Helping ResTech founders and leadership teams make confident, human-led hiring and workforce decisions in an AI-enabled world.
Signature Approach:
Clarity Before Commitment! We go beyond CVs and surface-level screening. Where search is required, we use structured, recorded candidate conversations to give leaders early visibility into communication style, judgment and potential fit before investing time in live interviews. This approach supports better decision-making, reduces wasted time, and helps teams move forward with confidence rather than assumptions.
Track Record:
Proven Experience in Complex Growth Environments, supporting founders and leadership teams in ResTech, Insights and Consulting organisations — from early-stage scaleups to more established, investor-backed businesses navigating growth, change and complexity.
Why Companies Chose to Work With Us:
Clients work with us because we understand the realities of buildingteams in research, insights and consultancy-led environments where roles are nuanced, talent is scarce, and the cost of getting it wrong is high.
Our Values
The Qualities That Set Us Apart
TRUSTED
We've spent over a decade building strong relations with many organisations in research & strategy consulting who trust us to deliver their key leadership hires - each and every time.
INNOVATIVE
Embracing the latest ideas and AI tech to continually evolve. From immersive outreach to candidates through to video profiles on our shortlisting platform.
DEVOTED
We're fanatical about CX (Customer Experience) journey and offering a brilliant service to everyone we support. It's what we obsess over and are passionate about.
EXPERT
We're dedicated to understanding ResTech, Insights, and Strategy consultancies inside out. Our results speak volumes as we live and breathe AI-led research innovation.
DIVERSE
We've assembled teams for our clients that mirror the cognitive and demographic diversity found within the verticals they serve.
AGILE
Research Tech is naturally agile. We can't know what's around the corner. So we'll provide rigour, data driven-insights and a well-defined search process but with added flexibility when needed.
RELENTLESS
We never rest, always seeking emerging talent and leaders ready to shine in ResTech, Insights, and Strategy. We work harder and smarter to deliver results.
TRANSPARENT
We share the search with you. Every last detail. No quickly formed 'lazy' shortlists of obvious candidates. You'll know every step of the process 24/7 via live updates on our client platform.
TRUSTED
We've spent over a decade building strong relations with many organisations in research & strategy consulting who trust us to deliver their key leadership hires - each and every time.
INNOVATIVE
Embracing the latest ideas and AI tech to continually evolve. From immersive outreach to candidates through to video profiles on our shortlisting platform.
DEVOTED
We're fanatical about CX (Customer Experience) journey and offering a brilliant service to everyone we support. It's what we obsess over and are passionate about.
EXPERT
We're dedicated to understanding ResTech, Insights, and Strategy consultancies inside out. Our results speak volumes as we live and breathe AI-led research innovation.
DIVERSE
We've assembled teams for our clients that mirror the cognitive and demographic diversity found within the verticals they serve.
AGILE
Research Tech is naturally agile. We can't know what's around the corner. So we'll provide rigour, data driven-insights and a well-defined search process but with added flexibility when needed.
RELENTLESS
We never rest, always seeking emerging talent and leaders ready to shine in ResTech, Insights, and Strategy. We work harder and smarter to deliver results.
TRANSPARENT
We share the search with you. Every last detail. No quickly formed 'lazy' shortlists of obvious candidates. You'll know every step of the process 24/7 via live updates on our client platform.
See How We Compare
Why Talent Pools Exists?
Clarity and judgement for hiring and workforce decisions in an AI-enabled world.
Talent Pools was founded to support founders, CEOs and leadership teams navigating growth, change and AI-driven complexity. In a market dominated by transactional recruitment models, we focus on clarity, judgement and long-term impact, helping leaders make sound hiring and workforce decisions before committing to action.
Advisory-First, Not Transactional Recruitment.
Shaping decisions before committing to hires, structures or change.
Traditional recruitment agencies are optimised for speed and volume, driven by percentage-based fees and short-term outcomes. Talent Pools’ Embedded Advisory model is fundamentally different. We work alongside leadership teams as a trusted, independent advisor, providing senior workforce and hiring judgment without commission incentives.
Flexible Engagements That Fit the Moment.
Advisory and search models aligned to your stage, pressure and priorities.
As organisations scale and evolve, the nature of the challenge and the right form of support changes. Our four engagement routes flex across on-demand advisory and market intelligence, known as Plug In & Plug Out; ongoing embedded advisory through growth and change, Stay & Scale; engaged search for mid-to-senior appointments, Find & Elevate; and executive search for critical leadership hires, Lead & Transform. This structure enables leaders to engage at the right level and at the right time, without forcing every need into a single recruitment model.
What Makes Us Different To Mainstream Recruitment Agencies?
Experience How Purpose Driven Talent Acquisition Drives
Growth and Impact.
Most recruitment agencies optimise for speed and placements. Talent Pools optimises for judgment and outcomes. We work upstream of hiring, helping leaders decide what to hire, when to hire and when not to hire at all, reducing mis-hires, role sprawl and unnecessary cost. Our approach prioritises decision quality, governance and long-term impact over transactional metrics.
Talent Pools Executive Search versus SHREKS?
A Modern, Transparent Approach to Executive Search.
Traditional executive search models are typically structured around fixed monthly retainers and early invoicing, regardless of whether defined outcomes are achieved. This structure can weaken accountability at the point where rigour matters most. Industry data suggests average success rates of around 67%, leaving organisations exposed to transactional processes and limited assurance on outcome quality.
Talent Pools takes a different approach: executive search is human-led, tech-enabled and governed through clear milestones, with fees aligned to progress and decision quality rather than timelines. The result is a more transparent, defensible process designed to support critical leadership appointments and long-term organisational outcomes.
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