London Headhunters
With the resurgence of London as a leading global commercial hub, there has been a huge increase in the need to recruit quality candidates for new job vacancies. Given the fact that London has become very much a 'candidate-led' market when it comes to recruitment, more and more firms are employing headhunters in order to attract the right candidates for their job vacancies.
The main difference between headhunters and a standard recruitment firm is that whilst most recruitment companies operate a passive system of advertising in order to recruit candidates for job vacancies, headhunters will actively target individuals for job vacancies that they have been tasked to fill. One method of doing this is to target the competitor companies of their clients and then aim to recruit accordingly.
Some of the main headhunting firms in London include:
Hunter and Chase
Hunter and Chase offer their clients a sophisticated and discreet service when it comes to the headhunting arm of their business. They pride themselves on the fact that much of their headhunting work is via repeat business or else via word of mouth, thus highlighting the satisfaction that their customers have with their business practices.
Unity Recruitment
Although offering a UK-wide headhunting service, Unity recruitment very much focus on recruiting for London businesses whilst offering a rapid and honest headhunting recruitment process. They recruit across a number of different sectors, but specialise in recruiting in sectors such as consultancy, project management and telecommunications.
The Advocate Group
The Advocate Group offer a bespoke headhunting service in which they employ discretion and tact in order to recruit the right candidates in order to fill their client's job vacancies. They see recruitment as being a partnership between themselves and their clients and tend to shy away from the often abrasive recruitment techniques employed by other headhunting firms in London.
Executive Headhunters Ltd
Focusing solely on headhunting rather than more traditional recruiting methods, Executive Headhunters Ltd, recruit both senior management and board-level positions for their clients. Amongst the 'added-value' services that they provide for their clients, they include salary surveys to ensure that their clients are receiving the best value for money candidates for the job vacancies that they are recruiting for.