Earned, Not Given.

Before there was a team, a track record or a name, there was a belief: we could build something that mattered by knowing our market and doing the work well. We believed in the opportunity, in each other and in what we could become. Then we set about earning that belief, one conversation at a time.

• Belief in the opportunity
• A specialist technology focus
• Trust earned through the work

We put our heads down and worked. We learnt the roles, knew the people and followed through on the difficult searches. Every conversation sharpened our judgement; every placement deepened our understanding. There was no shortcut to the team we wanted to become.

• Know the market
• Do the preparation
• Follow through on commitments
• Get better with every search

The pandemic put certainty out of reach. We could not control the market, but we could control our preparation, our effort and how we showed up for clients and candidates. We focused on those things, stayed close to the people who needed us and kept critical searches moving.

• Preparation within our control
• Consistent effort and follow-through
• Clear advice through uncertainty
• Critical searches kept moving

The years of work showed in the results. We became the biggest team and led the market in revenue, productivity, market share and profitability. The standard we had worked towards was now visible across every measure of the business. The challenge was to keep earning it.

• Biggest team
• Highest revenue
• Highest productivity
• Largest market share
• Highest profitability

#1MT gave a name to what we had built together: shared belief, specialist depth and pride in the work. It became an identity every team could stand behind, with a standard each of us was responsible for carrying forward. For clients, that unity meant a clearer route to the right expertise.

• One shared identity
• Specialist teams with a common standard
• Collective pride and ownership
• A clearer route to the right expertise

It was not easy. The depth we have today came from years of winning, losing, adapting and doing the work again. None of it was given. Clients now get the benefit of that experience: recruiters who know where talent sits, why people move and how to see difficult searches through.

• 33 consultants
• 121 years of combined experience
• 350+ mid to senior placements per year, on average
• Functional specialist teams
• Searches built around real market access