Place Recruitment

About Place Recruitment

Specialist recruitment. Shared standards. The right match.

Place Recruitment is a boutique recruitment consultancy with specialist experience in Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant and selected senior appointments. We bring clients and candidates together through thoughtful search, clear communication and an understanding of what makes people work well together.

Founded by Amy Ferris, Place Recruitment draws on more than 15 years of recruitment experience in the finance sector and a broad network across investment firms, professional services and other industries. Our focus is the work we do together as a recruitment team, not recruitment by CV alone.

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What Place does

A specialist team, with a clear focus.

Our recruitment expertise covers executive support and selected senior searches. We bring that focus to clients and candidates in investment and a wider range of sectors.

Executive & Personal Assistant recruitment

Permanent, temporary and temp-to-perm searches for EAs, PAs and executive support professionals.

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Investment sector expertise

Recruitment for investment teams and the specialist support roles that help them operate.

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Senior appointments

Selected searches for Operations Directors, Chiefs of Staff, HR Managers and Finance Managers.

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Broader sector and regional search

Recruitment across a diverse range of sectors, with agreed searches beyond London.

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How we work

Personal service, delivered as a team.

A boutique firm can give every search careful attention while drawing on shared recruitment expertise and a broad sector network. The people involved understand the agreed brief, keep communication considered and work towards the same clear outcome.

01 / Clarity

Define the need

Role scope, experience, location, expectations and success criteria.

02 / Insight

Know the context

Understand the market, sector and workplace the new hire is joining.

03 / Fit

Consider the people

Assess experience alongside communication, motivation and working style.

04 / Partnership

Stay engaged

Keep clients and candidates informed through each agreed stage.

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Tell us about your hiring requirement or the next role you have in mind. Place Recruitment will help you decide on a clear next step.