Introducing the Job Box Mentors
Dean Griffiths
Dean has had a range of experience in the Retail, Manufacturing, Education, Civil Service and Local Government sectors. Having studied at University College Birmingham and Brunel University College in London he returned to Telford with a BTEC HND in Leisure Management and took up employment with HM Land Registry. This was intended to be a temporary arrangement which led to 11 years of service. Following this, Dean then worked briefly in Sharjah in the U.A.E. before returning to the UK to work for Department for Work and Pensions as a Work Coach.
This journey has helped Dean to develop a genuine belief that with the right guidance, people can achieve their goals. Dean enjoyed over 25 years playing Cricket and Football locally and having recently retired from both, he now takes his frustrations out on the Golf course (and tends to return home more frustrated after).
Nigel Lunn
Nigel has spent most of his working life in the Retail Motor Industry, starting back in 1978 as a vehicle valeter, progressing to supervisor from there to office administrator and then into sales and eventually - through lots of hard work dedication and commitment - on to senior management. He has worked within the retail sector for over 33 years, during which time he has gained vast experience of dealing with people. He firmly believes with the right application of mind we can all be successful.
Nigel has had a change of career and now wants to help others to succeed in the work place. Nigel enjoys the outdoor life kayaking, fishing and goes camping with family and friends several times a year. He is a member of a local kayak club and is out on the river most weekends. He likes to spend some of his spare time in the kitchen baking bread.
Robert Riddell
Rob has worked in retail, served five years in the Army but mainly worked within the leisure and arts sector. He went to the local school in Hadley when it was "The Manor" and has always lived in the Telford area except for when he was serving away. Rob has run training courses for young people, qualified in health and safety and is an NVQ Assessor
Robert also enjoys camping with his kids and apart from that isn’t really that exciting . He is great believer in if you are motivated and work hard enough you will get where you need to go in life!
Maddy Barlow
Maddy has had a range of experience having worked as a cleaner on a holiday camp, Bar Manager and Community Centre Manager. She left school with no qualifications aged 15 and has grand mal epilepsy, but has worked hard since, juggling disability, work, family and part-time study to get where she is today. This personal journey means that she strongly believes that people can build successful careers and lives no matter what their starting point and Maddy really enjoys supporting people to achieve their goals.
Family is important to Maddy and understands the challenges parents have. Maddy has never let her disability rule her life and she believes in work hard and play harder!
Jodie Grimley
Jodie attended the Abraham Darby School and since then has had some very varied experience, and has done many different jobs over the years in her search for "The One". Some of her jobs included, bar work and waitressing, cleaning, administration, shelf-stacking, support worker for adults with learning difficulties and more recently Recruitment Consultant
As a single mum of two boys and after doing several evening classes for fun, she decided to take her self off to University to learn British Sign Language, and while studying started her own business walking dogs. Although she loved the job, she decided that she needed a more steady income and the company of humans, as she was starting to become a crazy dog lady and smelled quite bad.
Jodie is passionate about helping people find the job or career that they dream of, and believes that if you want something enough, with the right support, you can achieve anything! She likes to spend her spare time keeping busy with Belly Dancing and swimming. She is also an avid reader and loves the macabre writing style of Stephen King.