About Oyster

You are us, and we are you.

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In reimagining what recruitment can be, our aim is to make your experience the best it can be. So you’ll enjoy working with us. So you’ll choose us next time. So together we can build a long term partnership.

Bring on the brilliants. Bring on the brilliants. Bring on the brilliants.
Bring on the brilliants. Bring on the brilliants. Bring on the brilliants.

The relentlessly ambitious.
The project-finishers.
The always want more.
The motivated.
The determined.
The difference makers.

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We bring deep expertise

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We’re proud to say we’re one of the UK’s leading specialist recruitment consultancies.

Established in 2004, we’ve grown to be a 100+ strong team. We work with public, private and third sector organisations to manage their resource challenges at both strategic and day to day levels. We love what we do.

In recruiting for contract, permanent and interim roles, we work with candidates at all stages of their careers, and businesses of all sizes and locations.

As well as providing expert recruitment across a wide range of sectors and specialisms, we offer a portfolio of consultancy and talent management services, deepening the expertise, insights and resources available to clients and candidates alike.

Our values

Our values are so much more than just words. They’re the ways we think, feel and do everything we do. Our values run deep, and have since the day we started.

It’s who we are. It’s who you are. It’s what we do...bring great people together to do great things.

Try new things. Push the standard up. Be astonishingly good with everyone, everywhere, every time.

Everything with grit and determination. Nothing without honesty and accountability.

It’s not where you are, it’s where you’re going. Never settle. Choose to progress.

Your success is our success. Your business is our business.
Your success is our success. Your business is our business.

Officially a world class company to work for

Best Companies is an accreditation programme which showcases the standard of workplace engagement in the UK, recognising organisations and managers who genuinely value and respect their employees.

Meet the Oyster team

We’re proactive, committed professionals. A bonded team hired for individual ambition and character. A blend of individuals who each bring unique perspective and value.

All of our team is trained at Oyster, and everyone is encouraged to develop their careers within Oyster’s genuine meritocracy.

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Work with us

We’re a genuine example of how success can be achieved no matter what your background. Our focus is squarely on what you want to achieve and how committed you are to achieving it.

Here, the potential for you to realise your career ambitions is completely unlimited. Shaping our business around the people working in it is central to our philosophy.

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