Permanent Recruitment Solutions

Permanent recruitment is about finding the right person for the long term, not just filling a role. At Oliver James, we place permanent professionals across financial services, insurance, and change and transformation, drawing on 20 years of specialist experience and a network built on trusted relationships to find the people who will genuinely make a difference to your business.

Finding the people who will make a difference, not just filling a role

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Why choose Oliver James for permanent recruitment?

We take time to understand your business

We start by getting under the skin of your business. Before we approach a single candidate, we take the time to understand the role, the team, and the kind of person who will genuinely thrive in it. That shapes everything.

Specialists who know the market

Our consultants specialise rather than generalise. Across financial services, insurance, technology, data, risk, compliance,change and transformation, and more, they work within defined industries and disciplines every day. That means the networks are already built and the right people are already known to us, including those who aren’t actively looking.