Impactive
- Client Name: Matt Nicholson
- Sector: Information Technology
- Inception: 27 October 2020
- Isotope Partnership: Traditional
Success Story
Oakridge Recruitment was founded in the early months of 2022 by Paul Clark who after 20+ years working across the construction recruitment market, felt that it was the right time for him to venture out on his own & build his own construction recruitment agency. Having built out markets, started desks, pioneered offices & pulled rocky divisions out of trouble & into prosperity for his employers over the last few decades – it made sense to start investing in his legacy plan, in his future, in his own recruitment agency. This is his story.
Client Name: Paul Clark
Company Name: Oakridge Recruitment Ltd
Sector: Construction
Inception: 16 March 2022
Isotope Partnership: Traditional
Looking Back
There are a number of common trends & themes that we see throughout the DNA of our exceptional recruitment startup client base. One, among the many, is that you will always see a number of clear professional catalysts that pull, heck drive, an individual to launch their own recruitment agency.
One of those professional catalysts is the experiences of building desks & opening branches for their current employer. An experience that, through years & years of honing that craft on behalf of businesses & employers of old, Paul knew like the back of his hand – he knew the twists & the turns, the ups & the downs that come with effectively running your own branch, your own ‘business within a business’ as they say.
After creating yet another successful business within the business of his previous employer (& experiencing a few shifts of goalposts here & there during that time), it started to gently feel like the right time for Paul to launch his own agency.
But this wasn’t going to just be any ol’ agency. He’d worked too hard, spent too long in the market for this to just be an independent venture that would serve Paul for the next few years. Oh no. For Paul if he was going to take the leap, take the risk & launch his own agency, he was going to be it with a clear plan – to launch, develop & grow an agency that would serious weight within the construction market.
Something that, even in the early conversations Isotope were fortunate enough to have with Paul, was a clear long term goal of his. Our job? To understand what that really might look like. To pull on our resources, our war-wounds, our experiences to be the most effective support partners for Paul & his developing business.
Support Areas
We have been so lucky over the years to work with so many agencies across the construction market & while all require a slightly different approach, a slightly different manner – we understand the foundations that are required to support a business like this. Adding that personal touch is, well, the fun bit!… With that in mind, here are just some of the areas of support Isotope are lucky enough to work with Oakridge Recruitment across:
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Logo Concepts
Business Card
Letterhead
Compliment Slip
Email Signature
Social Media Banners
Homepage Design
Logo animation
Oakridge Recruitment
Here are just some of the landmarks Oakridge Recruitment have enjoyed since opening their doors.
Hire Ready
by Month 9
Gross Status eligibility
Achieved by Month 4
Smashing Targets
180k+ Year One targets smashed
Office Move
Oakridge HQ Est. 2022
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Good to Know
What does the word Greystone have to do with Oakridge Recruitment?… Simple; Greystone was the first name we played around with for this fantastic business. However, after a few days of building an idea around the name, it just didn’t sit right. It was in a conversation late one Thursday evening that the name Oakridge was born. Safe to say Paul hasn’t looked back!…
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Isotope have been supporting my business for just over a year and I have found them to be very supportive and attentive to me and my business needs.
They react to change positively with guidance and support.
I would highly recommend them to someone looking to launch their business who wants a partner who takes an interest and has the knowledge to help you grow.
Paul Clark - Oakridge Recruitment Ltd
Isotope
Commentary
“I remember exactly where I was, the first time I spoke with Paul about his goals & ambitions for ABC Recruitment (that was what we called it back then). I, like so many around him, was perplexed as to how someone so capable, so experienced, so ambitious had not done this before. I therefore very lucky that Isotope were to be part of his journey – a journey that, as we spoke more & more over the months prior to the launch of Oakridge Recruitment, was going to be great fun – hard work? Of course. Stressful? At times. Enjoyable? 100%. Paul is a client that will always be a shining example of what working with people you respect & trust can bring & I know I speak on behalf of the whole Isotope team when I say that.”
Max Jones - Director, Isotope Capital