Mentoring & Strategy
Our partners benefit from leadership advice from James Caan CBE, our senior management team, and other CEOs within the portfolio
Start Your Own Recruitment Business with REflex
Expert support and guidance to help you build a successful lifestyle business
How is REflex different from an investment?
REflex is a flexible, tailored partnership model, which empowers ambitious, talented recruiters who want to be their own boss to set up and run successful lifestyles businesses. A service-based model, entrepreneurs have access to our mentoring, back-office support, infrastructure and more, without entering into an investment deal and giving equity.
The end goal for a REflex director is to build a profitable and well-respected lifestyle recruitment business.
How we support your business to launch
Finance
All aspects of finance are performed by our team of specialist finance professionals from accounting, to payroll, credit control, budget forecasting, and monthly management reporting.
Marketing
We support each of our investments through choosing a company name, branding, designing a website, growing your social media audiences, and delivering impactful marketing campaigns.
Tech & Infrastructure
We've invested in world-class, fully integrated CRM, HR, and back-office technology platforms to support all recruitment and marketing activities, that are customised to deliver for each business.
Operational Support
We have a dedicated operations function to support the business and negotiate group deals with key suppliers. We implement best-practice processes to ensure everything runs efficiently.
Talent Attraction
We assist all our portfolio partners in attracting top talent, utilising our extensive network to help you make senior hires that would usually be out of reach for a start-up.
Learning & Development
All consultants within the portfolio businesses receive tailored training from accredited recruitment experts and leadership training is provided for the rising stars.
What do I get as part of REflex?
REflex provides all the support needed to transition from being a high-billing recruiter to launching and running one's own recruitment business. This may include creating a brand, developing a website, accounting and credit control, setting up IT and CRM systems, or creating an ongoing social media marketing plan.
Our senior management team boasts over 100 years' industry experience, positioning us as expert mentors and advisors. As part of REflex, directors can also benefit from monthly management meetings to help them develop broader areas such as client strategy, business development, or talent attraction.
Hear from some of our REflex founders
David Carrier - QuanTech Partners
David Carrier joined REflex in May 2021 to launch his business QuanTech Partners, a specialist recruitment business within the quantitative finance sector. Hear David talk about his journey of starting his own business and why he chose to partner with REflex.
Jenny Scrivener - Bohemian HR
Jenny Scrivener launched her HR recruitment company in April 2020. She talks about what made her move from employment to entrepreneurship, why she chose REflex to set up her own business, and her top tip for other recruiters thinking about going it alone.
FAQs
No - with REflex, you own 100% of your business and you decide the path of success you want to take.
If you want to grow your business, attract talent, and branch out into other regions or sectors, we would look at transitioning your business into a full joint venture with us.
There is zero upfront cost. Essentially it is completely free to set up with this full infrastructure and support, along with accessing the management support. It is paid for only when you bill and paid by the end client.
Outside of the free Job Slot on LinkedIn Recruiter that comes as part of the package, you can access as many job boards as you wish. These would need to be paid for by your business directly, although for some job boards we are able to attain cheaper rates.
Minimising data input and administrative activities was a priority for us when choosing our support tools. If you use our CRM and website, you can: post jobs on your website directly from your CRM; voice note to record candidate interview details instead of typing them up; automatically feed any bookings on your CRM through to an invoice and set up a credit control process managed by our finance support. These are just some of the efficiency gains which give you back more time to work with clients and candidates and keep on billing.
You name it, we've seen it. You can access management support on anything affecting your business, whether client strategy, legal issues, marketing, or talent attraction strategy. There is not an area of recruitment business support that we can't advise or directly support you with. We're here to help you overcome any challenges of running a recruitment business.
Apply to be part of REflex
REflex provides the support you need, when you need it, so you can focus on what you're good at - clients, candidates and billing. Take control of your career and start living the life you want.
Once we receive your application, we'll be in touch to discuss your market, experience and business vision in more detail.