Client Services

Renewable energy and clean technology markets are 'candidate-driven'; the number of roles available is expanding faster than the talent pool: competition for top talent across all disciplines is fierce.  Attracting that top talent requires Executive Search.  

Our global network was initiated in 2004 and has been growing rapidly ever since.  As a result we have a tacit appreciation of the market perceptions and specialisms of every business within each sub-sector and attendance at all major European conferences means we are always up-to-date on latest trends, technologies and movers and shakers.

We use this specialist knowledge and network to successfully deliver retained search and selection projects for major utilities and independent developers, global OEMs and technology start-ups, venture capital firms and government bodies.  We have a 96% repeat business record and are the exclusive partner of choice for our clients.

When direct experience in renewable energy and clean technology is not an essential requirement for a particular role and clients are searching for transferable skills then, advertising becomes a much more effective recruitment method. 

Advertising in the mainstream or trade press spreads the net as wide as possible so, getting the message right is essential.  Taylor Hopkinson Associates always recommend job description and salary benchmarking is carried out in advance of placing adverts to ensure the role is attractive and competitive to maximise returns on our clients' investment.

Taylor Hopkinson Associates have experience of managing many advertised selection campaigns and can deliver all front end screening, interviewing, testing and shortlisting on your behalf. 

Renewable energy and clean technology are truly global industry sectors.  Taylor Hopkinson Associates have assisted many of our clients to successfully enter the UK supply chain and the supply chains of other European countries, as well as, North America. Marketing our clients' brands and values credibly to key influencers in international markets leads the way to the attraction of top talent.

Our wealth of knowledge on competitor reward schemes, recruitment processes and brand perceptions in each country or region is also vital for those clients, ensuring their roles are attractive to the best talent.  Partnering our clients to ensure the management team they select is the best in the market means future recruitment is more likely to be successful.

High-growth clients sometimes require senior professionals with extensive and wide-ranging business experience to join them short-term to help smooth out growing pains. Our network can provide those individuals, ensuring our clients do not become victims of their own success.

Over the years we have provided interim professionals to our clients over periods of three months to over three years.  This low risk acquisition of experience and knowledge has helped our clients, large and small, realise significant increases in growth, costs savings and competitiveness.

Without dedicated internal recruitment/HR functions, resourcing talent can become very time consuming and often diverts key internal resources from the company's core business. A Framework Agreement allows your talented individuals to invest their time doing what they do best while offering excellent value for money across several roles.

Depending on the type of business, number of employees and recruitment requirements we will compile the right mix of services for your organisation to ensure your business is attractive to top talent and can retain them. Taylor Hopkinson Associates use our market expertise to do all the pre-shortlist and post offer work for you.

We support our clients through times of growth and development and commit to providing them with the essential tools to build and maintain successful teams. We assist our clients to assess what aspects of their existing recruitment or HR practises are simply not delivering, would benefit from improvement or are potentially missing all together.

Our Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) qualified consultants provide clients with access to HR expertise not available internally on a flexible and cost effective basis.  These outsourced services reduce cost, improve quality and increase efficiency within the recruitment and HR processes of clients' businesses making them more attractive to top talent and better able to retain them once they are there.    

All Taylor Hopkinson Associates’ consultants are certified practitioners of Thomas International.  The system is based on the theories of William Moulton Marston and has been used successfully in the UK for over 30 years by many FTSE listed companies when recruiting and developing employees and teams through objectively assessing working styles and behaviours rather than experience and skills exclusively.

Thomas International profiling is included in all our retained search and selection campaigns.  The tools can be used during integration, performance management, team management and internal selection processes. We also deliver team audits, human job assessments and general intelligence assessments among other tests available in the Thomas International suite of tools as stand alone services. 

Relocation can be an exciting as well as stressful time. As a partner to our clients, we work to ensure that the decision to make a move, and the process which follows, is as smooth and positive as possible for valuable new team members.

As standard we provide all candidates with a thorough overview of the geographical area in question; including current information on living costs, buying and renting property, schools, transport links, quality of life. This support is continued during the relocation process and throughout settlement into the new role.