About Unistra
People. Potential. Together.
Connecting talent with opportunity and building stronger teams for a brighter tomorrow. That is the line on the wall. Underneath it is a fairly unglamorous commitment to doing permanent recruitment carefully.
Why we started
Because the basics are not being done
Unistra came out of first-hand experience on the client side of recruitment, and finding the same problems over and over. CVs sent that nobody had read. Candidates who had no idea what they were walking into. References chased after the offer rather than before it.
None of that is hard to fix. It is fixed by picking up the phone, doing the checks before rather than after, and being willing to turn down work we cannot do well.
Why permanent
Temporary supply is a volume game won on speed and margin. Permanent placement is won on judgement, and judgement is the thing worth building a reputation on. We would rather make forty good appointments a year that stick than fill four hundred shifts.
What we are building towards
A recruitment business that employers in Staffordshire call first because we have never wasted their time, and that candidates come back to at their next move because we treated them like adults. Slower to grow. Considerably harder to replace.
People
Different strengths, a shared purpose. Nobody is a line on a spreadsheet.
Together
One point of contact who knows your account, not a queue of account managers.
Opportunity
Connecting people to what is next, not simply to what is vacant.
Straight dealing
Clear fees, written terms, and bad news delivered early rather than late.
Compliance
The paperwork that actually matters
Not a badge collection. These are the obligations that govern how a UK employment agency has to behave, and we would rather you knew them.
Employment Agencies Act 1973
We do not charge work-seekers a fee for finding, or seeking to find, them work.
Conduct Regulations 2003
Terms agreed in writing with both client and work-seeker before we act, and the information about a role that a candidate is entitled to, given up front.
UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, reference ZC163389. See our privacy notice.
Company details
Unistra Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 16970559. Our office is at Floor 2, Office H, Winton House, Stoke Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2RW. Registered office 1 Mosedale Avenue, Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7UD.
Come and talk to us
Hiring, looking, or just wanting to know whether we cover your patch. Either side of the desk, the conversation is free.