I’m Getting a 20% Pay Rise. Hold On, Is That Good?
SETTING THE SCENE A 20% pay rise sounds impressive. But is it? With graduates typically starting their first roles in recruitment and executive search across August and September, the next few...
Recruitment Incubator or Platform? Risk vs Reward.
Over the past seven years, we’ve spoken with a number of search professionals who have thought about leaving their current employer to launch their own recruitment business. While many have taken...
Why UK Firms Struggle to Hire US Recruiters
(and What to Do About It)
It’s not easy for UK firms to recruit US‑based talent. Most UK companies expanding into the US open their first office with a known entity — someone they trust, who understands...
Why do we offer a Market Mapping Service
Recruitment markets have remained challenging through 2025, and many firms have turned to external hiring to provide a fresh impetus for growth. Whether it’s bringing in an experienced Director or Partner...
Candidate Experience: Why It Matters Even in
an Employer-Led Market
A five-minute scroll through LinkedIn will tell you just how tough the job market is right now. Posts bemoan fake or ghost job listings, lack of response or engagement from recruiters,...
Accepting AI in recruitment processes
AI in recruitment isn’t coming – it is already here. And in executive search, where the stakes are high and the margins for error are slim, it is becoming essential. But...
When is the right time to move
Knowing when to move jobs is never easy. So often we hear “when I wasn’t looking, I was contacted about so many great roles, now I am looking there is nothing...
Demystifying equity stakes in executive search offers
When it comes to incentivising top talent, offering equity stakes is an increasingly popular strategy within recruitment firms. Equity stakes – whether in the form of share options, Class A or...
Dryden Search partners with Harry’s Hat to support
children affected by Hydrocephalus
With the celebration of Dryden Search’s five-year anniversary still fresh, we reflected on our goals for the business over the next five years. A key commitment we identified was our want...
Five years on: What has changed?
When Dryden Search established five years ago, the founders main goal was to redefine the traditional view on what a R2R (recruitment-to-recruitment) company should look like. As Dan Flynn commented back...