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Recruitment Solutions

Permanent Recruitment Agency for UK Employers

Direct-hire recruitment for your core team — sourced, screened and referenced to the same standard every Alliance placement is held to. Tell us what you’re hiring for and talk to our team.

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Definition

What is permanent recruitment?

Permanent recruitment is the direct hire of a new employee onto your permanent headcount, rather than on a temporary or contract basis. It’s how most UK employers build their core team: someone who joins with no fixed end date, sourced and screened to the same standard as every Alliance placement.

  • No fixed end date — a direct hire onto your core team, not short-term cover
  • Sourced, screened and referenced to the same standard, whatever the role
  • Need flexible cover instead? Our Temporary & Contract Staffing service is built for that
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Benefits

Benefits of permanent recruitment with Alliance

Partnering with a permanent recruitment agency should make hiring easier, not longer. Alliance sources, screens and references every candidate to the same standard, so you interview a tightly matched shortlist instead of sifting through a stack of CVs.

  • Hire your way — permanent, temporary or RPO, fitted to the role, not the other way round
  • Fewer, better interviews — our 70% interview-to-offer rate means a tightly matched shortlist
  • Confidence in the hire — 98% of candidates we put forward go on to accept the offer
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Permanent recruitment vs. other ways to hire

Filling a permanent role doesn’t only mean posting a vacancy and hoping the right person applies, or running the whole search yourself alongside your day job. Here’s how those routes compare to working with Alliance.

  • DIY/in-house hiring — your team sources, screens and interviews alongside its existing workload
  • Job-board advertising — a wider pool of applicants, but screening and shortlisting the response is still on you
  • Alliance — we source, screen and reference every candidate, so you interview a shortlist, not a stack of CVs
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Why Alliance

Why UK employers choose Alliance for permanent recruitment

12,000+ UK businesses have hired through Alliance for permanent, temporary and RPO recruitment. Every placement is sourced, screened and referenced to the same standard, backed by a 98% offer-acceptance rate and a 70% interview-to-offer rate.

12,000+businesses supported with permanent, temp and RPO hiring
16 Yearsserving clients globally
98%offer acceptance rate once a candidate is put forward
70%interview-to-offer rate — fewer, better-matched interviews
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How It Works

How our permanent recruitment process works

Four steps, start to finish: you brief us on the role, we source and screen against it, you interview a tightly matched shortlist, and you hire — with us handling as much of the process as you want us to.

Brief us

Tell us the role, the team and what “right” looks like.

We search

Our consultants source and screen against the skills that matter.

You interview a shortlist

Fewer, better-matched candidates, not a stack of CVs.

You hire

We handle as much of the process as you want us to.

Every Sector

Industries we place permanent talent in

Eight sectors, one screening standard: Alliance recruits permanent talent UK-wide across the industries below, with the same sourcing and referencing process whichever one you’re hiring in.

IT & Technology

Software development, cybersecurity, cloud and data — tech remains one of the UK’s most active hiring markets.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences

Hospitals, clinics and care providers that need properly certified, reference-checked specialists.

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Banking & Finance

Analysts, compliance and relationship managers for banks, lenders and financial services firms.

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Construction

Site managers, project managers and tradespeople for residential, commercial and infrastructure builds.

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Real Estate

Property managers, surveyors and sales and lettings talent for agencies, developers and landlords.

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Retail

Store management, buying, merchandising and customer service roles as online and in-store retail both keep hiring.

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Engineering

Mechanical, electrical and civil engineers for manufacturers, contractors and infrastructure projects.

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Manufacturing

Production managers, quality and automation specialists as UK factories modernise.

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Case Studies

Real results for permanent recruitment

A look at how we’ve helped other UK businesses solve permanent hiring challenges like yours.

Alliance-placed engineers collaborating in a growing technology company's office
Permanent Recruitment

Building a core engineering team for a growing technology company

How we helped a UK-based technology company recruit skilled engineers to support its growth, without pulling its leadership team away from day-to-day delivery.

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Permanent Recruitment

Filling a critical clinical operations role for a healthcare provider

How we supported a healthcare organisation in permanently filling a specialist operations role central to its patient-facing services.

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Permanent Recruitment

Scaling a permanent workforce for a manufacturing business

How we helped a manufacturing business build out its permanent headcount to support a new contract, without compromising on screening standards.

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Talk to Our Team

Tell us about your permanent hire

Tell us what you’re hiring for and we’ll come back with a plan — no obligation, just a straight answer on how we can help. 12,000+ UK businesses already trust Alliance with their hiring.


FAQ

Permanent recruitment FAQs

What is permanent recruitment?

Permanent recruitment is the direct hire of a new employee onto your permanent headcount, rather than on a temporary or contract basis. Alliance sources, screens and references every permanent candidate to the same standard, whatever the role.

What’s the difference between permanent and temporary recruitment?

Permanent recruitment places someone directly onto your team with no fixed end date. Temporary and contract staffing covers a role for a set period — cover for leave, a project or a busy season — without the same long-term commitment. Alliance runs both to the same screening and referencing standard.

How does Alliance’s permanent recruitment process work?

You brief us on the role, we source and screen candidates against it, and you interview a shortlist instead of a stack of CVs.

How much does permanent recruitment cost?

Cost depends on the service and the role — a single permanent placement is priced differently to an ongoing RPO partnership. Talk to our team for a quote specific to what you’re hiring for.

How long does it take to fill a permanent role?

Timelines vary by role and seniority — our 70% interview-to-offer rate means the shortlist you see is tightly matched, which keeps the process moving faster than sifting through open applications yourself.

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Ready to hire your next permanent team member?

Tell us what you're hiring for and we'll come back with a plan — no obligation, just a straight answer on how we can help.