Search marketing teams
Think through team structure, hiring priorities, role scorecards and how to assess SEO, paid media and growth candidates.
Consulting & advisory
Build the team.
Build the business.
I’m an entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Search For Hire and SalaryGuide.com. I’ve built a specialist recruitment business serving established agencies and global brands. I bring that operating experience to founders building search marketing teams, recruitment businesses and job boards.
Built through Search For Hire
83
Trustpilot reviews
Earned by Search For Hire, the specialist recruitment business I founded and lead.
4.9/5
TrustScore
Feedback from employers and candidates across our recruitment work.
From specialist agencies to global brands.
Search For Hire's client record includes Rankings.io, Semrush, Cadence and Sage.
Explore our clients and case studiesWhere I can help
For founders making decisions about who to hire, how to deliver a better recruitment service, or where to take a specialist careers business next.
Recruitment & headhunting
Work through positioning, choosing a specialist market, candidate sourcing and the client experience from brief to placement.
Specialist job boards
Discuss your audience, employer proposition, candidate experience and the role salary information can play in your product.
Advice in practice
LinkedIn recommendations from clients who worked with me on their business and strategy.
“Extremely helpful in getting my recruiting business off the ground. Extremely knowledgeable on anything and everything recruiting.”
“I just had a fantastic strategy planning session with Josh.”
Selected reviews from agency leaders
Five highlights from Search For Hire’s 83 Trustpilot reviews. Hear from agency founders and teams about the recruitment business I’ve built and the work we deliver together.
“Josh made the process feel seamless and efficient.”
“Josh and the team have a very strong approach to talent attraction”
Chris describes clearer communication, transparency and candidate assessment as improvements to his company's hiring process.
Chirag highlights help defining the ideal hire, planning organisation charts and supporting a new employee after placement.
“We've been so impressed with the level of responsiveness that Josh and his team have shown in working with us.”
Experience behind the advice
I am the CEO and founder of Search For Hire and SalaryGuide.com. My work spans specialist recruitment, marketing salary information and the practical decisions involved in building a business.
I also host Agency Growth Club and wrote Autopilot Agency, exploring how founders build teams that can operate without every decision coming back to them.
For a recruitment search, explore Search For Hire. For advice on your team or business, contact me directly.
Working together
Who is this for?
Agency founders building SEO, paid media and growth teams; owners developing recruitment or headhunting businesses; and founders of specialist job boards.
What can we work on?
Bring a specific decision: which role to hire next, how to assess candidates, how to position a specialist recruitment business, or how to improve the experience for employers and candidates on a job board.
How do we start?
Email a short description of your business, your current challenge and the decision you need to make. We can discuss fit and agree the scope before starting.
Can you recruit for us too?
Recruitment searches are delivered through Search For Hire. My consulting work focuses on the decisions behind your team or business. Tell me which support you need when you get in touch.
Start with the decision in front of you
What are you trying to build?
Email me a little about your business, the challenge you are working through and the decision you need to make. We can discuss whether I can help and agree the scope before getting started.
josh@searchforhire.com