IF YOU are looking to make a career change, Merit in Basingstoke is the company to help you.

Local specialists within the engineering, manufacturing, management and IT sectors, they have a database of more than 30,000 candidates, as well as a large staff of trained and professional recruiters, and a long-standing and loyal client base.

They also have a stringent recruitment and selection programme, a comprehensive referral programme and plenty of information on salary packages within the local area.

Merit values candidate management as one of the key ingredients to their success.

Staff always spend time listening to potential workers to understand their career aspirations, successes and key strengths in order to match these against their client requirements.

Merit is also renowned for its passion for customer retention.

business manager David Furlong said: "We pride ourselves on a service focused on building strong partnerships with our clients.

"It is important for our consultants to understand businesses' core functions, culture and individual personalities because they are trained to act as ambassadors for client companies in an extension of their organisation.

"This reduces administration for the client businesses, as they can be sure that the candidates sent will meet the requirements of the role and develop into successful employees for their organisation."

Merit is experienced in providing services to large multi-national companies, small-to-medium-sized specialist independent companies and start-up organisations. This is mainly in the form of industrial temporary workforces, technical and IT contractors and managers, engineers, developers, technicians and logistical candidates.

For information, telephone Merit on 01256 471508 or call in to Haymarket House, in Wote Street, Basingstoke.