Human Resources (HR) Recruitment Services

The Challenge: An expanding business required dedicated HR leadership to oversee a complex, multi-site restructuring process and TUPE transition under tight deadlines.

The Solution: We structured a targeted search, meeting candidates via Teams updates and co-creating a rigorous assessment pack to evaluate change management experience.

The Outcome: Successfully placed a Head of HR who completed the restructuring seamlessly, boosted team engagement, and subsequently partnered with Macildowie across additional disciplines.

The Challenge: An organisation lost two key members of its HR advisory team almost simultaneously, risking a severe operational bottleneck in casework management.

The Solution: We deployed immediate interim support to cover casework while running a streamlined, parallel search for permanent HR Advisors.

The Outcome: Interim support was placed within 48 hours, and permanent offers were accepted within two weeks, restoring full team stability.

The Challenge: A client struggled for months to hire a Reward Specialist due to an outdated salary bracket that failed to attract passive candidates.

The Solution: We provided live market salary benchmarking and delivered a "3 Shortlists for 1" presentation to illustrate candidate capability at varying pay levels.

The Outcome: The client adjusted the salary package based on market data and secured an exceptional candidate who transformed their internal compensation framework.

The Challenge: A data science function faced three resignations at once, with departing staff nearly doubling their salaries by moving to the likes of Lego and BT — a sign the client's pay benchmarking had fallen badly behind the market.

The Solution: We benchmarked the team against current market rates and helped the client realign salaries for the remaining staff before further losses occurred.

The Outcome: The team stayed together and went on to deliver the client's Agentic AI and Copilot rollout — a project now returning millions in value, six years later.

The Challenge: A client needed a secure infrastructure and security specialist in a rural location with a very small local talent pool. The role had been open a while with nothing viable coming through.

The Solution: We took it on as a retained search. We benchmarked the salary nationally, advised the client to lift the package by £10,000 to £15,000, and widened the geographic search well beyond the local area.

The Outcome: We placed a candidate who relocated for the role.