Internal Talent Acquisition

Location: London HQ | Gracechurch Street, City of London | Hybrid

About CLM Search

Founded in 2020, CLM Search is a specialist executive search firm partnering with leading organisations across the Energy, Manufacturing and Technology sectors. Headquartered in London, with offices in Austin and Rabat, we appoint senior leadership and executive talent across Europe and North America. As we continue to grow, we are looking for an ambitious Internal Talent Acquisition professional to help us identify, attract and hire the exceptional people who will shape the future of CLM.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on internal recruitment role with real ownership and impact. Working directly with the Founders, you will lead internal hiring across the business, from junior Search Consultants through to experienced Consultants and senior leaders. You will proactively identify and headhunt both active and passive recruitment professionals. This is not a role for someone who relies on advertising positions and waiting for candidates to respond. You will own the full recruitment journey, including search strategy, candidate engagement, interview stages, feedback, offers and onboarding.

Key Responsibilities

• Talent Acquisition and Headhunting
  • Manage end-to-end recruitment across all internal hiring.
  • Identify and directly approach high-performing recruitment professionals.
  • Use LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, market mapping, telephone approaches, referrals and networking.
  • Build relationships with candidates who may not be actively looking for a new role.
  • Hire talent across junior, experienced and senior leadership levels.
  • Manage candidates from initial approach through to offer acceptance.
• Talent Mapping and Pipeline Development
  • Build proactive networks of active and passive recruitment professionals.
  • Map competitor businesses and identify future talent.
  • Create junior and senior talent pipelines across selected industries, recruitment businesses, universities and early-career networks.
  • Maintain long-term relationships with people who could support CLM’s future growth.
  • Provide market intelligence, salary benchmarking and competitor insights.
• Interview Process and Candidate Experience
  • Own the interview process for every internal vacancy.
  • Define the interview stages, assessment criteria and interviewing team.
  • Coordinate interviews and maintain momentum throughout the process.
  • Deliver a professional and engaging candidate experience.
  • Lead interview feedback and debriefs with the relevant teams.
  • Ensure candidates receive clear and timely communication.
• Onboarding and Employer Brand
  • Own the onboarding journey for every new hire, supported by Operations.
  • Maintain contact with successful candidates throughout their notice period.
  • Ensure every new starter has a structured and positive introduction to CLM.
  • Partner with Marketing on recruitment campaigns and employer-brand content.
  • Represent CLM at relevant networking, university and industry events.

About You

You will have:

• One to three years’ experience within internal talent acquisition or internal recruitment.
• A wider background in recruitment, which may include agency recruitment or rec-to-rec.
• Experience hiring both junior and senior-level talent.
• Strong headhunting and direct-sourcing expertise.
• Confidence approaching candidates by phone, LinkedIn, email and through your network.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search and talent-mapping techniques.
• The ability to engage people beyond an initial message and build genuine relationships.
• Strong organisation, communication and influencing skills.
• A commercial understanding of how hiring supports business growth.

You will also be:

• Energetic, social and personable.
• Proactive and comfortable taking ownership.
• Fearless in your approach to headhunting.
• Resilient and comfortable with rejection.
• Driven to win and deliver results.
• Able to fit naturally into CLM’s culture while adding something positive to it.
• Excited by the opportunity to identify the people who will pioneer our next phase of growth.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first six months, you will have:

• Taken ownership of CLM’s internal recruitment activity.
• Delivered key hires across both junior and senior levels.
• Built strong networks of active and passive recruitment professionals.
• Developed junior and senior talent pipelines across selected industries.
• Defined and implemented clear internal talent acquisition processes.
• Created a consistent flow of high-quality candidates interviewing across the business.
• Become a trusted adviser to the Founders on talent and hiring decisions.

Why Join CLM?

You will have the opportunity to make a genuine impact from day one, working directly with the Founders and influencing who joins the business. In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonus.
• Hybrid working from our London HQ.
• Training and professional development.
• International travel and overseas incentive trips.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• A collaborative, ambitious and high-performance culture.
• Clear progression opportunities as the business grows.

Ready to Help Build the Future of CLM?

If you are passionate about headhunting, building relationships and identifying exceptional people, we would love to hear from you.