Talent acquisition, intelligence and diversity for better businesses
We find, hire and retain the brightest talent for our clients around the world. We provide information and insight which inform better people strategies. We enable businesses to create and sustain more diverse and inclusive workplaces.
We collaborate with and act as an extension of your internal Talent Acquisition and Executive Search teams
Talent Acquisition
We help you make better informed decisions about people
Established over two decades ago, we specialise in talent acquisition, talent intelligence, and diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) strategies.
We partner with to Talent Acquisition, Executive Search, HR, and DEI leaders in the private and public sectors, non-profits, and private equity firms, partnering with in-house talent teams to transform talent acquisition, filling the gaps, making a real impact and driving sustainable value and improved business outcomes.
We're a close-knit team of 16 professionals, each a master in our own craft. While primarily based in the UK, our global experience extends across Southeast Asia, North America, and South America. We've managed talent programs in over 140 countries, making us a truly global partner.
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Years
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Markets
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Consultants
Diversity enhancement for a mental health charity
Our client is a leading mental health charity. They commissioned Research Europe to build a talent pipeline over several months providing a selection of candidates for six management positions. The charity placed a very strong emphasis on finding diverse candidates due to an existing lack of diversity at senior level. There was a particular lack of Black employees at management level.
Succession planning for a multinational telecoms firm
Our client wished to create external succession candidate pools for seven critical ExCo-2 global leadership positions in their consumer division. Committed to enhancing diversity at their senior levels of management, our client briefed us to only identify and bring forward gender-and ethnically- diverse successor candidates.
Diversity enhancement in action for US media giant
A US media giant engaged with us to diversify its workforce in the UK and break away from the conventional talent pool. Instead of seeking candidates solely from big broadcasters or production houses, they adopted a research-focused executive hiring model. This approach enabled them to discover talent in unexpected places.
Talent mapping for a successful online fashion retailer
Our client is an internationally successful online fashion retailer. Their resourcing team in London commissioned Research Europe to carry out a talent mapping exercise to identify and profile potential candidates for a general manager to be based in Shanghai.
Talent mapping for one of the world’s most complex metropolitan transportation networks
Our client manages one of the world’s most complex metropolitan transportation networks. They commissioned Research Europe to carry out a global talent mapping project to identify and prequalify potential candidates.
Competitor analysis for a multi-label music business
Our client is a multi-label music business which records and distributes the music of hundreds of well-known artists around the world.
Talent Pipelining for a Big 4 professional services firm
We worked with an EMEA systems integration practice within a Big 4 professional services firm. They were scaling up rapidly and planned to onboard an additional 1,000 hires over a 2 year period covering multiple roles from certified Solutions Architects to Sales Directors.
Executive search for a European distributor of television content
Our client is a European producer and distributor of television content. With revenues of around €2bn, it makes and sells some of most familiar shows and formats to a global audience.
Succession planning for a multinational food ingredients business
Our client, a multinational food ingredients business, partnered with us to identify a pool of external potential successors to the global leader of one of their key divisions.
Diversity benchmarking & enhancement for a global professional services firm
A global professional services firm asked us to support part of their drive to improve diversity throughout the business. We focussed on gender diversity at Partner and Director level within a specific UK practice.
Remuneration benchmarking & advisory service for a high-profile charity
The chair of a high-profile charity wanted to ensure that the CEO and CFO were remunerated competitively. She commissioned Research Europe to conduct remuneration research into the UK charity sector.
Employer brand insight for a global top-10 accounting firm
Our client is a global top-10 accounting firm. The CEO and group HR team had launched a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing the firm’s employer brand and attracting top tier talent to the business around the world.
Psychometric assessment for a City investment firm
Research Europe supported a City investment firm who hire several analysts each year. We administered two psychometric assessments for each shortlisted candidate: the first measuring numerical reasoning, the second assessing critical thinking skills.
Talent referencing for a global producer and distributor of television content
Our client is a global producer and distributor of television content. They carried out an external search for a new CEO, but the strongest candidate was on the existing leadership team, with a background in operations.