The JHR Team

Jo Holdsworth
Managing Director
After working for both national and independent agencies in the Leeds area; Jo established Jo Holdsworth Recruitment in January 2005 after identifying an ever growing gap in the market for a recruitment agency to offer a more consultative and personal approach to better support both clients and candidates by offering a tailored service which was backed up by her local expertise.
From the word go Jo has been determined to ensure that her consultancy firm offers a premium level of service and has grown a team with the same mentality.
An ongoing key to the success at JHR has been recruiting talented, intelligent, service lead individuals who share the same passions and long-term aspirations as JHR and Jo herself.
In her now 15+ years of successful trading; Jo has taken JHR from strength to strength, establishing a very strong client base on the commercial permanent division with many repeat clients; establishing a commercial temporaries division which increased in turnover by more than 200% in its first year of trading; Jo is also always working closely with her management team to identify new business opportunities and areas of growth for JHR.
A large proportion of the clients at JHR still know Jo personally which has been down to her continued level of involvement with the day to day running of her business and ongoing success with each individual client.
Jo lives in Barwick in Elmet, Leeds with her daughter who both enjoy travelling and experiencing new cultures.
Trivia fact: Jo has tiny fee – a shoe size of just 2 ½ !