Whether you need to find your next great hire or want to build a stronger internal recruitment function, Ashley has the expertise to help, personally and not through a team of consultants.
Horsham, West Sussex · available remotely across the UK
Two ways to work together
Ashley handles the sourcing, screening and interviewing, then presents you with 3–5 of the very best candidates. You make the final call.
Ashley works alongside your team to improve how you hire by designing processes, coaching managers and building an internal function that works without a recruiter every time.
Not sure which one fits?
Have a quick chat with Ashley about what you need. No sales pitch, just an honest conversation.
Why work with Ashley
15+
Ashley has spent over 15 years building genuine relationships with candidates and businesses in Horsham and West Sussex, so your search starts ahead of the competition.
3–5
No CVs dumped in your inbox. Every candidate is personally screened and interviewed by Ashley before you ever see their name, so your time is spent on real contenders only.
12wk
Ashley's 12-week rebate period is there if a hire doesn't work out. Peace of mind built in from day one.
Client testimonials
We’ve really enjoyed working with Ashley at Pineapple Careers, who has helped us successfully recruit two new team members over the past six months. The whole experience has been incredibly professional, efficient and seamless from start to finish.
What we’ve particularly appreciated is the time Ashley has taken to understand our business, the roles we’re recruiting for and the type of person who would be a good fit for our team. The candidates she has put forward have always been well-vetted and genuinely relevant, which has made the recruitment process so much easier for us.
Communication has been excellent throughout - always friendly, responsive and proactive - and both vacancies were filled quickly and successfully. It’s been a real pleasure working with Ashley and Pineapple Careers, and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to other businesses looking for a reliable and professional recruitment partner.
St.C (Travel Goods) Ltd / Go Places.co.uk
Insights
Vacancies across the UK are at a 12-year low. In West Sussex, job adverts are up 17% and Horsham has the county's lowest claimant rate.
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Read the articleHiring questions
There are two options. For recruitment, Pineapple Careers charges a percentage fee that is only payable once your new hire starts: nothing upfront, and nothing if you don’t hire. If you’d rather have help running your own hiring, talent management is charged at a straightforward hourly rate with no percentage fees. Ashley will give you an exact quote after a quick chat about the role.
Every recruitment placement includes a 12-week rebate period, so you’re protected if things don’t work out in the first 12 weeks.
Usually three to five. Ashley searches her network, job boards and direct outreach, then screens and interviews candidates herself, so you only see people genuinely worth meeting, not a pile of 30 CVs.
Pineapple Careers is based in Horsham, West Sussex and recruits for employers in Horsham, Crawley, Guildford, Brighton, Worthing, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead, Billingshurst and across West Sussex. Talent-management support can also be delivered remotely anywhere in the UK.
Ashley Hemsley, the founder, personally handles everything from the first meeting to the offer. Pineapple Careers is an independent agency, not a team of consultants. Ashley has over 15 years’ experience recruiting in Horsham and West Sussex and founded Pineapple Careers in 2021.
Yes. Through talent management, Ashley can write job specs, manage other agencies, screen applications, coach managers on interviewing, benchmark salaries and set up onboarding, as a one-off project, ongoing part-time support or a longer engagement that builds an internal hiring function and hands it over to your team. On-site or remote.
Four quick details and Ashley will call you back, usually the same working day. No obligation and no sales pitch.
She'll call you back, usually the same working day. If it's urgent, ring 01403 907444.
