Our core business model is to find the right people for the right job. However, to achieve this, our success is driven from a deep understanding of what it will take to get there in the first place.
From benchmarking and salary surveys, providing market advice and guidance within candidate short sectors, creating effective engagement and onboarding models to interviewing techniques and process management we’re often in from the beginning, helping them to shape, plan and guide.
We’re immersed in the communities that surround us, often called on to share our knowledge, opinion and guidance. This has led to being embraced as industry partners by the likes of TechSPARK, Bristol Media, Business Marketing Club and Invest Bristol and Bath.
Scala and Kafka were initial sticking points for the manager, so we pressed for suitable alternatives to increase the flexibility. They agreed to consider candidates with different streaming experience and programming backgrounds which opened a larger pool. We placed 3 highly technical hires.
Following significant Series A funding, LabGenius needed an expert Bioscience and Biotechnology recruitment partner to provide a scalable model for growing their Science and Technology teams.
Client Testimonial by Conrad Jackson, Head of Software Development at Moneyhub: "ADLIB scour the market for high quality candidates and does a really good job of selling Moneyhub to them. Candidates come into our hiring process excited and motivated by our roles, which often makes the hiring process a really pleasurable experience for them and for us."
Client Testimonial by Ehab Sayed, CEO & Founder of Biohm: "It is incredibly rare to find a recruiter who instantly understands the company-wide needs and culture, Biohm’s unique philosophy and approach, and the radical first-of-their-kind biotechnologies that we develop. We were very privileged to find Zoe, who has single-handedly, with her expansive network, had a transformational impact on our team and company by recruiting unique, perfectly aligned, highly sought after, and difficult to find niche talent. It is an absolute joy to have worked with Zoe on the big recruitment push we experienced this year and look forward to many more in the future."
"GTSW is an incredible resource for expanding knowledge on the wider subject of sustainable technology. It’s helped to expand my network of environmentally focused tech folk. Enabling conversations, collaborations and new friendships. It’s a great community to be a part of."
Nick Lewis
Senior Sustainable Web Developer at Leap and creator of lowwwcarbon.com
Green Tech South West
Client Testimonial by Tamara Miner, Director of Engineering at Climate Policy Radar: ADLIB collaborated closely with us, refining the process through an iterative approach, and helped us find six exceptional candidates for our growing tech team.
Client Testimonial by Michelle Stark, CMO of World Host Group: Working with a recruitment partner like ADLIB means you’re working with a group of people who get to understand you and match candidates up with your culture and goals. ADLIB worked at a breakneck speed to introduce us to the marketing experts we needed to build our team in a matter of months. With their help we recruited and onboarded a new team much faster than planned and ended up spoilt for choice because of the way they work and market insights.
Once the data environment was configured, the 3 Engineers shared responsibility for CI/CD and deployment, gaining valuable MLOps skills that they had not used in production before.
Client Testimonial by Richie Jones, Managing Director of vvast: "We look for a type of character above anything else when hiring for our business. We call it the vvast way and the team at ADLIB really get that and seem to be able to see through candidates that look good on paper but don’t match the criteria to fit our unique culture. We just need solid, straight-talking people that adore good brands and the innovative work needed to leverage that. Having a solid partner that gets us in this way alleviates one of the challenges as we grow."
Client Testimonial by Claire Brindley, HR Manager at Aardman: "As a trusted recruitment partner, ADLIB worked closely with us to successfully hire a VOD Content and Channel Manager. We appreciated ADLIB taking the time to meet with the role holder to help source candidates - with the right transferable skills, and to fully understand the role requirements for this maternity cover position."
In 2019, ADLIB joined a growing global community of B Corps. From the outset, this was our starting point to evolve, a framework that would sharpen our focus and hold us accountable to building a business that truly balanced profit and purpose. In 2020 ADLIB became the world’s first 100% employee-owned B Corp recruitment business globally. In 2023 we received a recertification score of 130.3. An immensely proud moment in ADLIB history.
We’re committed to creating working environments that are inclusive, empowering and respectful. We invest time and resources into civic engagement activities.
We believe in stakeholder capitalism.
We believe changes need to be made to the way businesses attract, recruit and retain diverse talent. Recruiting a diverse and inclusive team is proven to bring multiple benefits, from increasing candidate attraction and brand perception, bridging skill gaps, increasing staff retention and driving better business performance.

We have invested into HeyFlow. HeyFlow empowers businesses to build a truly inclusive company by understanding the impact of women’s reproductive health in the workplace. They equip, empower and educate leaders, managers and employees alike through insight-driven data surveying, understanding and confidence.

A welcoming community of over 2,000 members who run curated events to share insight on how technology can heal or harm our planet.

A Charter, Community and Event Series that has been created to drive positive change for working mums throughout the UK Technology sectors.

Tech Ethics is organised by a team of volunteers who are passionate about building a fair and equal society, where technology is a catalyst for positive change.