Meet companies that need to hire.
We help recruitment agencies find relevant employers, reach the right decision-makers and identify companies open to working with an external recruiter.
You handle the candidates. We help you find the clients.
More time for placements. A focused approach to finding clients.
Finding new employer clients takes research, outreach and follow-up. We handle the early stages so your team can focus on developing client relationships and making placements.
From a hiring signal to a real conversation.
Follow one employer through research, outreach, qualification and introduction. This example shows what happens once we’ve agreed on your target market.
Find relevant employers
We research companies hiring for roles your agency specialises in.
Relevant vacancy identified
- Employer
- Fictional manufacturer
- Role
- Controls Engineer
- Location
- Manchester, UK
A manufacturer is advertising a Controls Engineer position. The vacancy matches the roles an engineering recruitment agency fills.
Identify the decision-maker
We find the people involved in relevant hiring decisions.
Hiring contact research
- Employer
- Fictional manufacturer
- Relevant contact role
- Engineering Manager
- Research focus
- Who is involved in hiring for this role
We investigate who is responsible for the hiring decision so the conversation reaches an appropriate person.
Qualify the interest
We reach out to learn whether there is an opportunity to discuss external recruitment support.
Interest expressed in conversation
- Hiring requirement
- Controls Engineer
- Contact role
- Engineering Manager
- What changed
- The employer expressed interest in discussing external support
The vacancy gave us a reason to investigate. The employer’s response in a conversation about the role is what confirmed their interest.
Make the introduction
When the employer is interested and fits your criteria, we connect them with your team.
Interested in a recruitment discussion
- Employer
- Fictional manufacturer
- Industry and location
- Manufacturing · Manchester, UK
- Hiring requirement
- Controls Engineer
- Relevant contact role
- Engineering Manager
- Next step
- Introduction to the recruitment agency
The agency receives the hiring context and can continue the discussion with the employer.
See what a handover includesFictional engineering recruitment scenario. All employer and contact details are illustrative.
More than a list of job openings.
We focus on relevant employer research, meaningful conversations and qualified introductions.
- Relevant research
- Employers selected around the roles, industries and locations your agency serves.
- Real conversations
- Professional outreach to establish whether there’s a genuine opportunity.
- Clear handovers
- Introductions supported by hiring context, contact information where appropriate, and the next step.
Built around the roles you recruit for.
An engineering recruiter needs different employers than a finance recruiter. We define your target market around the roles you fill and the companies you want to work with.
Illustrative target markets
- Engineering & technical
- Manufacturers hiring controls engineers
- IT & technology
- Software companies hiring backend engineers
- Finance & accounting
- Businesses hiring financial controllers
- Sales & commercial
- Companies building their enterprise sales teams
A job posting isn’t a qualified lead.
An open vacancy shows that a company is hiring. We look beyond the listing to find out whether the employer wants to discuss external recruitment support before we make an introduction.
Hiring activity tells us where to look. Genuine interest tells us when to make the introduction.
Built for recruitment agencies that know their market.
We work best with specialist agencies that fill permanent professional roles, have capacity for new assignments and want to develop employer relationships.
We look at your market and delivery capacity together before deciding if the service is a fit.
Common questions.
Do you recruit candidates?
No. We help recruitment agencies find potential employer clients. Your team handles candidate sourcing, assessment and placements.
Which recruitment specialisations do you work with?
We focus on specialist recruitment agencies. The employers we research depend on the roles you recruit for, the industries you serve and your target locations. We assess fit before starting.
What counts as a qualified opportunity?
An employer that matches the agreed criteria and has expressed relevant interest in discussing external recruitment support. A job advertisement alone doesn’t qualify.
Does an open vacancy mean the employer wants to work with a recruiter?
A vacancy tells us a company is hiring. We still need to establish whether there’s genuine interest in external recruitment support.
What do we receive when you make an introduction?
Relevant employer information, hiring context, contact details where appropriate, a summary of the expressed interest and the next step.
Do you guarantee placements?
No. We focus on employer research, initial conversations, qualification and introductions. Your agency handles the recruitment process, and placements depend on the employer’s decisions and your team’s ability to fill the role.
How do you decide which employers to target?
We define the target employer profile with you, based on your specialisations, locations, preferred company types and the roles you can fill. We can exclude unsuitable or conflicting accounts from the research.
What happens after I request a sample?
We review your specialisation and target market, then discuss whether a relevant employer research sample would be useful. A research sample shows the types of employers and hiring signals we’d investigate. Interest is established separately.
Can you work with agencies in different countries?
Potentially. We assess geographic fit, the employer market and the appropriate outreach requirements before agreeing on a project.
Do you provide candidate databases or recruitment software?
No. Dolphin Operations provides client acquisition services for recruitment agencies, focused on finding and starting conversations with potential employer clients.
Want to see what this could look like for your agency?
Tell us which roles you recruit for and where you operate. We’ll review the fit and discuss a relevant employer research sample.