For employers
Recruitment run as a search discipline, not a CV race
We take the brief seriously, map the market properly and put forward people we would be comfortable hiring ourselves.
How we hire
Four ways we fill roles
Each mandate is scoped against the difficulty of the role — not sold as one package.
Permanent recruitment
End-to-end hiring for core roles across finance, operations, technology, commercial and support functions.
- Role scoping and salary guidance
- Advertised and headhunted candidates
- Shortlist within an agreed timeline
Executive search
Confidential, mapped search for leadership and board-level appointments where the wrong hire is expensive.
- Market mapping and target list
- Discreet approach and referencing
- Leadership assessment support
Specialist & technical hiring
Hard-to-fill roles where the candidate pool is small and credibility with the market matters.
- Technical screening with your experts
- Niche community sourcing
- Realistic market feedback
Volume & project hiring
Scale-up hiring for new sites, expansions or seasonal demand without losing quality control.
- Assessment day design
- Coordinated interview logistics
- Consistent scoring across cohorts
Quality control
What happens before a CV reaches you
The steps that separate a shortlist from a stack of applications.
Screening
Every candidate is interviewed by us before you see them — motivation, notice period, salary expectation and role fit verified.
Assessment
Role-relevant exercises, competency-based questioning and, where useful, psychometric or technical testing.
Reference & background checks
Employment, education and professional references verified, with guidance on further checks where the role warrants it.
Onboarding support
Offer management, resignation coaching, first-week structure and probation check-ins with both sides.
Process
From brief to onboarded hire
- 01
Discovery
We sit with the hiring manager to understand the role, the team it joins and what success looks like in the first year.
- 02
Search & sourcing
Market mapping, targeted outreach, our network and advertised search — run in parallel, reported weekly.
- 03
Screening & assessment
Structured interviews, competency probing and role-relevant assessments before anyone reaches your calendar.
- 04
Shortlist & interviews
A concise shortlist with written rationale, plus interview coordination and hiring manager guidance.
- 05
Offer & references
Offer management, salary negotiation support and thorough reference and background verification.
- 06
Onboarding & aftercare
Structured onboarding support and check-ins through probation so the hire actually sticks.
Sectors
Where we recruit most
FAQs
Questions employers ask us
Have a role you need filled properly?
Send us the brief. We'll come back with a realistic view of the market, the salary range and how we'd run the search.