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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

Ashes Tour creates Sparks for Graduate Firm

Pareto Law, is living up to its reputation as Sunday Times Best Small Company to Work for 2005, with a sales day themed to celebrate the Ashes tour

Leading graduate recruitment and training firm, Pareto Law, is living up to its reputation as Sunday Times Best Small Company to Work for 2005, with a sales day themed to celebrate the Ashes tour.

Paretoís sales team was split into two sides and turned out in their best cricketing whites, with bats in hand, ready to take on the challenge of the day. The rest of the company came dressed as ìAuzzieî or ìBarmy-armyî supporters, wearing everything from Australian cork-hats to England flags painted on their faces.

Pareto Law, who placed and trained over 700 graduates in the last 12 months, emerged as the number one small company to work for in the Sunday Times report, with staff citing a sense of fun as key to the success of the firm over the last 10 years. One of its more radical ideas is ìstrip cold-callingî, whereby employees have to forfeit an item of clothing when they receive knockbacks on the telephone.

Jonathan Fitchew, joint managing director of Pareto Law, commented: ìAt Pareto we always try to inject a bit of fun into our everyday tasks, from fancy dress to team nights out. By making the working week more entertaining, we have seen a higher level of motivation, confidence and teamwork throughout our business.î