What we do - MLC Partners

Of course we can fill staff gaps; but we want to do much more than just fill a gap. We want to use our experience, and add our creativity to make sure you get the best solution, whatever that might look like.

I have worked as an executive interim spanning some 8 years now. As you can imagine, I have worked with many recruitment consultancies during that time, and there are only a few recruitment consultants I have remained in touch with whom I trust, and which provide an exemplary professional recruitment service. In terms of an entire organisation though, I have to say that in my experience one recruitment consultancy stands out, in terms of being an extremely organised and supportive recruitment organisation, and one that provides sound advice, and that is MLC Partners. I am very impressed by MLC Partners. It has felt like working for a team who are on your side, and they have worked effectively in terms of the administration and recruitment requirements that I have asked for on behalf of Homerton University Hospital. As such, I thoroughly recommend MLC Partners to NHS colleagues as a serious professional recruitment consultancy, who provide good quality candidates and readily understand NHS requirements.

Mark O’Connor

NHS Interim Head of Information Services

Temporary or permanent: if anyone can find the right person, we can. Collectively, we think we are probably better connected than Clapham Junction and Kings Cross combined, and have matching skills that put e harmony to shame.

INTERIM MANAGEMENT AND TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT

When you need interim managers our approach is simple: we spend time completely understanding your requirements. Not just the job but the role, the relationships, the deliverables, the skill set and the history. What has worked? What has not worked? We will not just send you reams of CVs to trawl through. We pride ourselves on being selective: we only work with a small number of highly experienced and motivated people as interims. If we feel one of them can meet your needs, we’ll set up the introductions. If not, we’ll tell you and not waste your time.

SEARCH AND PERMANENT RECRUITMENT

If you need a permanent solution, we pride ourselves on not complicating things. For us this is not just about recruitment, it is about search and selection. That means everything we do is tailored specifically for you and set up from start to finish to deliver an outcome that’s going to work for you long term. After gaining deep insight into your organisation, your team and what you know you need, we may turn around and challenge you, and we may suggest solutions that you hadn’t thought of, but you can rest assured your best interests are at the heart of what we do and how we do it.

And if the route to meeting your needs is a different one than you first envisaged, then we can sort that as well. While we don’t want to appear over confident, we can give you expert advice and a genuinely unbiased opinion.

We are certainly not afraid to challenge assumptions and make alternative suggestions based on our knowledge of the market. So you may have thought you needed a five days a week interim staffer, but if we feel that you can save money by having a three day contract with some flexibility then we’ll propose it. And you may start off thinking you need a permanent person, but if we feel that a fixed term contract might give you more options, then we will have that discussion. Yes some of the things we suggest mean we make smaller fees, but if you get a good outcome, we know you’ll be back.

we pride ourselves on standing for something different

Of course we can fill staff gaps; but we want to do much more than just fill a gap. We want to use our experience, and add our creativity to make sure you get the best solution, whatever that might look like.

INTERIM MANAGEMENT AND TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT

SEARCH AND PERMANENT RECRUITMENT