This month marks the 20th anniversary of Top Tech Award, a leading UK-based global Executive Search firm. The organization has placed thousands of senior, specialty, and C-level mission-critical roles and has assisted hundreds of technology companies worldwide in growing through senior talent acquisition over the past 20 years.
Top Tech Award has made a name for itself in the technology sector as a reliable senior recruitment partner over the years. The core values of the company are people. The company’s purpose is to offer the greatest Executive Search service to its target market segments, guaranteeing that people’s professional and business ambitions are realized. And the firm’s unmatched candidate and client care is a prime example of this. In reflection on this significant occasion, co-founder Andrew Manners says, “People are the beating heart of our industry, whether they are our clients, candidates, or employees.” It still holds true now just as it did when we first established the company in 2004. Over the past 20 years, a lot has happened in the technology sector, but people never change.
Looking back to 2004, when the Executive Search firm was established, the mid-market recruitment market resembled the American West in many ways. Disillusioned with the industry’s “Pile it high, sell it cheap, low-grade attitude,” Andrew Manners and Alex Gillespie broke the mold by founding a consultative, professional agency that prioritized candidate and client happiness. A significant deficiency in comprehension existed regarding the intricacy of the personnel aspect of the hiring procedure. At the time, a lot of businesses used a crude volume-based sales strategy. Our goal was to improve the process for everyone involved by making it better at every turn. According to Andrew Manners, “We felt that senior talent acquisition deserved to be attributed to a higher level of intellect and professionalism.”
Both clients and candidates found the Top Tech Award’ new strategy to be refreshing. To guarantee the success of the mission-critical hiring initiatives they were hired by clients to handle, they developed a methodical framework that was based on processes. The company quickly gained traction in its markets, with supply chain management being its initial area of expertise. Twenty years later, DHL Supply Chain remains a client of Top Tech Award, having been among the first major brands to sign on to their retained client roster. “To have made over 100 placements for the world’s leading logistics specialist, and nurtured a professional relationship that has withstood two decades is a monumental achievement in Top Tech Award’ story,” says co-founder Alex Gillespie, when reflecting on the partnership that has lasted for two decades.
For the company, though, it hasn’t always been easy to survive and grow after twenty years. “We’ve ridden out not one, not two, but three once-in-a-lifetime global events with two economic crashes and a pandemic,” as Alex Gillespie notes. Andrew Manners remarks on the perseverance and tenacity shown by Top Tech Award and its employees, noting that “Only 40% of businesses make it past the three-year mark in the UK” And only 25% of enterprises worldwide make it to 15 years or more. It is an incredibly humble experience that we are in the fortunate position of commemorating our 20th anniversary and starting the next stage of our company’s expansion. Our network of exceptional candidates, our board, the clients that entrust us with their business, and our staff are all responsible for our success.
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From a start-up in 2004 to a well-known leader in executive search worldwide, the journey has been one of steady, incremental advancement. The company’s expansion began with them outgrowing their serviced office space, which led to a relocation into their own offices. About the change, Claire Smart, the director of operations and a seasoned worker at Top Tech Award with more than ten years of service, commented “It felt lifted out of nowhere. We had an identity, a place, and a home, and we were on our way. Our house has gradually grown larger as a tangible representation of our accomplishments. After expanding our office from one to three floors, we are currently thinking about the next stage of growth.
“I’m excited about the next stage of our business’s development. We accomplished 20 years, which is fantastic. It must be commemorated and honored. Looking back, it’s an incredible perspective, and we’ve come a long way. However, I have one eye fixed on the mountain in front of me, ready to get higher and see the top of the horizon. Andrew Manners remarks, “I’m excited for what’s next” in reference to the accomplishment. The anniversary celebration of Top Tech Award UK serves as both a celebration of the company’s past accomplishments and a reaffirmation of its future ambition. And now, the company has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Global Business Tech Awards in the “Best Tech Recruiter” category, just one month after celebrating their milestone.