We are management consultants who are retained for recruitment assignments by clients.  As such, we do not maintain an employment agency-type database.  However, we keep past candidates on file and are happy to hear from people with good experience who are likely to be attractive to clients.  We often start a retained assignment for a client by looking through our database for existing candidates. 

We do not discuss any candidate’s identity or CV with any client without obtaining the candidate’s permission in advance, and eliciting their current interest in a move.

If you have experience at managerial level (middle management level) or above or, if you have specialist technical skills, you are welcome to register with us.   (We market ourselves to clients as consultants who add value to their situation when they have a recruitment need, so they are unlikely to retain us to find a junior person, as they can do so better by contacting their local agency.)

If you wish to registeron our candidate database:

Fill in our on-line candidate details form

Attach a full CV (preferably a Word document).  Aternatively, put it in the post to us.  If emailing, please avoid photos, complex structures, fancy fonts (Arial and Times New Roman in 10-14 point fonts are best).  It takes an age to download Acrobat version of articles, scanned certificates  etc, so please do not send them by email.  If we match you to a client need, then we shall ask you for proofs, confirmation of documentation etc.

We regret that we cannot give extensive advice on various markets, but will try to advise you if your CV is not selling you well.   There are many websites nowadays with good advice (ignore the advice about a one page CV, if you have been working for more than five years!). 

Fundamentally, imagine you are selling yourself to a Martian.  She is not psychic, so she does not know anything about Bloggs and Company, what they do, what markets they were in, whether growing like crazy or retrenching, or what your job was as a left-handed widget designer, so look at the CV and ask:

Will this tell her what my job was?  What I actually accomplished? and  What skills and experience/ competencies I have to offer a new employer?  How to reach me (post, email, phone, mobile etc)?  What I want now? (especially if changing direction, location)?  Does it include useful info, such as languages, whether I will relocate, have I a driving licence etc?  Does it anticipate a potential employer’s questions, such as "Will this person be an asset to my business?  Can they handle change?  Are they reliable? enthusiastic?"