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Talent led search

W Talent is a UK recruitment consultancy connecting businesses with middle and senior leadership talent across specialist markets. We combine experienced consultants, sector knowledge and the agility to move quickly.

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Proven outcomes. 
Tailored process.

We are big enough to offer scale and reach, but specialist enough to know the markets we recruit in.

Right first time

Get the brief right before the search starts. You’ll work with people who have years in your market, know what good looks like and help shape the role.

Hires that last

Make a hire that’s still adding value two years in. We look past the CV to the career and character behind it, and find people a standard screening would miss.

Your time back

Meet fewer people, and only strong ones. We take the time to get to know every candidate, so everyone you meet is someone we’d put our name to it.

Ready to start?

Tell us what you need to hire.

Submit a vacancy

Our solution. Tailored to you.

Contingent

Contingent recruitment

Permanent and contract recruitment, handled by the same specialist consultants, without the multi-stage search a senior or high-risk appointment calls for.

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Retained

Contingent recruitment 2

Permanent and contract recruitment, handled by the same specialist consultants, without the multi-stage search a senior or high-risk appointment calls for.

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Subscription

Contingent recruitment 3

Permanent and contract recruitment, handled by the same specialist consultants, without the multi-stage search a senior or high-risk appointment calls for.

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RPO

Contingent recruitment 4

Permanent and contract recruitment, handled by the same specialist consultants, without the multi-stage search a senior or high-risk appointment calls for.

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Experience by design

Experienced people who understand their markets, stay close to every brief and bring specialist knowledge to the moments that matter.

Trusted on the hires that matter

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Property & Real Estate

Case Study

Sourcing talent from a known network and headhunting.

A long-term talent partnership designed around pace, flexibility and the realities of building a regulated technology business from the ground up.

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Property & Real Estate

Case Study

The team behind the UK’s first AI-native neobank.

A long-term talent partnership designed around pace, flexibility and the realities of building a regulated technology business from the ground up.

A clear route from brief to appointment.

If this opportunity aligns with your experience and ambitions, W Executive will guide you through a confidential and structured process.

1

Brief & context

We start with a focused conversation around the role, the team, business priorities, culture, salary position and what a successful appointment needs to deliver.

2

Search strategy

We agree the right route to market, whether permanent or contract, retained or contingent, and align on positioning, timescales and the profile we need to engage.

3

Source & engage

We use specialist networks and proactive sourcing to reach relevant active and passive candidates, rather than relying only on applicants.

4

Shortlist & introductions

Selected candidates are introduced with the context you need to make informed decisions, including relevant experience, motivation and fit with the brief.

5

Interview stages

We coordinate the process, keep communication moving and support both sides through structured interview stages so momentum is maintained.

6

Final discussions & offer

We support final-stage conversations, offer management and any remaining detail needed to get the appointment over the line.

7

Onboarding & follow-through

Our involvement does not stop at acceptance. We stay close through notice periods and onboarding to help both the client and candidate start well.

Tell us what you need to hire.

Give us the essentials and the right specialist can pick it up from there. If the role is still taking shape, that is fine too.