The Greystone Difference
Greystone was founded to be different:
to redefine and re-imagine the way people with incredible talent meet the companies they'll spend a lifetime with.
The iceberg phenomenon.
Icebergs are incredible products of nature. The human eye can only see what exists above the surface, but delve below and there is a much larger mass of the iceberg to be seen.
This is how our unique recruitment business model began.
We pride ourselves on working only with the most distinctive building services engineers. The best of the best that, when introduced to potential employers, are given opportunities that didn’t exist before, purely because of their sheer level of talent.
Where most recruiters market to clients, we market to candidates - which means we attract and retain the best possible engineers. As a result, employers get introduced to the kind of talent that truly influences an organisation; and engineers get introduced to employers that value their contribution to the business.
Jobs are just the tip of the iceberg.
While traditional recruiters are obsessed with jobs, we give our members a way to see the bigger picture and seize the opportunities that aren’t immediately apparent.
For the most distinctive talent, the advertised job market is mostly irrelevant. Greystone give those people a way to access the career moves that sit beneath the surface, where the market responds to talent, capability and value.
We reveal the opportunities that are hidden beneath the surface.
Our members are the kind of people that companies create roles for.
of our members were placed in to roles that were created specifically for them.
We place people that last.
of our placements last over a year. The industry average is just 77%.
of our placements last over two years. The industry average is just 53%.
of our placements last over five years. The industry average is just 19%.
Our history
Greystone was founded in 2016 by Simon Wilson with one vision – to reimagine the way recruitment works.
With 15 years leading the UK’s No.1 Technical Engineering agency, he took everything he knew was wrong with the recruitment industry and threw it in the bin,
He then came up with an innovative, personal approach that would reinvent role-finding for engineers and employers across the UK.
Our mission
We operate a business where advice costs nothing and quality is everything.
With the quality of an individual being a pre-requisite for membership, our aim is to be the largest career network of first-class engineers in the UK.
Our approach
Greystone is a place where relationships come first. Our entire model is built around partnerships with the best people, rather than available vacancies.
With a selective approach and a rigorous vetting process, we concentrate on creating value and quality as opposed to volume; therefore we only work with building services engineers that we feel will add measurable value to a business.
We have specific roles within our business that exclusively manage member relationships; so our members have someone to guide and support them throughout their career journey. That one point of contact makes a huge difference to your experience with us and gives you someone you can rely on at every stage in your career.
We invest a lot of time in learning about our members on an intimate level and this is where we excel. We get to know engineers - not just as talent, but as human beings. We make it our business to understand our clients and we take a diligent, discerning approach to every placement; considering culture, values and shared ambitions, as much as pay and benefits.
Through multiple stages of interviews, we get to know where members are coming from, what they’re really looking for, and how they can ultimately add measurable value to a business; whilst thorough reference checks give us confidence in our decision embark on a journey with them before it starts.
No algorithms. No automations. Just a human decision, based on experience, that truly accounts for every strength, capability and ambition.
We tailor everything we do for each of our members, as standard. Every step in your journey with Greystone, whether as a business considering a hire or an engineer looking to grow your career, is just as unique as you are.
