How we collaborate with potential candidates
Our relationship with candidates is core to our business, and to the success of our clients. It is a relationship that we cherish.
Many of our candidates have gone on to become clients, and vice-versa, and the key to a mutually successful relationship is that we work together based on shared trust.
This means that we will communicate clearly, promptly, and confidentially with you. We will disclose fully, and sometimes this means we will ask you to enter a mutual NDA. We respect the time you invest in the process, and that the decision to take on a new role is one that will impact you and your family, and is therefore not to be taken lightly. Our objective is to ensure the optimum fit between client and candidate, and to deliver a sustainable outcome for both parties.
In return we ask for your commitment to the process, and for full disclosure. If we mutually agree that you should meet our client, both our reputations are at stake – our mutual trust and respect is therefore paramount.
Clearly, not every candidate can secure the role. At the very least, we hope your experience with us has been enjoyable, that you have gained valuable experience from it, and we will stay in touch for the remainder of your career.
Passionate – Dedicated – Professional
Case studies
Sky Futures is a UK-headquartered organisation that broadly operates in the much talked about ‘drones’ or ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’ (UAV) space. In tandem with an ‘A’ round of corporate financing led by Ardent Advisors – which saw MMC Ventures and the Airware Commercial Drone Fund invest over $4m in Sky Futures – Spectrum conducted searches to appoint a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) pre-fundraising and a Non-Executive Chairman immediately post-fundraising.
Cramer Systems was a Bath, England headquartered telecoms inventory management software (OSS) vendor founded in 1996 by Jon Craton (CEO) and Don Gibson (CTO), who recognised that all telcos were [...]
New Venture Partners (NVP) is a trans-Atlantic venture capital firm focussed on funding ‘spin-outs’ from large technology corporations, including BT in the UK. Under the direction of NVP Managing Partners [...]
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We are currently undertaking the following job searches: • a Managing Director from the advertising industry in the Benelux region • a CTO who has created and realised significant value previously in a software venture for an early-stage, fast-growth SaaS venture • a Board member well connected to the leading residential property developers for an established building technology company • a CMO for a tier 1 VC-backed consumer internet venture in Africa • a Sales Director with experience of delivering SaaS based marketing solutions to major consumer brands • a top tier Solution Architect with hosting and cloud expertise, for a UK Fast Track 100 company • a CTO for an eCommerce organisation based in Eastern Europe