May 2024

This May, Oakstone International has extended its warmest greetings to multiple SaaS and FinTech partners, celebrated our annual Partners Day and had some muddy encounters.

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The roles we have delivered this month include the following:

Well done to the whole team on yet another successful month!

• Account Director (UK)

• Banking Strategic Sales Executive (UK)

• Business Development Representative (UK)

• Chief Revenue Officer (UK)

• Customer Success Manager (USA)

• Enterprise Account Executive EMEA (UK)

• Nordics Sales Manager (Netherlands)

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Oakstone & One Tree Planted

Oakstone International has been supporting One Tree Planted since July 2022!

Since 2014, One Tree Planted has more than doubled the number of trees planted each year and is working with partners across 80+ countries in North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific.

🌳 We’re proud to say we have donated enough for 1970 trees since July 2022.

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Our Annual Partners Day

Once a year, Oakstone hosts an annual partners day whereby close friends of Oakstone come together for a day of golf, networking and food. This year we hosted our partners day at Camberley Golf Club.

Find out more

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Tough Mudder 2024

🌟 Team Building at Its Muddiest! 🌟Our incredible team tackled Tough Mudder! 🤩

From scaling walls to wading through mud pits, we pushed our limits and supported each other every step of the way. This wasn't just about conquering obstacles—it was about strengthening our bonds, fostering teamwork, and having a blast outside the office! A big shoutout to everyone who participated and brought their A-game!

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May Feedback

"One of the things I've done a lot of is open up US companies into Europe. I can think of many examples where I needed to hire rapidly. Oakstone were outstanding; they got me the right people at the right time. Two of the hires that they made for me I've hired into other roles in companies in my portfolio. It's really about the quality. If you get good people, particularly in sales, they onboard quickly, you ramp them quickly, they get to quota quickly, and you can just be relying on that skillset.

I've used Oakstone when I was an operator, when I was running international sales organisations, when I came out of full-time work, and now I am in a plural role as a board member/ chairman/ investor. They've always been consistent in being able to help me. That's why I come back to Oakstone an awful lot because I know that I can rely on the work that they do and the quality of the CVs and the people they put in front of me.

What sets Oakstone apart from their competitors is their ability to be clear about the remit. Oakstone won't just take on any role. They know what they are experts in. That's a differentiator. It is that level of connection; the feedback you get is consistent, it's continual. So, you always know where you are in the cycle.”

Martin Moran - Advisor, One Peak Partners Growth Investors and founding member of Salesforce

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“I interacted with Oakstone as a candidate and I can only say good things about my interactions with them. Their initial outreach was very professional and respectful and this level of care continued consistently throughout the entire process. I appreciated the close connection we had then fostered through the courteous calls before and after each scheduled meeting and key moment with the hiring company. To me, their utmost professionalism reflected very positively on the hiring company themselves, given that the process was clear, transparent, and respectfully completed.”

T.T. regarding their experience with Senior Consultant Tom Richardson. The candidate was placed at Spendlab.

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“Great candidate experience at Oakstone. Professional, to the point and got things done with a minimum of fuss. Tristan Heywood and his team kept me current on the process and always did what they had said they were going to do. I can only highly recommend them on every level.”

N.N. regarding their experience with Divisional Director Tristan Heywood. The candidate was placed at Amici Procurement.

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“I have a really simple rule for working with recruitment companies, and that is they have to save me work. Oakstone has consistently understood what kind of personalities I like, what traits I like, and they have always been incredibly good at giving me shortlists that I found very difficult to choose between, which is precisely where I've wanted to be. If you can't trust the people you deal with, you have to stop dealing with them very fast. Authenticity is an essential part of any business transaction, and that's one of the reasons I've continued to do business with Oakstone over the years.

Oakstone has always done exactly what they said they'd do when they said they'd do it. It's just a standard in the service.”

Perry Gale - Fractional CRO, Previous VP EMEA, Cyara

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"If we have obvious candidates in our networks, most hiring managers tend to go there first. Beyond that, you have to sell yourself as the hiring manager. You also need to sell the organisation and the journey that they're on and, therefore, the opportunity for the candidate. Now, if that can come from a longstanding name in the industry like Oakstone, it has a degree of third-party validation. And that's, I think, one of the key reasons that we would use a firm like Oakstone.

Oakstone haven't tried to overreach and be jacks of all trades, masters of none. I think having a tight focus on the types of profiles that they can recruit, and the strength of their network has really been something that I've defaulted to, as opposed to going to a larger firm that might purport to be able to recruit everybody, anybody and everybody. They've kept very tight in terms of where their expertise is, and personally, that attracts me to working with them."

Nick Bareham - Revenue Leader and Fractional CRO

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“I always think of Oakstone as the professionals and the grown ups when it comes to recruitment. Honesty and integrity are vital in this industry. I think recruitment gets a bad rap for lack of integrity. That's certainly the opposite of the experience I get with Oakstone. I think it's clear that you make honesty and integrity part of your business and your everyday practices, and that certainly comes through when I speak with any of you. That comes through as well when it comes to the calibre and the types of candidates that you put in front of us as well. I think those values and the way that you source and identify candidates makes it very clear that honesty and integrity are a big part of that as well. I'm always delighted with the results."

Ben Liddell - RVP Sales Engineering EMEA, SiteImprove