Talent Acquisition

Find. Attract. Hire. Retain.

We help you bring the right people into the business – and set them up to thrive. More than just recruiters, we act as strategic hiring partners who embed deeply into your organisation to design and deliver talent strategies that work. We provide a Bespoke Recruitment Process. We are not a contingency database recruiter, we register clients to support them on their journey.

The Harbury model is all about a tailored solution. By analysing your individual needs and requirements Harbury can provide solutions that cater for a wide variety of scenarios. From projects requiring confidentiality, or sensitive handling, to understanding your sector and niche in so much detail that the most cost-effective solutions can be found – it is Harbury’s’ mission to bring out the best talent with simple methodologies that deliver the maximum results. Harbury’s utilises a 7-step process that can be deployed effectively across various disciplines and functions within your business. Its uniqueness means that Harbury can adapt this process depending on the methodology chosen for each individual recruitment project, be that search or selection.

Our expertise includes:

• Executive, Management and project volume hiring
• Organisational and role design
• Recruitment process strategy
• Bespoke tailored recruitment combined with a strong 7 step process

Experienced across methodologies including Headhunting & multi-channel sourcing

• Salary benchmarking and market insights
• Assessment, testing, onboarding
• UK and international delivery
• Bringing a sense of purpose and focus to the recruitment process
• A passionate belief in thoroughly understanding your future business direction means Harbury can work with you to deliver your vision by recruiting candidates that suit your culture and are the right fit to support your business moving forward
• ‘People buy people’ and Harbury Consulting’s expertise recognises that the cultural fit is just as critical as a person’s skills

Featured Client stories:

• Designed and delivered recruitment strategy to deliver entire Shared Services Centre (80+ hires)
• Recruited UK-wide operational leadership for Top 4 Waste and Recycling Group
• Delivered divisional boards (CFO, COO, CEO, HRD, etc.) for B2B service businesses
• Headhunted and recruited a Commercial Director and provided onboarding and mentoring support to prepare the individual to become CEO. At that time the business was at £70 Mill T/O with healthy EBITDA 5 years later the business under his leadership in now at £130 mill T/O with new owners and an acquisition portfolio
• Supported and mobilised recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and back-office hiring for numerous corporations
• Supported change of relocating finance function, provided cost analysis, new structure, specifications and recruited all hires for new finance function whilst supporting outplacement in previous location
• Prepared specifications and strategy to recruit new skills, key hires and onboarding for new acquisition for our customer in Dublin, Ireland
• Supported the development of a new PLC structure and prepared specifications and methodology to hire
• Delivered hires for investment in commercial leadership and vertical markets, business grown by 40 million
• Delivered full UK leadership hiring for a high-growth energy company

Talent Management

Unleash the Potential Within.

We develop the people in your organisation and support individual professionals – sharpening leadership, accelerating growth, and reducing costly turnover. Our bespoke development solutions are tailored to your teams, your culture, and
your goals.

Our support includes:

• Individual and team coaching
• Leadership training and Leadership Presence development
• Mentoring, coaching, hybrid programs
• Functional & team assessment and diagnostics
• Succession planning
• Bespoke soft skills and functional training workshops

Career Outplacement & Talent Transition Support

When organisations face change, how you support your people through it matters. We provide a high-value, personalised outplacement service designed to guide individuals through job transition while protecting your employer brand and enabling your business to stay focused and maintain good leaver status.

Harbury Consulting has 25 years’ expertise with a long-term trusted track record supporting career outplacement. We understand both the employment market and the human and commercial sides of a career transition. Our approach combines practical job search support with tailored coaching, mentoring, emotional motivational support that helps individuals move forward with clarity and confidence. Harbury Consulting operates across the employee value chain which includes Senior/Management recruitment, Supporting and developing talent through Mentoring and Coaching and Career outplacement.

Why This Service Makes a Difference

• Tailored, 1:1 support – No generic templates. Everyone is different. Each person gets a bespoke plan and approach aligned to their goals
• Workshops – Provide focused and tailored career coaching, supporting employers in a joint up approach to volume employees
• Redeployment – Providing confidence through difficult and sensitive change supporting employees internally when applying or reapplying for an opportunity formed out of a business change. Provide employees practical support and confidence
• Positive off-boarding – Helps you maintain your reputation as an employer of choice and good leaver status
• Emotional support through experiencing change in employment
• End-to-end delivery – Career assessment, skill aptitude and psychometric assessment, developing their brand and marketing tools including CV’s, Covering letters, social media. Interview preparation including research and standing out from the norm, presentation skills, interview formats, role plays and practise. Understanding channels to market from recruiter type to advertising and speculative approaches. Evaluating and providing support through offer and package. Onboarding into their new role and career
• Flexible and accessible – Support includes evenings, weekends, and real-time access when needed such as pre interview preparation and focus
• Trusted expertise – Proven success helping individuals across all business functions at senior and management levels and volume junior levels where workshops have been delivered.

What We Deliver

Preparation

• Understand individual goals, situation, and options
• Personal brand development (CV, LinkedIn, value proposition)
• Psychometric and skills testing (as required)
• Job search strategy and plan
• Understanding Interview types and preparation and training
• Coaching and mentoring throughout

Market Engagement

• Introductions to recruiters and key industry contacts
• Network and group engagement
• Direct employer targeting strategies
• Ongoing application support

Example of Real Results:

• Mentored a Commercial Director into a high-impact leader, resulting in doubled market share and new structure and motivated commercial function and importantly clearer and effective communication with International Group
  and Parent
• Prepared professionals through redeployment and supported them through processes whilst provided motivational and emotional support
• Identified and supported graduates and up and coming talent throughout their clear plans many examples of success where they have grown, changed and fulfilled their career aspirations
• Rebuilt commercial team structure and up-skilled people and culture to differentiate in their market by being “Trusted Advisors” – Business has grown in 2 years from £4 million to £10 million T/O whilst maintaining its EBITDA and seen now as 2nd market leader in their market
• Delivered 360 assessments, leadership presence programs, and highly valued coaching, leading to redeployment and new leadership teams, restructuring and promotions
• Provided end-to-end senior outplacement services for and private executives
• With an International corporation – Designed and led senior, management outplacement & exit programs to support respectful, professional transitions