Private Search · Built Environment · London & the South East
Your next move shouldn't start with a job advert. It should start with you.
You don't need a CV. You don't need to be actively looking. And you certainly don't need to know where you want to go next. Start with a private conversation with someone who has spent 30 years inside your industry.
Nothing shared. Nothing circulated. Nothing happens until you say so.
Live Opportunities
You may have come here for the roles. Start there.
But don't assume the right move is listed.
Senior Consultant - M&E / Building Services Perm
£35,000 £40,000 Basic + 20% Zero-Threshold Commission
If you recruit M&E professionals, there is a considerable difference between working for a Construction recruiter that happens to cover Building…
View MandateVice President - US
£80,000 £85,000 Basic + 25% Personal Commission + Team Bonus + Growth Shares
You've already proved you can build a US recruitment desk. Perhaps you've built a $300k+ personal book. You're managing a few recruiters. You've…
View MandateSenior Recruitment Consultant - Civil & Structural Perm
Up to £35,000 Basic + Commission to 30% + Quarterly Bonuses
What if your next desk was already billing £15k a month before you arrived? Not because you're replacing the recruiter who built it. Because there's…
View MandateSenior / Principal Consultant - FM - Perm
Central London | £45,000 £50,000 Basic + Commission to 40% | Hybrid Working
Not every £300k recruiter works harder than the person billing £180k. Sometimes they simply have access to better clients, better vacancies and a…
View MandateSenior / Principal Consultant - FM Interim / Contract
Central London | £45,000 £50,000 Basic + Commission to 40% | Hybrid Working
There are two frustrating places to build an FM recruitment desk. One is inside a generalist recruiter where nobody really understands your market,…
View MandateAssociate Director - White Collar Construction Perm
Greater London
£60,000 £65,000+ Basic
There is a big difference between managing somebody else's recruitment division and being given the scope to shape what it becomes next. This…
View MandateCan't see your move?
Most of Richard's best conversations don't begin with an advertised mandate. If you're good at what you do, Richard can map the market around you - not simply match you to what's currently on the website.
The Quiet Truth
Most recruiters don't start looking because they hate their job. They start because something no longer quite fits.
You don't need to have decided to leave. You don't need a CV ready. And you don't need to know what the answer is yet. Sometimes you just need an honest view of what else might be possible.
You're doing well, but feel undervalued
You're delivering, billing and doing everything expected of you, but the reward, recognition or opportunity hasn't kept pace. Sometimes the question isn't whether you're good enough to move. It's whether your current firm still deserves you.
You're not developing at the rate you'd like
The next promotion keeps moving, the opportunity to lead never quite arrives, or you've simply outgrown what your current firm can offer. Richard can help you understand whether the ceiling is temporary, or whether you've reached it.
You're not sure where to go next
From inside the industry, firms can look remarkably similar. Richard knows the businesses, the leaders, the cultures and the opportunities behind the job adverts, and can help you understand where your experience could genuinely take you next.
You want to explore without being exposed
Being curious shouldn't put your current position at risk. You decide who knows you're considering a move, where you're discussed and when. Nothing is sent speculatively and no introduction is made without your agreement.
You don't know if better exists
How can you know whether to stay or move without a meaningful comparison? Richard can show you what the wider market could offer, earnings, progression, culture, autonomy, leadership, clients and opportunity, so you can decide whether what you already have is worth keeping or whether something genuinely better exists.
You're not even sure you want to leave
If you know you feel unhappy, undervalued or overlooked, that's enough. No sales pitch. No pressure to move. Just trustworthy advice about your options from someone who understands your market. What you do with that information is entirely up to you.
You don't have to decide whether you're leaving before talking to Richard. That's partly what the conversation is for.
Have a Private ConversationTwo Routes
The usual rec2rec route, and the Lusso route.
The Usual Rec2Rec Route
- You only get exposed to the roles this recruiter knows about.
- You are not in control of where your CV goes.
- You limit yourself to the vacancies already open.
- You interview from the psychology of convincing the employer that you fit their role.
The Lusso Route
- We open up the whole market so you can see what is genuinely available.
- We shrink that market down based only on what you do - and do not - want next.
- We discreetly make introductions based on what you want.
- Sometimes a suitable live role already exists. More often, the right opportunity is shaped around the person.
- You interview from a completely different position: understanding what you want and whether the firm can offer it.
Different concept. More choice. Better psychology. No trying to be all things to all firms - it's all about you.
The Approach
Four deliberate steps. Engineered around you.
Discovery
No CV required.
A private conversation about where you are, what has changed and what you might want next.
Valuation
What are you actually worth?
Richard translates your billing profile, market, relationships, leadership and commercial value into what the market should reward.
Blueprint
Build the market around you.
Rather than fitting your details to vacancies, Richard identifies firms, cultures, leaders, desks and opportunities that could genuinely improve your position.
Negotiation
Secure the right move.
Salary, commission, guarantees, desk ownership, client access, working pattern, progression, equity and the details that determine whether the move is actually better.
What Are You Moving For?
The right move is rarely about one thing. Richard helps work out which things actually matter.
More Money
Earn what your billing actually justifies.
Better Commission
Structures that reward the work, not the seat.
Bigger Desk
A team or patch that matches your ambition.
Real Progression
A route up that actually exists, not a promise.
Better Clients
Work with the clients you actually want.
More Autonomy
Run your desk the way you know it should run.
Leadership Scope
Build and lead a team, not just bill into one.
Equity Potential
A stake in the business you're growing.
Better Culture
A firm where the way they work fits how you want to work.
More Flexibility
Hybrid, remote, or structured around your life.
New Market
Move into a sector or vertical that excites you.
Fresh Challenge
Something that makes you want to go to work again.
Your Side of the Table
He's hired recruiters. Managed recruiters. Developed recruiters. And been one.
Thirty years inside recruitment, as a recruiter, manager, senior leader and board-level advisor. Richard understands both what firms say they offer and how those businesses actually operate.
He can therefore tell you where you may fit differently, not merely where a vacancy exists. He works alone, by choice, so every conversation is with him and only him.
30
Years Inside Recruitment
Built
Environment Specialist
London
& South East Network
Placed Quietly
Outcomes that speak for themselves.
"I didn't even know this firm existed. Richard did. Two conversations later I was in a room I'd been trying to reach for years."
Senior Consultant
Construction
"I wasn't looking. Richard called, we talked, and three months later I was running a desk I didn't know was available — on terms I wouldn't have thought to ask for."
Billing Manager
Property
"My CV never went anywhere I didn't approve. That was the whole point — and the reason I said yes."
Principal Consultant
Engineering
Things You May Be Wondering
No question is too small. No conversation is too early.
Private Conversation
You don't need to decide to leave. Just find out what's possible.
One private conversation. No CV. No circulation. No obligation.
Nothing shared. Nothing circulated. Nothing happens until you say so.