A specialist market needs a specialist.
Bid recruitment is a small world. The best people are known, already employed and rarely looking. It rewards depth, judgement and relationships, not size. That is why Fairbank People is deliberately small, and why you deal with Colin from brief to first anniversary.
The story so far
- NowFairbank People
Founded in 2021. Fewer roles, done properly. Specialist search for work winning teams, exclusive wherever possible, with care for people long after they start.
- 2019Hays Executive
Business Sector Director. Executive search at board level and the level below, across the built environment, work winning and technology.
- 2014The Management Recruitment Group
Director, heading the bid recruitment team. Senior bid, proposal, business development and marketing roles. The point where bids become the specialism.
- 2011Fairbank Resourcing
Finds, trains and mentors new recruiters for recruitment businesses across London.
- 2005The Oyster Partnership
Joins as a start-up and, as Director, helps grow it to a £5.3 million turnover across 14 recruitment disciplines. Ranked 46th in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 in 2008. Develops the team from trainees to managers.
- 2001Hays
Principal Consultant. Learns the trade at one of the biggest names in recruitment.