We don't sell services.We build businesses.
The business behind exceptional recruitment businesses: everything a recruiter needs to launch their own agency, with people who have done it beside them.
- Founded
- 2020
- Businesses launched
- 50+
- Revenue generated
- £25M+
Built by recruiters, for recruiters
We are recruiters turned recruitment directors. We know what it takes to build a profitable desk, and what it takes to turn that desk into a profitable business. We have built agencies ourselves, and helped bring plenty of other recruiters' ambitions to life.
Through our products, services, community and advisory, we give recruiters everything they need to launch and grow a business with confidence. We help set up your business, build your brand, and leverage our relationships to create the conditions for your success.
Since founding, we have supported the launch and growth of over 50 recruitment businesses, from the earliest idea through to scale. For many, Recruiter Labs is the starting point. For some, it is the whole journey. Either way, no one has to figure it out alone.
Be your own boss, but not on your own.
Dan MatthewsDirector, Recruiter LabsThe only limit to achieving your ambitions is the willingness to start. Why not start now?
What we stand for
Our mission
To remove everything that stops brilliant recruiters from building their own business. So talent, not tolerance for admin, decides who gets to be a founder.
Our vision
A world where the best recruiters run their own businesses, backed by real support, not a corporate ceiling.
Our culture
Calm, direct and founder-first. We measure ourselves by the businesses our founders build, not by how busy we look doing it.
Our partners
A growing network of technology, legal and finance partners that keeps the business sharp as it scales.
How we got here
Founded
Recruiter Labs is founded by recruiters turned recruitment directors, on one idea: help recruiters launch their own business without giving away equity.
First businesses launch
The first founders go live with Recruiter Labs behind them, taking their desks and turning them into businesses they own outright.
A network forms
Founders start winning in their own markets and supporting each other directly. The community becomes as valuable as the infrastructure.
50+ businesses built
More than 50 recruitment businesses launched and over £25M in revenue generated across the network, from earliest idea through to scale.
Meet the team
Former recruitment operators and founders. We've done the job we now build for.
Dan Matthews
Director
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Dan Matthews
Director
Global CEO of DMCG Global, the international recruitment group operating across the UK, Europe, the US and Australia, with more than twenty years in the industry. Works hands-on with Recruiter Labs founders on strategy.
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Charlie Rawstron
Co-Founder
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Charlie Rawstron
Co-Founder
Seven years at Michael Page, then co-founded 3Search in 2014 and built it into a specialist marketing and digital recruitment business in London.
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Joe Curtis
Co-Founder
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Joe Curtis
Co-Founder
Co-founded 3Search in 2014 after leading teams at Michael Page, and now backs recruitment founders through 11 Investments. Works directly with Recruiter Labs founders on strategy.
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Come and meet us properly
The quickest way to find out whether we are right for each other is a conversation. No pitch, no obligation, just 30 minutes on your plans.