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Alison King

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Managing Director at Bespoke HR
📍 Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Alison King is the Managing Director of Bespoke HR, a consultancy she founded in 2005. She holds CIPD and NEBOSH certifications, specializing in HR outsourcing, employment law, and recruitment for businesses UK-wide. Colleagues describe her as versatile, innovative, knowledgeable, and a self-motivated entrepreneur who delivers results.

Alison is passionate about developing new talent. She has run a placement student program for over six years, personally describing it as one of her "favourite parts of growing" her business.

Her firm managed recruitment for Ben & Jerrys, using innovative video applications to speed up and improve the candidate assessment process.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Alison shows up

Early Adopter
Fast But Thoughtful
Big Vision Person

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Priorities

Topics Alison cares about

Employee Onboarding
Emphasizes the critical importance of a structured first day, sharing stories of new hires who almost quit due to poor onboarding experiences.
Staff Motivation
She has authored articles on motivating teams post-holidays and addresses client concerns about employee disengagement and high turnover.
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Career

Work history

9-2005
Managing Director
Bespoke HR
9-2003 - 9-2005
HR Advisor
Laurel Pub Company
7-2001 - 9-2003
Human Resources & Health and Safety Manager
David Powell Bakeries
9-1998 - 7-2001
Personnel Officer
Millennium Hotels and Resorts
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1993 - 1995
Education details unavailable
Solent University
Education details unavailable
Hayling School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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