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Twenty-six engagements, told the way we would tell them in a meeting: what the client needed, where it got difficult and what we did. Clients are not named. Filter by industry, by the services involved or by the kind of project.
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Engineering & industry
Seven years as a factory’s HR department
~80 staff · 13 labour-law gaps closed · 2 changes of owner
A foreign-owned food plant in Ukraine with no one in charge of HR. We rebuilt the function, ran it and its payroll through two changes of owner, then redesigned the shifts.
Renewable energy
Staffing a wind farm from an empty page
~60 positions · 6 months · 3 employment models
An international EPC contractor had the engineering for one of Ukraine’s largest renewable-energy projects, but not one employee in the country. We built its Ukrainian site organisation.
Engineering & industry
Deploying tradesmen, then keeping them paid
Trade-tested welders · numbered teams · 2½ years
An energy joint venture in North Africa needed Ukrainian welders, mechanics and HSE engineers on site. We tested them by hand, moved them with visas and paid them monthly.
Hospitality & retail
Hiring a hotel that does not exist yet
~26 positions · 3 months · 7-stage funnel
A luxury hotel in the Gulf had to open its restaurants, bars, spa and pool club on the same morning. We planned the funnel first, then filled it against a date that could not move.
Hospitality & retail
Recruiting at volume, across a border
585 applications · 69 hired · 10 channels measured
A Gulf airport retailer wanted dozens of Ukrainian sales staff. We ran it as a measured campaign, with events, licensing and contracts that work in two legal languages.
Hospitality & retail
When the candidate is the one deciding
3,246 screened · 240 matched · 5 reasons for no
A Gulf restaurant group hired front-of-house staff from Ukraine on modest salaries. We counted every stage of the funnel and recorded why candidates said no.
Agriculture
Thirteen years as an export group’s payroll department
13+ years · 12 companies and branches · 1 payroll run a month
An agricultural export group in Ukraine handed us the payroll of its first seven companies thirteen years ago. We still run it, now for twelve, through a new production site, a currency collapse and a full-scale war.
Fitness, beauty & wellness
Thirty-five job titles for a members’ club
121 candidates presented · 35 job titles · 3 continents
A private family club in the Gulf needed kitchen, service, reception and fitness staff while its lists kept changing. We kept the pipeline running and learned where a salary band stops finding people.
IT & software
A development team in Ukraine, with no Ukrainian company
17 months · 3 → 19 developers a month · no local entity
A US software company wanted its Ukrainian developers contracted directly, without a local subsidiary. We ran the monthly invoicing, bank and tax cycle for every developer, then handed it over in order.
Hospitality & retail
Hiring for a five-star hotel, one person at a time
9 briefs · 58 pre-interviewed profiles · 4 years
A five-star hotel in the Gulf needed people its own market could not supply, from a personal trainer to a sous chef. We sent only pre-interviewed profiles and saw each hire through to the flight.
IT & software
A remote sales and marketing team for a US agency
54 candidates presented · 12 contracts signed · 7 hours time difference
A US digital-marketing agency wanted English-speaking people in Ukraine working from home on US hours. We found and screened them, ran interviews seven time zones apart and priced the search to retention.
IT & software
A first team for a company five days old
8 people started · 60+ candidates interviewed · 2 hiring rounds
A foreign-owned games-software company had just registered in Ukraine, with no HR and no pay benchmarks. Its first two offers were signed within two weeks, and six more seats were filled in six weeks.
Hospitality & retail
Staffing a beach club nobody had on their list
4 briefs in 15 months · 5,000+ CVs screened · 7 hires travelled
A resort developer in the Middle East needed waitresses, bartenders and an F&B manager on two-year contracts. We sold candidates on a country they had never considered and agreed the visa route in writing first.
Hospitality & retail
Hiring hotel staff on a pay band that would not move
20 hires in the first order · 3 job families · 4 countries searched
A Gulf hotel group wanted English-speaking guest-facing staff from Ukraine on pay bands fixed group-wide. We ran the programme under our licence and put the band on the table before every interview.
Engineering & industry
Three hires that built a European subsidiary
3 senior hires · 14 days to first profiles · ~60 suppliers mapped
A North American maker of safety-critical truck parts had a European subsidiary and no one to run it. We found the three people who built it, each matched to the stage the business had reached.
Oil & gas
Hiring for an exploration venture still being built
~60 role briefs · 6 functions · 3 years
An international energy group was setting up onshore exploration in Ukraine, with roles the local job market hardly had. We took on close to sixty briefs, from geologists to community liaison, and bridged one hire on our payroll.
Hospitality & retail
Staffing a restaurant floor from four continents
68 positions · 60 candidates presented · 4 days to first CVs
A Gulf restaurant group needed front-of-house staff from abroad, then a full team for a second opening. We priced the market, ran both searches and learned what gets candidates on the plane.
Hospitality & retail
One waitress, a fixed opening date, under ten weeks
613 CVs screened · 7 client interviews · under 10 weeks
An Italian restaurant in the Gulf wanted one experienced European waitress for a new branch opening. We screened 613 CVs, replaced a first choice who withdrew and had her on the floor in under ten weeks.
Finance & professional services
Developers from Ukraine for Western European employers
35 candidates submitted · 15 Python developers in 6 weeks · 2+ years
A large staffing group could not find enough engineers and developers at home. We became its sourcing channel in Ukraine, from one field-service search to a paid campaign for Python developers.
Hospitality & retail
Staffing a new café from two thousand miles away
4 countries searched · 5 offers tracked · first hire at work in 8 weeks
A Gulf hotel group needed two experienced baristas from Europe within two weeks. We searched four countries, reset the brief with the client and followed every offer until people were behind the counter.
Engineering & industry
Three loggers, a 90-day clock and a new piece rate
3 loggers · 8 weeks to the forest · 25–50% higher piece rate
A wood-processing company in south-east Europe tested hiring from abroad with one logging crew. We took three loggers through permits and visas, and showed with the client’s own figures that the piece rate had to rise.
Hospitality & retail
From a CV to a concierge desk
~20 roles · 100+ shortlisted profiles · ~2 months, CV to arrival
A family-owned property group in the Gulf needed concierges urgently, then spa, technical and household staff. We searched across Eastern Europe and managed every hire through visa and flight until arrival.
Fitness, beauty & wellness
Hiring fitness coaches who had to pass on camera
1,500+ CVs screened · 28 finalists · 4 hiring waves
A women-only fitness chain in the Gulf needed group-exercise coaches with a qualification that barely exists outside the UK. We mapped equivalents, ran video-first selection and measured the market.
Fitness, beauty & wellness
When the market is thinner than the brief
832 salons called · 1,399 applicants screened · 14 weeks to first departure
An international beauty and wellness chain in the Gulf wanted Ukrainian specialists with working English. We ran it as a measured search, called salons directly and checked every offer against the advert.
Logistics & transport
A subsidiary ready for its manager’s first day
Registered in 5 weeks · 8 candidates, 1 hire · 14 weeks to day one
A European freight forwarder lost its country manager just as it set out to open a company in Ukraine. We ran registration, recruitment and the office in parallel, so all three were ready on the same Monday.
Hospitality & retail
From a signed contract to a receptionist at the desk
23 profiles in 3 weeks · 4 roles · 68 days to the first shift
A hotel-apartment property in the Gulf needed four front-of-house staff at short notice. We sent the first CVs the day after signing and kept one hire committed through the visa, her notice period and a night flight.
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