Sharpe moves back to recruitment
The co-founder of international legal search and recruitment consultancy Shilton Sharpe Quarry (SSQ) is making a return to recruitment after a taking a break from the industry.
Gavin Sharpe (left) founded SSQ with Gareth Quarry in 2003, helping it to top Recruiter's 2012 HOT 100 league table, sponsored by Microdec, of the most profitable UK staffing companies before selling his stake in the company back to SSQ in January 2012.
He told Recruiter that he has joined executive search firm Dartmouth Partners as a non-executive director. “I had approaches from a number of companies to join, but this was one of the most entrepreneurial,” he said.
Sharpe said he relished the opportunity to help the company realise its ambitions to expand its markets and develop internationally.
“I hope I can be a sounding board. We are all so petrified to fail and I can help them see the wood for the trees,” he explained. Sharpe intends to use his experience in scaling up the business at SSQ to help Dartmouth’s growth.
He has also founded a recruitment training company, Gladesmore Consulting, teaming up with a number of trainers and delivering occasional sales training himself.
