A consultant who knows your sector
Every Northstar role is run by the desk that recruits in that market and nowhere else. They know the salaries, the competitors and the people who are quietly looking, and they stay on the role until the first day.
A shortlist of three to five interviewed candidates in five working days
No fee until your hire starts
A twelve-week replacement guarantee on every permanent placement
How a search runs
Four steps, one consultant, and an update every week whether or not there is news.
Brief
A 45-minute call to agree the role, the salary and what a great candidate looks like
Search
Our database, our network and direct approaches, run by the sector desk
Shortlist
Three to five interviewed candidates with notes, inside five working days
Offer
We manage the offer, the notice period and the first-day check-in
Filled in three weeks.
“We had been trying to hire a head of finance for five months. Northstar sent three people in the first week and we hired the second one. She started nineteen days after the brief.”
Hannah Cole
Managing Director, Fenwick Estates
They read the brief properly.
“Every CV Northstar sent us matched what we had asked for, which sounds basic but nobody else managed it. Two contract engineers in ten days, and both were extended.”
Daniel Okafor
Engineering Manager, Corwell Group
Straight with me from day one.
“As a candidate I got a call before every interview and a call after. When one role was not right, they told me, and found me a better one a month later.”
Priya Raman
Data Engineer, placed 2026
FAQS
Straight answers for employers and candidates.
What does it cost to hire through Northstar?
Permanent placements are a percentage of first-year salary, agreed in writing before we search and due only when your hire starts. Contract roles are a daily margin on the rate. There is no retainer unless you ask for an executive search.
How long does a search take?
Most roles see a shortlist within five working days and an accepted offer inside four weeks. Senior and niche roles take longer, and we will say so at the brief rather than three weeks in.
Which sectors do you cover?
Four desks: technology, finance and accounting, engineering and manufacturing, and sales and marketing. Each desk is run by a consultant who has only ever recruited in that sector.
I am a candidate. Does it cost me anything?
No. Candidates never pay. Send us your CV or apply to a live role and a consultant from the right desk will call you within two working days.
