Entente Recruit is a UK-wide permanent recruitment firm built around the same principle that gives us our name: agreement, collaboration, mutual obligation. One named consultant. Honest counsel. Recruitment done with diplomacy and discipline.
The best recruitment relationships look more like advisory than vendor management. Three habits keep ours that way.
The recruiter who picks up your search remains your point of contact from intake to start date. No handoffs to associates. No "let me check with my colleague".
We ask questions before we send CVs. The brief gets calibrated against current market data, the role gets pressure-tested, the offer gets shaped before sourcing begins.
Direct-hire placements come with a 90-day replacement guarantee. Long-term fit is a shared interest, and our commercial model reflects it.
Each specialism is led by a consultant who works that desk continuously - not a generalist who happens to take the brief.
EAs, office managers, administrative coordinators and team support.
Financial controllers, FP&A leads, management accountants and senior finance.
Marketing managers, brand leads, content strategists and communications heads.
HRBPs, talent acquisition managers, L&D specialists, reward and engagement leads.
BDMs, key account managers, sales directors and commercial leadership.
IT support leads, digital project managers, infrastructure specialists.
Operations managers, COOs, process improvement and programme managers.
CS managers, customer experience leads, retention and escalation specialists.
Multi-lingual export, customs and international account roles.
Director-level and C-suite searches, run discreetly and methodically.
One scoping conversation, in person or by phone. Role, scorecard, market context, offer architecture.
Targeted database, referral activation and discreet outbound. We work warm channels first.
Three to five vetted candidates with motivation, salary and start-date notes. Quality over quantity.
Offer support, counter-offer counsel, 30-60-90 day check-ins. Diplomacy through to start date.
"Entente" is the act of mutual understanding between parties. We treat every search as exactly that.
Entente Recruit serves UK employers who want their recruitment partner to behave like an advisor - candid about what the market shows, willing to push back on a brief that won't attract the right person, attentive enough to catch a wobble in a counter-offer before it derails the hire. Whether you are appointing your first head of finance, opening a marketing function from scratch, or quietly replacing an underperforming sales director, the engagement model is the same: one named consultant, calibrated brief, honest shortlist, 90-day replacement.
Direct-hire only. The kind of work that rewards patience, judgement and follow-through.