About
About Midlands Talent Partners
A specialist permanent recruitment agency built on a simple conviction: employers deserve a curated shortlist, not a volume of CVs to filter.
Our Story
Built on the conviction that employers deserve better than a CV dump.
Midlands Talent Partners was founded as a deliberate response to what most recruitment agencies produce: high volumes of applications, minimal screening, and the expectation that the employer does the filtering work. We operate differently, and the difference is structural.
Every assignment begins with a proper brief — not a phone call to confirm the job title and salary band, but a genuine conversation about what the role needs to deliver, what the team looks like, and what a successful hire actually means for the organisation. That briefing is what makes a shortlist useful rather than random.
From that brief, we source actively — approaching candidates who are performing well in similar roles elsewhere, not simply posting a vacancy and waiting. Each candidate is spoken to, assessed against the specific requirements, and either progressed or declined with a clear reason. The shortlist you receive contains only people we would confidently recommend for interview.
We operate as Marc Brown Consulting Ltd, trading as Midlands Talent Partners. We are intentionally lean: AI-supported operations, business development, and candidate management allow us to work with the rigour of a specialist firm without the overhead of a large agency — and without the pressure to prioritise volume over quality.
The Focus
Permanent placements only
We do not supply temporary staff, contractors, or interim professionals. Permanent recruitment is all we do, and that focus sharpens everything.
Five specialist sectors
Training and Education, Health and Social Care, Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics, and Business and Professional Services — chosen because we can serve them with depth.
West Midlands only
Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Redditch. A focused geography allows us to know the candidate market properly.
Success-based fees
15% of first-year basic salary, payable on the candidate's start date. No upfront costs, no retainers.
What we stand for
Recruitment that respects the significance of the decision.
Every permanent hire changes something: the shape of a team, the capabilities of an organisation, the direction of someone's working life. That is worth doing carefully. It is why we brief thoroughly, source actively, and shortlist honestly — and why we measure success by the quality of appointments, not the volume of CVs produced.
How we operate
A lean model that keeps quality high and costs proportionate.
Midlands Talent Partners operates as a deliberately lean business. AI-supported tools handle operational tasks — business development outreach, candidate management, communication, and data organisation — freeing our time for the work that requires human judgement: briefing, assessment, and recommendation.
This structure means we can operate with the rigour and attentiveness of a specialist boutique without the overhead of a large agency, and without the commercial pressure to prioritise volume over quality that comes with carrying a large headcount.
Clients deal directly with the person doing the work. There is no account management layer, no handover to a resourcer, and no loss of context between the briefing call and the shortlist.
For employers, this means
Consistent quality, direct communication, honest advice.
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One point of contact
You speak to the same person who takes the brief, sources the candidates, and delivers the shortlist. Context is not lost between calls.
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Honest feedback
If the market does not support what you are looking for at the salary on offer, we will tell you at the briefing stage, not after three rounds of unsuccessful shortlists.
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No volume pressure
We are not measured on the number of CVs sent or calls made. We are measured on whether the person we placed is still performing well.
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Proportionate fees
Success-based at 15% of first-year basic salary. No retainers. No invoices for shortlists that do not result in a hire.
Service Area
Birmingham and the wider West Midlands
Coventry · Wolverhampton · Solihull · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Redditch
Get in Touch
Ready to find the right person for the role?
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