I'm a low volume recruiter by choice.

The investment, time and effort I make on each project is significant so it makes sense for me to be careful in whom I partner.

I only take on roles I can fill and only partner employers I want to help because we share values and goals. I ask in return that they work to my terms, which are fair and representative of how I help.

Ironically, I'm not the most expensive recruiter out there - I price appropriately on cost of delivery, risk and volume. As I don't have or need a swanky London office, nor do I build in funky extraneous widgets that add nothing but dazzle, this saving is passed directly on to clients. Seems fair to me.

Indeed two employers asked me to increase my fees this year, which I declined because I am happy with how we work together.

I’ve declined opportunities to work with two employers in the past month, who on paper are the perfect fit – one a global consumer electronics company that is #1 in their marketplace with a notable R&D hub nearby, the second a high growth tech company that appear a fab place to work.

In the first, the roles are too transactionally technical for my purposes and in the second, they prefer only to work on a contingency basis.

Thank you to AC and JW for getting back in touch – I am grateful for your interest, and perhaps we can work together in the right way in future.

Clients pay for my expertise, how I constructively challenge your assumptions, my process, my access to candidates, my ability to engage compellingly in a crowded market, and ultimately how I fill vacancies.

If you don't want to pay appropriately for my services, you're welcome to ask others to match the fees of your transactional PSL.

But if you have a problem commercial, operational or technical leadership vacancy and your current means are proving ineffectual, why not drop me a line to see if we can work together?

Not all recruitment is the same.

greg.wyatt@bwrecruitment.co.uk