Heat Recruitment

Heat Recruitment is a recruitment agency that matches candidates with employers on contract, contingent, retained and bespoke terms. It began in the spare bedroom of its managing director, Steve Preston, and has since grown into a larger company.

What Heat Recruitment offers

• Contract recruitment — temporary and project staff for employers.
• Contingent search — permanent hiring where the agency is engaged on results.
• Retained search — dedicated searches for harder-to-fill roles.
• Bespoke services — recruitment arranged around a client's particular needs.
• Candidate placement — jobseekers can send a CV so a specialist consultant can look for a suitable role.

Who it works with

Its recruiters specialise in technology, insurance, financial services, law, the public sector, sales and human resources. Each consultant focuses on a field, and the agency publishes industry updates and guides for candidates.

Key facts

• Experience: over sixteen years matching candidates and clients
• Founder story: started by managing director Steve Preston
• Country: United Kingdom