Hydrogen International Limited : Employer profile

Company profile

Hydrogen was established in 2005 when two of the UK’s most innovative and fastest growing recruitment companies - Partners Group and PRO Ltd - merged.

Listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2006, Hydrogen is widely recognised for delivering growth and profitability through careful investment into high growth markets, as well as continuing to pursue existing business expansion into new locations.

We employ over 350 people and recognise the importance of recruiting and retaining the best consulting talent. Our investment in this area has resulted in numerous awards for our employee engagement and training and development programmes, which we regard as vital in delivering a world class service to our clients and candidates.

These include being listed in The Sunday Times ‘Best Companies To Work For’ for six consecutive years and ‘Britain’s Top Employers’ for five consecutive years winning first place twice. Most recently, the dedicated work from our Learning and Development team has resulted in us being awarded “Best In-house Training” by The Global Recruiter Industry Awards.

As of March this year all previous Hydrogen brands – Project Partners, Law Professionals and Finance Professionals – moved over to Hydrogen, signifying the final stage in the transition to become a single-branded, joined-up global recruiter operating in nine specialist areas. Moving to one single brand allows us to continue to evolve and strengthen our specialist recruitment offering by joining up Hydrogen globally.

Centralising our business under the Hydrogen name, instead of individual brands, allows us to operate our nine specialist practices across our network of global offices:

Professional Support Services:

• Business Transformation
• Finance
• Legal
• Technology
• Trading & Advisory
  

Technical & Scientific:

• Life Sciences
• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Power

Vision

In 2008 we set out our 2012 vision to transform the business from a UK-centric, professional support services recruiter to a global recruitment group, structured around 10 specialist practices. During this time we created a balanced, more diverse business, agile enough to take advantage of opportunities in markets where significant demand for specialist candidates exists.

Our valued clients and candidates will also benefit from our recent investment in a state of the art, cloud-based CRM system which allows our global teams to communicate in real time, share valuable information and provide a highly efficient, customised global service.

As 2013 continues, we have six offices globally, one brand, single-platform cloud based technology and exceptional levels of operational expertise. The success of our business is dependent on the right infrastructure. We have our own award-winning internal recruitment, training and development team to ensure we have the right people in the right market at the right time.

At Hydrogen we expect to see drive, resilience and ambition. You will need to work hard but the opportunity to reap rewards is great. Our people are frequently reviewed against our competency framework to ensure they are displaying the attributes it takes to succeed. This framework includes ‘what good looks like’ for each role, required behaviours and skills and the key financial targets that need to be delivered in order to get promoted.

Here are the top five reasons people work for us:

1. The people and culture
2. The opportunity to Fast Track your career
3. Reward
4. Training and development
5. Overseas opportunities

What’s on offer?

New starters can expect a structured training programme delivered by the in-house learning and development team. This includes a wide range of courses, in particular candidate and client induction, systems training and an on-boarding performance enhancement programme.

If you are an experienced hire or have worked with us for some time, we are dedicated to developing your career further. We offer a variety of training initiatives, most notably:

• Team leader fast track – for those who have the potential to be a Hydrogen leader
• Assessment centres – an opportunity to identify key development areas
• Sales workshops – on topics such as lead generation, time management, exclusivity

Our recruiters receive quarterly performance reviews, personal development plans, coaching, mentoring and off-site external supplier training so we can get the best out of our people.

How to apply

If this sounds like a company you would like to work for please apply with a copy of your CV to our current vacancies.