Who we are
Badenoch+Clark is a Global Professional Recruitment and Executive Search business within the Adecco Group, a Fortune 500 organisation. We’ve been pushing boundaries since we opened our doors in 1980 and we’re proud to challenge conformity to deliver better futures for all our customers. With our unrivalled access to people, tools and opportunities due to the strength and collaborative nature of our business, we deliver some of the most exciting recruitment projects in the UK.
Why B+C is A Great Place to Work
Badenoch+Clark specialises in helping professionals, senior management and executives find the right roles across almost all sectors in permanent and interim placements. Not only do our people build lasting relationships with their clients, they also work in partnership with a spectrum of clients ranging from some of the biggest brands in the world to some fantastic charities and government organisations. We are proud to be passionate about delivering the best talent solutions which improve, transform and innovate within our client areas in the public, private and 3rd sectors.
To push boundaries. To challenge norms. To embrace the new.
In a market that’s changing profoundly around us every day, we see a chance to question how things are done. Yes, we’re a company with considerable size and sizeable experience. But we see ourselves as an upstart: with a remit to act in a way that’s unexpected. Opportunity. We see it everywhere.
Our Story
Always going further, by informing better questions with better data, combining consultancy with technology. Always going further, by being relentlessly curious about the world our customers live in. And always going further by striving to create the relationships our clients and candidates actually want: always adding value, always asking what else we can do, always there when we’re needed. Ours is a brand that believes that asking, doing and delivering ‘enough’, just isn’t good enough.
Our People
Gemma Parlor, Business Manager, Local Government
When and why did you join B+C?
I joined in 2010 as a graduate after six months working in a sales role selling software. I had no intention of staying in a call centre environment but it was easy money whilst I decided what I wanted to do and it gave me a taste for sales and earning commission. A friend mentioned recruitment as a good option for me and the rest is history.
Describe your B+C career journey
I started as a candidate consultant as my manager saw this as the best option to learn the ins and outs of recruitment as well as the discipline I was recruiting to, which at that time was accountancy & finance within the Public Sector. Within seven months I took on a full 360 consultant role and quickly established my own client base. In the last six years my market has remained the same; however, my remit has significantly changed. I established myself as a specialist in change and transformation, as well as senior management roles within Local Government. Since joining I’ve had five promotions and now play a key role in leading our executive strategy for the Local Government interim market.
Career Billing
£2.9 million
What is the best thing about B+C?
Again, the people. Whilst I work in a relatively small office I am fortunate enough to get exposure to a number of other teams across the business, enjoying the camaraderie and encouragement I get from peers and colleagues. It’s always good to celebrate a successful quarter or year and the annual conference is a brilliant forum to celebrate the previous year and hear about the plans for the coming year.
What is your career highlight?
Winning the Temp Sales Person of the Year Award and top biller prize in 2016 is definitely my career highlight to date
Fraser Turnbull, Manager, Executive Legal
Tell us how you came to live and work in Luxembourg?
The market in Scotland was challenging for lawyers during the financial crisis, and as a direct result it was for the recruitment market too. But I loved working for B+C and didn’t wish to leave. Fortunately I had done well enough in the preceding years within Badenoch+Clark’s Edinburgh office to make it a viable option to at least investigate. At the time, it was the only European office that we had and I wanted to explore the opportunity if one existed within the Group. In essence, I then made contact with the Director in Luxembourg and convinced him and the Luxembourg colleagues I met that it would be a good idea to open a market they never had in a jurisdiction I had never worked in or knew anything about (which tied in nicely with their growth plans as it happened)!
What is your career highlight?
Achieving the ‘biggest ever single fee’ in both Luxembourg and Scotland. These are two records I still hold for offices which have been operating respectively for well over 15 years! Oh and being invited to represent B&C at the Queen’s Garden Party in Scotland.
What keeps you at B+C?
The day-to-day ethos of the company: honesty, teamwork, clear encouragement to add value, and the active promotion of entrepreneurship.
Your Benefits
You’re a problem solver. A curious and creative thinker.
A people person who isn’t afraid to ask questions. That’s you, and it’s us too. As a consultative leader with us, your passion for one-on-one learning, insightful solutions and confident communication is amplified. Here, you can dive into a collaborative working environment while putting your own spark into the work you do every day. You’ll also grow that spark as we grow as a business, taking advantage of our mentoring programmes, training academy and incentive schemes. Your story is written alongside ours.
Your Development
We have a culture that we are all proud of. Our industry is all about great people and we believe strongly that our priority is to continue to invest in our people, helping them to be the best that they can possibly be. As part of the Adecco Group working at B + C means benefitting from an infinite range of opportunities to grow locally and globally as well as excellent remuneration and benefits that only a company of our size and standing can offer. Whether you are driven to manage teams or grow your individual success through recruitment consultancy – with us your career path can take you in the direction you want to go. Your success will depend on your ambition and you will find in us a supportive employer dedicated to your growth.
Giving back to the community
At Badenoch + Clark and The Adecco Group as a whole, we value the unique differences each colleague, candidate, client and other business partners contribute to our company and work hard to create and maintain a culture that’s respectful, accessible and forward thinking. We hold the Group’s chosen charities close to our hearts and we are the CSR champions for UK&I, with Simon Crichton our SVP for Public Sector leading the way as the Executive CSR Sponsor.
