Serocor is a human capital management group that comprises talent management firms ARM UK, ARM International, Optamor and Hawker Chase Executive.
Serocor provides the best of all worlds for entrepreneurs wishing to establish themselves within the world of human capital management: the autonomy to run their own businesses, the support of a highly experienced and proven Board of mentors and the back office support of a large yet agile business. The Board wishes to attract new talent to the group, whether as Managing Directors launching new brands in the talent management space or to work within the group’s existing companies.
“Our vision is to create a high-growth specialist technology and engineering recruitment group, one which will include complementary human capital management companies and that operates both in the UK and internationally – a business that is respected by its peer group, appreciated by its clients, supported by its people and successful for its shareholders. It will be based and built on pride, professionalism and a management equity philosophy,” says Mike Gawthorne, CEO of the Group.
Paul Huntingdon, who founded ARM in 1996, added, “We believe our mentoring peer group and expert back office support in Legal and Compliance, Marketing, Finance and HR offers a rare blended solution that enables specialists in the broad sphere of HMC to do what they do best, allowing for a purer focus on the success of their business,” citing the experience of a Board that includes current APSCO Chairman and Empresaria founder Miles Hunt. Founder Paul Huntingdon adds, “The appetite here is to collaborate and work with our entrepreneurs and not just view them as a monthly revenue stream. There are no egos, just a group of like-minded people looking to share their knowledge and wealth.”
Leading ARM UK is Les Duncan, a leading recruiter who has chosen to join in with the potential of the new business. Les built QA Myriad into a £60 million plus IT recruiter before selling the business to Hays with whom he remained until the end of 2012. He has major plans for the ARM brand:
“We have some tremendous offerings in the technical IT and Engineering recruitment spaces. We are expanding both in the UK and internationally and have complementary human capital solutions within Serocor – all in all, a hugely exciting series of offerings from a well respected company with ambitious growth plans! This growth will not only come for the UK (where we have already started with new offices opened in Aberdeen and Coventry), but also across complementary countries. Within the next 12-24 months we will be targeting Germany, the Middle East, SE Asia, North America, Australia and South America. We are going from strength to strength based on our reputation for truly understanding what our clients are talking about and for our proven capability to build meaningful long term partnerships – demonstrated by the fact that many clients are turning away from traditional large generalist recruiters and are instead asking us to deal with more of their technical recruiting needs. This pleasingly illustrates the real benefits that our clients perceive they gain by working with our hugely experienced team of technical recruitment professionals.”
ARM International is led by Lynda Ennis, another highly experienced recruiter who found the temptation to join ARM just too much. Originally joining to set up a project, she enjoyed the openness and working atmosphere so much that a full time role was soon agreed. Lynda has already built ARM International in to a stand-alone business with 25 people working in the niche eCommerce arena in technology. Lynda says “It’s a great place to be at the moment, we have a really inclusive feel to the business, everyone gets on with their jobs and that’s been appreciated by our clients. We are already looking at establishing offices overseas and we have some exciting projects that we are working on. For me, this opportunity is more than just a job – it’s about leaving a legacy.”
If you feel you have the necessary drive, determination and desire to build your own business with Serocor, contact Mike Gawthorne in complete confidence on 023 9245 8080 or email Mike.Gawthorne@serocor.com.
