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Recruitment

Role design and talent strategy Salary, package and market benchmarking Employer brand and attraction campaigns Assessment and shortlisting Candidate care with CareerBox Onboarding support and early integration

"We need to find the right person."

Executive Search

Defining the leadership role and brief Confidential market research and mapping Executive longlist and shortlist In-depth leadership interviews Leadership profiling using behavioural assessments Executive onboarding support

"This hire needs to define the direction of our business."

Contract, Interim & Fractional

Rapid access to experienced professionals Project and transformation support Compliance, engagement and contractor management

"We need to fill a gap - quickly."

Talent Strategy & Delivery Models

Talent Strategy & Advisory Hiring model design Employer brand and EVP development Outsourced and embedded recruitment support Careerbox: Career transition and outplacement

"We need a better way to hire."

What's the difference?

Getting under the skin of a brief, shaping roles around outcomes, knowing the market and understanding when the answer is permanent hiring, executive search, interim support, fractional leadership or a different delivery model altogether.

It brings together benchmarking, mapping, attraction, assessment and onboarding, with the experience to know what 'good' really looks like.

It's not more process. It's better decisions. That’s intelligent recruitment. And we can prove it...

Honest endorsement.

We are very clear about what an individual must have to be successful in our business. Denholm have become firm recruitment partners by doing two things brilliantly. They engage with us in a consistent and appropriate manner, focusing on what's required and being genuinely interested in our business. And they continue to challenge themselves to deliver talented people, this determination to meet our needs has made a real difference to the quality of our team.

AG Barr, HR Business Partner

Gareth, at Denholm Associates, has demonstrated a great understanding of our industry and the specific requirements of our roles. He ensured that he provided candidates who were not only qualified but also a great fit for our team. He maintained excellent communication throughout the entire recruitment process, keeping us informed and involved at every stage. His proactive approach and thorough vetting process meant that we were presented with top-tier candidates, significantly reducing our time-to-hire. This has led to several successful hires who have become valuable members of our team. I'd highly recommend Gareth and Denholm Associates to any organisation seeking a reliable and efficient recruitment partner.

Allied Vehicles, Head of Marketing

I cannot recommend Fiona highly enough. From the very beginning of the recruitment process, she was fantastic, keeping me fully up to date at every stage, always encouraging, supportive, and genuinely invested in finding the right role for me. The position she placed me in was perfect: highly specific, local, and well suited to my abilities, with clear room for growth. Since joining the business, I have actually been promoted to Finance Director, which speaks volumes about how well matched the role was, and Fiona played a crucial part in making that happen. Even after placement, Fiona has remained in regular contact, checking in to see how things are going and continuing to offer her support. She even took the time to visit us during our Open Day, which really demonstrates her commitment to building lasting relationships, not just filling roles. Fiona is professional, personable, and incredibly dedicated. She has been instrumental in my career progression, and I am truly grateful for her support throughout and beyond the recruitment process.

Ardgowan Distillery, Finance Director

Having spent many years in the drinks industry, Denholm Associates was my natural first choice for a recent hire. The team provided an excellent and well-curated selection of candidates that were expertly filtered according to the specific profile I was seeking. If a recruitment process could ever be enjoyable, this was it, as the team struck a perfect balance between a professional and friendly approach.

Cincoro Tequila, Managing Director - International

We had not used a recruitment agency before and were delighted by the service provided by Libby and Douglas at Denholm. They identified suitable candidates quickly and were very efficient in arranging interviews and providing anything else we requested. The whole process was smooth and easy, so I did not have to spend unnecessary time on recruitment, and we now have an excellent new team member.

Deeside Water, Managing Director

We have partnered with Denholm Associates for years and through regular agency reviews they have always remained with us. They work as true partners, understanding our business and our culture. They have evolved with us as our business has changed over the years ensuring that they consistently place the highest quality of candidates with us. When we measure our successful hires through to potential ratings, Denholm candidates are the people who are consistently measuring as “high potential”. I am sure I could ask one of the Denholm team to share our values and leadership standards with you and they could.

Edrington, Former Head of HR

Denholm Associates have simply become an extension of our team – the relationship works like a real partnership. They’ve placed me in my current role at FarrPoint and when I needed to expand my team, I knew they’ll find just the right people (which they did!). I’ve never worked with a recruitment agency like this before – Denholm's are the real experts in their field and truly care to make a ‘match’ that lasts. I feel I can trust them. Recruiting through an agency is a no brainer – I’ve saved so much time and effort. And most of all, I knew that it wasn’t just me getting a good customer experience, but also the people that they were talking to on my behalf!

Farrpoint, Head of Marketing

Having recently worked with Denholm’s Head of HR on a critical role in our HR team, I was extremely pleased with the level of service and quality of short list candidates provided particularly given that Essex can be very challenging to recruit with the competition from London being so close. During the process Head of HR, Andy Brady, consistently demonstrated a remarkable level of professionalism, expertise, and understanding of our business and moved at pace.

Forth Ports, Chief People Officer

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