Talent Recruitment

talent! and at work are award-winning, diversity-led, regeneration-focused recruitment companies. Launched in 1993, we’ve grown across London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East, where we work closely with the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to connect people with sustainable jobs.

We specialise in reaching a diverse workforce – people often not even reached by Government programmes, job centres or recruitment agencies. But our services are open to all sections of the community. That means we’re able to deliver a shortlist of fully screened, quality candidates drawn from the widest possible pool of people.

Each of our two complementary recruitment brands has its own particular areas of expertise.

Talent were bought by Calder of the Netherlands in 2008-09.

Current contracts

Contract name Contract dates Contract type Delivery area Region Value of contract
Southwark 'Deal' Works April, 2009 - March, 2010 London Borough of Southwark Southwark London
West Middlesbrough Works April, 2009 - March, 2010 NDC West Middlesbrough New Deal for Communities North East
Waltham Forest WorkNet April, 2009 - March, 2010 WNF LB Waltham Forest London
New Heart for Heywood April, 2007 - December, 2010 NDC Rochdale (Heywood NDC) North West
Wandsworth's Future Works April, 2009 - March, 2011 London Councils ESF 2009-11 Wandsworth London £187790
Middlesbrough Works (Neighbourhood Employment Gateway) September, 2009 - March, 2011 WNF Middlesbrough North East
Middlesbrough Works (Job Brokerage) September, 2009 - March, 2011 WNF Middlesbrough North East
Camden Working April, 2009 - March, 2011 WNF LB Camden London
The Virtual Jobs Hub May, 2009 - March, 2012 ESF Innovation Tees Valley North East