 12 months ago with the help of
Osborne Allan. Given this has been the first time our organisation has recruited staff directly from
overseas, the team at Osborne Allan have been instrumental in ensuring this process has run
smoothly and successfully. Throughout the process they have been extremely supportive and
efficient in sourcing candidates of a quality standard whilst ensuring that all relevant compliance
documentation is obtained for each candidate. Additionally, they have been on hand to answer
various questions we have had at any time of day with people in the team that have an excellent
knowledge of the process. I would certainly recommend them to anyone who has no or little
experience of recruiting staff from overseas.”
Mary McKechnie - Training, Development and Onboarding
Co-ordinator
“Working with Osborne Allan to recruit overseas staff has been wonderful. They give full support from the first point of recruiting right up to the arrival of staff in the country and after. Through Osborne Allan Abbotsford have recruited 3 nurses, and the support that they have given not only to the recruitment team but also the nurses themselves has been amazing.”
Razwan Latif – Director
“After struggling to recruit a staff nurse for several months, and with no previous
experience on how to recruit internationally, Osborne & Allan supported us and made this process stress free. They shortlisted candidates who matched our criteria, set up
interviews, took care of the logistics and paperwork. I highly recommend using this agency.”
Claire Fretwell – Head of People
“I have been supported by Osborne Allan for 8 months now, working alongside them to
recruit competent and professional healthcare staff. They have been invaluable in
ensuring candidates are pre-screened to match our needs, saving us
time and money with longlisting to shortlisting candidates to then interview.O&A have
been particularly supportive when it comes to recruiting overseas workers, using their
expertise to ensure we have all the right to work checks in place and are compliant with all documentation.
This is a huge help, especially with the on going changes that we need to keep up to
date with referencing visas, dependents, and requirements on salary expectations.”
Eddie Simpson - Strategic Lead Partner (Organisational Development)
“Renfrewshire Council have recently participated in an International Recruitment Pilot
Programme for Adult Social Care. As part of this, we acquired the services of Osborne &Allan, who have particular focus on Home Care, which aligned to our requirements. This was completely new to me, as Project Lead for the Council so I very much leaned on the knowledge and expertise Emma Fyfe has brought to the project. Communication has been constant throughout the process of sourcing, through to successfully appointing 4 overseas employees to our Service. I have felt completely assured by Emma and her team’s support and how they have fully delivered on everything we required from our specification criteria. This included advice on dealing with the Home Office for requesting defined Certificates of Sponsorship during a period of legislative change. I would fully endorse the service Osborne & Allan have successfully delivered on for Renfrewshire Council.”