This story starts in lockdown (when we were allowed to see each other in our respective homes I
might add).
One of my girlfriend’s friends came to visit and she was telling us about how difficult it was to find
someone, particularly with lockdown. She asked me whether I knew anyone, to which my girlfriend
answered for me and said “Jamie knows no-one”. It almost became a bit of a challenge for me after
this was said. I know plenty of people I thought to myself and the fact that my girlfriend thought that
I didn’t know anyone worthy of dating one her best University friends made me want to find
someone even more.
I wracked my brains as to whether there was anyone I knew that was currently single.
I had had a conversation a while back with an ex colleague of mine who had mentioned that one of
our mutual friends with whom we both used to play football had broken up with someone just
before lockdown. There is obviously never a good time for this to happen but at the start of
lockdown I think we can all agree is a pretty rubbish time. He was good looking, had once been on
the books of a now Football League team (obviously one of the main requirements when searching
for a man) and I’d always got on really well with him, he was a really nice guy.
The set up.
The set up comprised of me sending a message which summed up asking if he was single and
whether he was up for meeting someone. He said yes and subsequently I sent a picture of her to
him. I had found my man.
My girlfriend in the meantime sent a picture of him to her friend, who seemed keen to meet.
I had one issue though, the location. Location is always a key thing in recruitment and no doubt a lot
of people will understand the frustrations of someone living just slightly too far away. How many
times have I said to myself “If they only lived 30 miles closer, they would be perfect for the role”.
They lived nearly 120 miles from each other. This was going to be a battle. I put the cards on the
table to him and said “She lives about 2 hours away.” He said an expletive, but said you just never
know with these things and for the right girl he’d be willing to move. Music to my ears, I’ll take that. I
was always told that relocation hardly ever works in recruitment early on but I had faith here.
I gave him her number and they started chatting and arranged to meet up about half way from
where they both lived in Leeds.
Hayley (my girlfriend) and I worked as a team to make sure we got the lowdown of how everything
was going.
The date
When the date happened, Hayley and I were away and I was doing my usual thing I do when I send
candidates out to see clients and was pacing slightly wanting to know what had happened and
hoping that I wouldn’t get a call too soon after the interview had started (one of my great fears).
It had gone well. Hayleys friend had laid the cards on the table early saying that she didn’t want to
move away from her family but more importantly they liked each other and by all accounts fancied
each other as well. I always like it when people are up front from the off as it manages expectations.
This is something I live by in my day to day job as a recruiter.
It went so well that they met up the next day for a coffee.
What ensued was a whirlwind for them. They met up the following week where he met her mother
and things developed more and more. Hayley and I both took calls from our respective friend getting
the gossip and hearing “I think I like her/him.” This was when we took a back seat as we (Hayley likes
to think she was the one that made this happen but I was) or rather I had done my job.
Everything was going well until the crunch point came and we were plunged into a full lockdown
again. For many couples this was seen as a crunch point in their relationships and they decided to
move in with each other.
Things obviously went really well as now over 1 and a half years later they live together with a dog
and their Daughter who is coming up to being 6 months old.
This really was my greatest introduction ever. I am now hanging up my cupid wings as I like ring of
100% per cent success rate with matching couples.
My spurious link to all of this (and let’s be honest a long winded way of getting to my job advert) is
that I’ve got a great job in West Yorkshire and who knows it may very well be the match for you. Like
my friend and Hayley’s friend took a chance on meeting a complete stranger in search of finding
someone maybe you can to.
Put simply;
Financial Planner role
Salary to £60,000 with bonuses on top predicted £70,000 first year but uncapped.
There are 80 household clients with £230,000 of recurring income all currently paying 0.5% on an
ongoing basis handed over by a Retiring IFA. 10 corporate clients to deal with as well providing GPP
advice to their staff.
With an established business that have more than doubled in size in the past couple of years to
having over ¼ of a billion pounds in Funds Under Management.
Home based working if preferred.
If this takes your interest give me a call on 07595 320 972 or email me at [email protected]
what do you have to lose?