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Temp of the Month – March 2021
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Temp of the Month – February 2021
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Chris – Temp of the Year 2020
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Mark – January 2021
Mark is our January Temp of the Month! Mark is our Temp of the Month! He has been a pure…
Andy – December 2020
Andy is our December Temp of the Month! Andy has worked for Octopus for a short period of time and…
Alex – November 2020
Alex is our November Temp of the Month! Alex has been a real star for us whilst working on his…
Rob – October 2020
Rob is our October Temp of the Month! Robert is an extremely long standing and loyal temp of ours, he…
Karen – September 2020
Karen is our September Temp of the Month! Karen is everything we want in an Octopus Temp. She has thrown…
Dave – August 2020
Dave is our August Temp of the Month! Dave is our August Temp of the Month. He has a fabulous…
Cece – July 2020
Cece is our July Temp of the Month! Cece has been working for Octopus Personnel for a while and has…
Ruth and Chris – March 2020
This month we are super proud to have TWO Temps of the Month! Ruth is an exceptional temp of ours!…
Katie – February 2020
Katie is our February Temp of the Month! Katie is a fabulous temp of ours and a real asset. Katie…
Stuart – January 2020
Temp of the Month January 2020 Stuart is one of the most easy going and hardworking temps we have had…
James – December 2019
Temp of the Month December 2019 James was nominated for Temp of the Month by his Team Leader due to…
Amanda – November 2019
Temp of the Month November 2019 Amanda is such a wonderful temp! She has been working for us on a…
Eric – October 2019
Temp of the Month October 2019 From the moment Eric came in to meet with us he was keen to…
Simon – September 2019
Temp of the Month September 2019 Simon has worked for Octopus for many years and always proves to be a…
Kat – August 2019
Temp of the Month August 2019 Kat has been a wonderful, kind, hard-working, welcoming and dedicated temp who has thrown…
Richard – July 2019
Temp of the Month July 2019 Richard has a down to earth and hardworking approach. He has received such fabulous…
Owen – May 2019
Temp of the Month May 2019 Owen has been a fantastic temp for us! He is reliable and hardworking and…
Julie – April 2019
Julie continues to be an exceptional temp for Octopus Personnel. Reliable, self-directed and great fun, we can rely on Julie…
Octopus Personnel Temp of the Year 2018
The Octopus Personnel Temp of the Year 2018, John Prout, discusses his reaction to the award, his new permanent role…
Kolyo – March 2019
It was with great pleasure to present Kolyo with Temp of the Month. He is always happy, hardworking, reliable and…
Sam – February 2019
Sam is a fantastic temp, flexible, reliable with a wonderful personality. She lights up our office every time she brings…
Caroline – January 2019
Caroline has been absolutely great. She is so adaptable and is willing to turn her hand to most things. She…
Tom – December 2018
Our well-deserved Christmas temp of the month goes to Tom Weeks. Reliable, honest and hardworking, he took a leap of…
Karen – October 2018
Karen has been a real success story. When she first registered with Octopus, she had not worked for a very…
Billy – September 2018
We would like to thank Billy for all of his hard work over the past couple of months. Whatever assignment…
Jane – June 2018
Jane is thought of very highly by her employers and has been an amazing temp for Octopus. She is hardworking,…
Caitlin – May 2018
Caitlin is a very reliable and hardworking temp. She will always explore new challenges and has a great positive attitude!…
John – April 2018
This is the second time John has received Temp of the Month while he has been working for us over…
Pauline – March 2018
Pauline is a very well deserving candidate for Temp of Month. Always has a smile on her face. Thanks for…
Marcus – February 2018
Marcus has been a very dedicated temporary worker for Octopus over the past 6 months. He always has such a…
Beth – January 2018
Beth is our first Temp of the Month for 2018!! We would like to thank Beth for all of her…
Mihal and Claudiu – December 2017
Mihal and Claudiu are both our very well deserving Temps of Month for December. They have been super hardworking and…
Yvette – November 2017
Yvette has been on a temporary assignment for Octopus since the beginning on this year. She has proved to be…
Angel – October 2017
Angel is a very well deserved temp of the month. He has undertaken a number of different assignments, always with…
Josh – September 2017
Josh is a fantastic temporary worker, very hardworking and reliable. Willing to take on any assignment. Thank you so much!
Sean – August 2017
Sean has a mature attitude to every assignment he carries out. Always has a smile on his face! Thank you.
Ollie – July 2017
Ollie is such a hardworking and dedicated individual. He carries out every assignment to the best of his ability. A…
Maggie – June 2017
Maggie is an absolute delight she always has such a positive attitude and a smile on her face! Thank you…
Lloyd – May 2017
Lloyd is such a hardworking and reliable individual. He will undertake any assignment with a positive attitude. Thank you!
Roger and Cindy – April 2017
We have received fantastic feedback from our client with regards to both Roger and Cindy. Thank you so much for…
Chris – September 2016
Happy to do any assignments from Catering to Warehousing and anything in between. Always turns up with a smile on…
Jess – August 2016
Thank you so much for all your hard work over the Summer. Always available at last minute and willing to…
Meredith – July 2016
Delivered excellent work at a fast pace – pleasure to work with and is very friendly and polite!
Rachel – June 2016
Happy to do any assignment thrown her way with a positive attitude – very hardworking and we always receive great…
Fergus – May 2016
Gone out of his way to make sure he is always at work on time, no matter how far away…
David – March 2016
David is such an incredibly enthusiastic temp with a great work ethic. He is always happy and has brilliant time…
Charlotte – February 2016
Charlotte is more than happy to help out with the scanning here at our office when needed, which is always…
John – January 2016
John is such a hardworking and happy temp. Always willing to help us out at last minute and put his…
Babak – December 2015
Babak has been a bright star (excuse the pun for December)! An ideal temp – he has undertaken many assignments…
Zuzana – four years on!
its was lovely to catch up with Zuzana on Friday – we placed her in her current position back in…
Nigel – November 2015
Nigel has always been so reliable. A really nice guy, always willing to help out and do his best. Thank…
Martin – October 2015
Martin has been a real trooper – always reliable, willing to give any role a try with lots of enthusiasm….
Annie – September 2015
Annie – Such a lovely happy temp and helped us out at extremely short notice! Thank you Annie
Maddy – August 2015
We have received excellent feedback from the client who now want to take her on permanently. Thank you for all…
Craig – July 2015
Craig always brightens our day and is a very helpful young man who is always happy to help out when…
Abi – June 2015
A very valuable temp! Abi is very professional and we knew we could send her to our clients and there…
Anthony – May 2015
Anthony is always reliable and on time! He is such a great temp, that this is his second temp of…
Kevin – April 2015
Kevin is such a reliable and friendly temp! Always a pleasure to deal with. He constantly has a smile on…
Mia – March 2015
Mia is always a delight to deal with; a very hardworking temp! Thank you for all your hard work whilst…
Michael – February 2015
Michael is always reliable and we have always had super feedback from our clients. He has a can do attitude…
Clive – January 2015
Clive is a ray of sunshine! He has always been available at short notice, he’s very reliable and we have…
The Trevors – December 2014
Our favourite couple of 2014! Dee and Thomas have both carried out several varied assignments for us and have always…
Oliver – October 2014
Oliver has been a great temp since the day he registered. Oliver has proved himself to be a reliable and…
Liam – September 2014
Liam registered with us back in March this year – since then he has proved himself to be a very…
Lauren – August 2014
Lauren has been a star all summer. She has worked at almost all of our catering events, from burger vans…
Nikolay – July 2014
Nikolay registered with us last year, he has been a delight. Always able to work at last minute and will…
John – June 2014
John has worked a number of short term assignments for us. He has proved himself to be reliable, dependable and…
Kevin – May 2014
Kevin took the 12 week assignment willingly and was happy to be working. He didn’t mind about the travelling and…
Hanna – April 2014
Hanna is one of our long standing temporary workers and has always been reliable and flexible as well as hard…
Michael – March 2014
Michael recently relocated to the area and luckily for Octopus, he registered with us and we found the perfect assignment…
Tristan – February 2014
Tristan registered with Octopus last May and we quickly placed him in a temp assignment. 9 months later and he’s…
Anthony – January 2014
Anthony came to Octopus after being out of work for sometime due a serious injury. We found Anthony work in…
Simon – December 2013
Simon started as a temp with one of our clients and was quickly offered a permanent position having proved his…
India – November 2013
India registered with us earlier in the year looking for summer work to fill the gap between her winter sports….
Danny – October 2013
Danny is dependable! He has undertaken a number of assignments for us and is always willing to help and do…
Sonja – September 2013
Congratulations Sonja – you are our first Bournemouth candidate to be out on an assignment! We are grateful that you…
Lisa – August 2013
Lisa has been temping with us since April. She has always been reliable, versatile and adaptable – we know that…
Tom – July 2013
Tom first registered with us after graduating and we found him work instantly. He has been reliable and a joy…
Pranita – June 2013
Pranita started her assignment in January this year and has proven to be hardworking and reliable. We have received the…
Steven – May 2013
Steven registered with us in April this year looking for any kind of work we could give and within a…
Charlotte – April 2013
Charlotte has done a number of varied temp jobs for us over the past few months and went into every…
Robin – March 2013
Robin came into Octopus with hope of finding a job! Any Job! , Robin has a degree in French and…
Azaria – February 2013
Azaria registered with us after relocating from Scotland, within an hour she had an interview! She then successfully got the…
Hugo – January 2013
Hugo recently registered with us and within a few days he had accepted his first assignment and no assignment has…
Marsha – December 2012
Marsha is our star, she registered with us and before she left the office she had an interview and got…
Paul – November 2012
Paul thank you for all your commitment and hard work, since registering with us Paul has completed several assignments and…
Jean Marc – October 2012
Jean Marc (known as Jonny) has completed many assignments with us and with every assignment he gives it 100%, he…
Sonia – August 2012
Sonia registered with us in 2010 and is a friendly outgoing person who likes to use her initiative in the…
Martin – July 2012
Martin has been great since the first day he registered with us – he had not got home before we…
Emma – June 2012
Emma registered with me in Dec 2011 and within a week we had her in an assignment and she has…
Jakub – May 2012
Jakub does not know the meaning of the word NO! Every time we call him with an offer of work…
A clean sweep – all around – March 2012
Our Temp of the Month for March would be the first to admit that he came to his registration last…
Derek – January 2012
Derek – Dedicated, Determined and Down Right Charming Although Derek’s CV depicts 36 years of experience as an aircraft engineer,…
Paul – December 2011
Paul Cleavin – A man of many talents! Paul registered with us earlier in the year after relocating from London,…
Iwona – November 2011
Iwona Jasinowska – Our Somerset Star! Iwona has been assigned to the same Client since March 2011. When a call…
Paul – October 2011
Paul Morris – Lighting up the world! Paul’s initial assignment for us was during last Winter whilst we were all…
Guy – September 2011
Guy – What a fantasic temp! Guy has under taken various assignments for us over the years whilst attending university,…
Emily – August 2011
Emily – Thank you for all your hard work! Emily you have received outstanding feedback from our client. We are…
Tom – July 2011
Tom – Who says youngsters don’t want to work? No matter where Tom works he is a hit – as…
Trudy – June 2011
Trudy – How have we managed without you! At a drop of a hat Trudy will juggle the balls with…
Myleen – May 2011
Myleen – Service with a smile Myleen has been temping for us since January, and what a joy it’s been…
Alison – April 2011
Alison – What a star! Since registering Alison has undertaken various assignments and proved to be hardworking, loyal and flexible….
Graham – March 2011
Graham has worked consistently well for a year now – this has recently been rewarded with our client offering him…
Kirsty – February 2011
Kirsty has worked for a couple of our clients – both of whom have given us extremely positive feedback! She…
Brian – January 2011
Brian has worked for a couple of our clients – one of whom has taken him on permanently! As this…