With over 30 years of recruitment experience between its Executive Search partners, Cambridge Talent Partnership offers the best support to any business looking to recruit within their leadership group. We nurture a strong network of senior commercial professionals across the East of England and have a great track record in successfully recruiting for C-suite and other senior roles across all industries.
We understand the intricacies that make an executive search process both smooth and successful. In addition to this, we have invested in leading software and the best tools available to ensure that all available candidates are found, giving us the ability to select the strongest shortlist for you. Another USP we offer is psychometric profiling – this can be applied to both candidates and ‘the role’ itself, which can involve assessing the other members of the team the candidate will be joining.
For Executive Search we usually work on a retained basis, but unlike a lot of recruiters we only charge a 30% fee up front. The rest is payable on a successful appointment not on a shortlist. We feel companies shouldn’t pay for the process, but for their desired result.
Chris Jacobs
Chris’ extensive recruitment experience, combined with having held multiple senior commercial positions – from Executive through to Director – throughout his career gives him experience across both sides of the table.
Chris brings a wealth of knowledge in client-side management alongside interpersonal skills to make any candidate feel comfortable and valued. Well versed at market mapping, head hunting, executive search and contract-based recruitment, Chris makes sure to understand the requirement of each client and candidate, matching the two perfectly.
A strong networker with a persistently positive demeanour, he builds lasting relationships built on trust and deliverability on promises made. Challenging roles and specialist positions are his forte and he’s not afraid to ask the hard questions to make sure each placement is a lasting career move.
From an executive search perspective, he has successfully filled roles such as Global Head of Procurement, Commercial Director, Engineering Director, CTO and many more. If you are looking for somebody to guide the technical or logistics function of your business, Chris would be able to help you source the perfect industry background.
Joby Read
After a 10 year career in media sales from classifieds in the beauty industry to commercial manager for a leading consumer music magazine, Joby switched to recruitment. He then worked his way from an entry level recruiter to the Head of Recruitment for renowned East of England marketing specialist Brand Recruitment.
Following on from this he launched Zero Surplus as the premier targeted sales recruiter for the East of England, and is now focused on growing Cambridge Talent Partnership through the same tried and tested methods.
Joby’s skills lie in working on and filling more specialist or hard to fill assignments – he has a particular knack for senior analytical positions, roles with language requirements or specialist and often technical sectors such as space, defence, manufacturing and e-commerce.
Roles he has successfully filled range from Aerospace Engineering Lead, Global Head of Analytics, Country Manager – Australia, CEO, CTO, Managing Director and Transport Director.
If you have a role other people have said is not fillable, or told you that your expectations are too specific, this is the type of position that Joby finds challenging and interesting, although his ability means he is equally able to source the right personality for any senior management role.
