Harrison Drury recruits talent acquisition specialist

Harrison Drury has appointed experienced talent acquisition specialist John Wilson.

John spent the past six years working in recruitment, most recently as a manager at Hays in Preston, and as a consultant at Service Care Solutions.

Prior to this, John’s career began in law. He worked for Preston City Council as a paralegal in the authority’s property and conveyancing team.

He studied CILEx (Professional Diploma in Law and Practice) at Blackburn University Centre and also spent time living and working in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia between 2015 and 2018.

John’s role will provide an internal function for all recruitment needs across the business, supporting with both an end-to-end recruitment process and managing a pipeline of talent for future roles in partnership with external agencies. He will primarily be based at Harrison Drury’s office in Preston.

Laura Dover, operations director at Harrison Drury, comments: “John’s appointment displays our commitment to investing in our people and making Harrison Drury a great place to work.

“John’s experience in legal sector recruitment will help us achieve our goals of developing the best talent in the region."

John Wilson says: “I’ve always held Harrison Drury in very high regard both culturally and commercially, having worked in the legal recruitment sector for a number of years. 

“It’s an exciting time to join one of the region’s fastest growing legal firms, and I’m looking forward to working with the team to help attract the best talent available.”