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ABOUT STQ Partners

STQ Partners is a global talent consultancy built to disrupt traditional recruitment.

With over 35 years of combined experience, we champion a truly customer-obsessed approach, addressing the industry's frustrations around speed and quality.

Our proprietary Q-Print platform uses real-time market data to create a detailed blueprint of your business, ensuring we place the best scalable talent, not just the best available, in a fraction of the time.

HOW WE CAME TO BE

Throughout our global search experience, we repeatedly heard our clients’ frustrations, encountering time and time again a consistent pattern of questions:

  • ‍Why does the quality dip when we try to recruit non-executive roles?
  • Why does the process typically take so long?
  • Why do partners focus on their needs more than ours?
  • Why do our partners back away from our harder to fill roles?
  • Why is recruitment so transactional?

When we dug a little deeper, we found search firms always focused internally for their own talent attraction, as opposed to the clients they serve. STQ Partners was conceived to disrupt the status quo and champion a truly ‘customer obsessed’ approach.

Simply put, our aim was to address the following concerns our clients experienced: 

Why should a search partner of choice only be able to help with executive roles?

Why should a search partner of choice only help with the easy to fill positions?

We believed there was another way, but we had to address the traditional recruitment models, and in particular, the dichotomy created between Speed and Quality.

STQ Partners was born.

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to redefine excellence in talent acquisition using our proprietary Q-Print process, the power of real-time recruitment data, and a dedication to customer obsession.

THE ORIGIN OF
THE Q-PRINT

The Q-Print came from a belief that ‘search and selection’ should be data driven, based not just on the requirements of the role, but also the visible and invisible nuances within an organisation.

A belief that executive search methodology should be used for all key and strategic hires within the business.

We immediately understood that this required a process built to uncover and understand the fine details of the hiring organisation. A solid base to build all hiring requirements on.

The Q-Print is a detailed blueprint of your business; business needs; culture; values; ambitions and personality. This blueprint forms the core of our candidate sourcing/assessment strategy.

With our trademarked Q-Print, it’s not acceptable to introduce you to people who can just simply do the job, for us it’s about longevity, placing individuals that have a material impact over the long term. STQ Partners will not accept a match based purely on skills and experience, our diligent process obsesses on your business outcomes, your culture, and your values.

We pride ourselves on not placing the best available talent, instead placing the best scalable talent.

Our Testimonials

Peter truly goes above and beyond. If anyone is struggling to find a job, I strongly encourage you to reach out to him. He and the STQ Partners team are among the best, which is why I continue to work with them to bring talented candidates to our company.

Zohal Ajdadi

Employer

Recruitment Manager

Panelmatic

Samuel is an awesome recruiter to work with. He was clear, supportive, and always quick to respond, making sure all my questions were answered. His consistent follow-ups gave me confidence and kept the process moving smoothly.

Toan Nguyen

Candidate

W-Industries

I had the pleasure of working with Barney during my recent job search, and I can confidently say that he is one of the most professional and effective recruiters I've encountered. I highly recommend Barney to anyone looking for a recruiter who truly cares about finding the right fit for both the candidate and the company. He made my experience seamless and I’m grateful for his support.

William Kaunds

Candidate

Yokogawa

Michael helped place me in my current role, he was consistent in communication throughout the process and made sure I was fully aware of where I was at each stage. Is clearly well-connected in the industry and gave good guidance for both parties throughout. Is a Leeds fan, but you can't have everything!

David Clear

Employer

Autostore

Sam, and his team, did a great job of always being available to me. I never felt like an afterthought and we had several conversations prepping me for my interviews that gave me a lot of confidence in my abilities to go out and crush it. Highly recommend for anyone who is looking for a job that matches not only your resume, but your personality as well.

Eric De La Espriella

Candidate

Blacoh

Sam is by far the best recruiter I have ever worked with. He was excellent through the whole hiring process and I cannot recommend him highly enough. He was consistent with his communications and followed through on everything he said he would do in a timely manner. While the first role he brought to my attention was not a good fit, he stuck with me and found me the perfect opportunity. Again, I highly recommend Sam and am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him!

Mike Durio

Candidate

Panelmatic

Barney helped me secure my latest role nearly a year ago. I highly recommend his services. A highlight of my experience was his high level professionalism and communication throughout the process. Frequent, on time, on point, advocate. Don’t hesitate to work with Barney.

Russell Hedrick

Candidate

Balyo

I've worked with Sam for 5+ years now on various placements for leadership roles. Sam and his team offer amazing customer service, they're very attentive and curious about the needs of the company. They're responsive, knowledgeable about manufacturing needs and roles, and have been amazing at helping us recruit a multitude of people. Highly recommend!

Rhea Krol

Employer

HR Director

IDEX Corp

Barney recently helped me secure my latest role in the industrial power systems space. Very professional, responsive and understood the industry/role requirements. I would highly recommend Barney for any engineer looking for their next step.

Diego Velasquez

Candidate

Recruitment Manager

Panelmatic

I worked with Barney recently as he placed me in a position with a client of his. Working with him from our first encounter all the way through to receiving a job offer was first class. He gained my respect and my trust as a top tier recruiter.

Dewayne Horton

Candidate

Alkegen

I've had the pleasure of working with Sam from both sides of the table. Initially Sam recruited and got me placed in my current position. He understood the company goals, culture and ultimately their needs while explaining how my talents would be an asset to the company. He worked with me throughout the process to keep me up to speed and filled in details as needed. Since then, I have been utilizing Sam to fill positions in my team from directors to individual contributors and he has always made the job of finding qualified candidates much easier and smoother for my team as we continue to grow.

John Harrell

Employer

Dynamis

I had the pleasure of working with STQ Partners during my recent career transition, and I can't recommend them highly enough. Sam's expertise as a recruiter is evident in his ability to match candidates with the right opportunities. If you're looking for a recruiter who is dedicated, knowledgeable, and genuinely cares about your success, Sam is the person to connect with.

Corey Rakes

Candidate

IDEX Corp

WHO WE ARE

STQ Partners represents the consolidation of two specialist consultancy firms: SPBE, specialising in engineering and life sciences, and MJB Talent, focused on technology and power.

The founders of these two consultancies shared over seven years of collaboration in a global specialist search firm, developing a strong relationship over shared values and a unified vision for the future of the industry.

The formation of STQ Partners was guided by three core principles:

SPEED

Typically, when a search firm is engaged, all other alternatives have been explored, and there are associated costs to the business, whether in terms of time, money, or reputation. The average recruitment process can extend beyond six months, which we consider unacceptable.

We believe that by operating with exceptional speed and dominating the process, we can significantly reduce this timeframe.

TRUST

We view the "T" in STQ as representing both TRUST and TRANSPARENCY. Every strong relationship is built upon a foundation of trust, and our methodology, rooted in real-time recruitment data, offers an open and transparent service.

In an industry lacking regulation, we believe trust is of paramount importance. Anyone can start a search firm without experience or oversight, and many do.

QUALITY

Arguably our most important principle/pillar.

Quality to STQ is in everything, from the candidate through to the service.

We believe that by championing this minute by minute and hour by hour, it becomes ingrained in everything we do.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

STQ Partners is the brainchild of two established headhunters with one clear vision to drive positive change professionally through their industry, and personally through giving back.

Mike Berry
Co-Founder
LinkedIn

Sam Emerton
Co-Founder
LinkedIn

GIVING BACK / CHARITY

When STQ Partners was conceived, one of the core drivers was change, specifically driving positive change, and where better to start than with our passions, those things that keep us awake at night. We wanted to make a difference to those areas of our lives that really meant something to us.

We believe that the power to effect change resides at every doorstep, including our own.

We knew we could affect change in our industry by implementing new processes and working practices to improve service levels, but that also led us to realise that we can implement these same practicespersonally, to enable us to support and give back to those causes that have hada profound impact on our lives.

Through our business, we aim to contribute to the fight against, and in some cases, finding the cure for illnesses and issues that aredeeply personal to us.

Initially, we will be supporting two charities: The MNDA and the Leeds Children’s Hospital.

STQ Partners commits to:

  • 3% of annual net profit shared between our partner charities.
  • A minimum of 4 charity fundraising events per year.
  • Sharing and promoting charity communications across our networks and social feeds.

This financial support pays for mental health practitioners and counsellors, support machines, as well as invaluable research into possible cures. Our communications sharing leverages our social audiences, raising awareness for two very important causes, their events, and their successes.

We believe that small changes made by everyone can make a big difference to the world, creating a better future, and the responsibility for change lies with all of us.

At STQ Partners, we’ll continue to look to make positive changes in all aspects of our personal and professional lives. We’ll continue to strive for a better future.