We know our sectors inside out. With over 100 years of combined experience across our team, we don't just fill roles, we track market trends, monitor salary movements, and stay close to the challenges facing technology and sales & marketing businesses across Scotland and the UK. That knowledge is what sets us apart. 

Our Services

Traditional Recruitment 

Full-Service Recruitment, Start to Finish 

Our wrap-around recruitment service is exactly what it sounds like, we take care of everything. From briefing and sourcing to shortlisting, interviewing, and onboarding support, we handle the entire process so you can focus on running your business. It's recruitment without the headache. 

RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) 

Your Recruitment Function, Powered by Nine Twenty 

Whether you're scaling fast, launching into a new market, or simply need extra resource, our RPO solution integrates seamlessly into your business. We become an extension of your HR or talent team, managing your recruitment end to end, on your brand, in your culture. Flexible, scalable, and built around you.

Exclusive Searches 

Dedicated. Focused. Guaranteed. 

When you need to be certain a role is filled, and filled right, exclusive search is the answer. By working with Nine Twenty as your Exclusive Search Partner, you get our full attention, our entire network, and a team fully committed to finding the right person for you. With an exclusive search we will search the entire market, providing data, and ensuring we leave no stone unturned.  

Inside an Exclusive Search: How We Found Fennex Their Growth Marketing Manager 

Some hires are more than a job spec. They're a statement of intent.  

When Fennex came to Nine Twenty to recruit their Growth Marketing Manager, that's exactly what this was. No marketing function currently existed, and the person who took this role wouldn't be joining a team, they'd be building one. Fennex were looking for someone who was senior enough to lead whilst hands-on enough to deliver. 

Getting that level right matters more than most businesses realise. CIPD data shows the cost of a bad hire can exceed 30% of an employee's first-year earnings, and for senior or specialist positions, that figure can rise as high as 400% of salary. Pinpoint the wrong level, and the cost isn't just a delay. It's a business risk. 

This was a role Fennex had been planning for a while, and after being recommended to speak to Nine Twenty, they came to us to help them with this key hire. Here's why: 

Why Exclusive Search, and Why Nine Twenty 

Here's what running this as an exclusive search meant for Fennex, and what it says about how we work. 

We recruited for the brand, not just the brief 

Fennex proudly identifies as a family business and an employer of choice. So instead of running a generic "Growth Marketing Manager, Scotland" campaign, we built the search around Fennex itself. This included their personality, their values, their story. We weren't selling a role. We were introducing candidates to a business they'd want to be part of. 

We mapped the entire market before we made a move 

Before a single conversation started, our consultant built a full market map: every Growth Marketing professional in Scotland who matched the brief, plus the near-adjacent talent sitting just outside it. This gave Fennex something they'd never had: a real, evidenced view of where this role sat in the market, instead of a best guess. 

Getting this step right is critical. LinkedIn Talent Solutions research shows only 31% of hiring managers feel they communicate enough with recruiters about what they're actually looking for, and a misaligned brief is one of the most common reasons a search stalls before it's even started. Mapping the market first meant Fennex was working from evidence, not assumption. 

We left no stone unturned 

From that map, Nine Twenty personally engaged over 100 people across the Scottish marketplace, assessing fit, gauging interest, and gathering market insight along the way. That volume of direct conversation doesn't just surface the strongest candidates. It hands the client a level of market intelligence on salary expectations, skills availability, and competitor positioning that a standard search simply can't produce. 

This is the real power of headhunting over automated searching. LinkedIn's puts passive talent, at around 70% of the workforce. That's the majority of the best candidates in any market, and they're only reachable through direct, human conversation, not a job ad or a keyword-matched database search. 

We ran the process, so Fennex didn't have to 

An exclusive search is only as good as the project management behind it. We built out the recruitment timeline, set clear deadlines, and kept both candidates and internal stakeholders moving in step. Alongside this, we helped Fennex build a robust, values-led interview process, giving them a consistent way to test candidates and make a confident final call. 

Timeline discipline is essential. Industry analysis shows around 62% of candidates lose interest when a hiring process drags on, particularly for senior roles where competing offers move fast. A clear, well-managed timeline is often the difference between securing the best candidate and losing them to someone else. 

The Bottom Line 

This is what an exclusive search partnership with Nine Twenty looks like in practice: one dedicated consultant, one client, full market coverage, and a process built to deliver certainty on a hire that matters. Fennex didn't just fill a role. They found the right person to build their marketing function from the ground up, backed by the market data to know it was the right call. 

Hiring for a key role within your business is too important to take a risk not getting right. 

Services Beyond Recruitment 

Talent Mapping 

Know Your Market  

Talent mapping gives you a clear picture of the candidate landscape before a role even opens. We research, identify, and profile the talent available in your sector so that when the time comes to hire, you're already a step ahead. It's smart, strategic, and increasingly essential in competitive markets. 

Advisory 

Recruitment Strategy, Not Just Recruitment 

Sometimes businesses need more than a recruiter, they need a strategic partner. Our advisory service is designed for organisations that want to think more carefully about how they attract, retain, and develop talent. From salary benchmarking and employer branding to workforce planning, we bring insight and experience to the conversation.