Meta Executive Search Limited is a boutique recruitment business. We work in a variety of sectors, but all our clients recognise the value talent and diversity can bring to their organisation. We work with businesses in the UK and overseas to deliver collaborative resourcing solutions to their recruitment challenges. Our clients range from start-ups to multi-nationals, PE backed businesses to PLC’s.
We are executive search experts and our experience has seen us deliver assignments in food service, retail, healthcare, travel, transport and professional services – to name a few. Whether upskilling, down sizing or undergoing structural change, Meta excels in bringing clients and candidates together. Regardless of the shape or size of your business, we work with clients as their brand ambassador in the market place – a real partner and part of your team. We ensure clients have the people they need to succeed and make sure our candidates thrive and contribute to the business they become part of.
Our functional areas of expertise in general terms, cover all head office and field roles at executive level. The common denominator for all our clients is that they are looking to find the best talent to deliver their business needs for now and the future. With international reach and the support of research and associates, we are small enough to truly get our arms around their business and offer a personalised service – but we are big enough and experienced enough to work globally and in all functional areas.
We also recognised functional areas of a business are not silo’s. As organisations grow and respond to increasing customer expectations, an integrated approach to service and product is essential across all areas of business. Whether that means employing AI techniques to better understand your customer, developing new and innovative strategies to manage the movement of product or to make sure your talent pool reflects all demographics – all areas of an organisation need to be in tune and working together to deliver results – and we can help you attract the right people to enable this.
Meta Executive Search works with clients to scope out roles, advise on the internal recruiting process, conduct thorough and up to date market mapping and deliver a best in class search process that gets results, quickly and cost-effectively. Our extensive network and industry presence means not only do we know what good looks like, we know how to find it.
What makes us unique?
- Meta Executive Search do one thing, and we do it well. We find the right people and put them in the right role. Our track record of success is testament to this.
- We have a great process, honed over many years of experience – and it works. Our “Steps to Success” place the right people in the right roles. This results in happy clients, cared for candidates and repeat business.
- We have real and tangible experience in Meta, we have all personally been in the search business for a long time, therefore clients and candidates alike benefit from our unsurpassed network and deep sector understanding.
- We are never complacent. For us assignment success goes beyond a placement… our candidates stay in role and make a difference.
- We have a one team mentality – and that team is yours.
- We are constantly seeking to increase our industry knowledge and are never afraid to learn, we thrive on challenge – otherwise life gets very boring!
Natalie O’Neill, Founder and Managing Director
With a track record in delivering excellence in international senior executive assignments, Natalie O’Neill, Founder and Managing Director of Meta Executive Search, has spent her career heading up the retail and branded practice in top blue chip search agencies. A process refined over years of exposure to high level search assignments and as the result of an early career in research, Natalie has developed a client centric approach that is built around open communication and transparency.
Gaining a real insight into culture and fit is at the heart of Meta’s success. Meta placements consistently exceed client expectations, as Natalie explains “our candidate track record shows that our placements have longevity of service and a high level of promotion – our candidates do not plateau in positions, they continually grow and contribute”. Understanding the DNA of a business, culture fit and future strategy are at the cornerstone of a successful hire. This takes an investment of time on the part of your recruitment partner, but for the client means a faster more effective hire. Getting under the skin of a business and its senior management is fundamental to knowing the candidate profile necessary to succeed. Natalie explains “I founded Meta to reflect my personal values of trust, integrity and pragmatism. Everyone who works with me from Associates to Researchers mirror these values. They are the foundations Meta has been built on and they permeate every client and candidate relationship we have.”