# Oliver James ## Profile - Verified: no - Claimed: no - City: London - Team size: 11-20 > **Profile-provided description** > At Oliver James, we deliver flexible hiring solutions tailored to your business needs across financial services, professional services, commerce & industry. Our relationship-led approach ensures hands-on support from expert consultants and dedicated account managers, helping you secure the right talent for long-term value. > > Whether you’re filling a confidential leadership role, scaling project teams, or building future capability, our staffing, consulting, and outsourcing services adapt to your evolving goals. > > We cover key business areas: Accountancy & Finance, Technology, Actuarial. Risk & Compliance, Transformation & Change, Underwriting, Claims & Legal. > > Our solutions include: > > Permanent Recruitment: We prioritise alignment over availability, helping you hire right the first time with reduced risk and greater long-term ROI. > > Contract Staffing: Need rapid change or urgent resource? Our global network of onsite and remote contractors delivers expert talent quickly. > > Temporary Recruitment: From short-term cover to temp-to-perm, we scale teams fast with training and expertise to ensure immediate results. > > Executive Search: Discreet, high-impact recruitment for C-suite and senior leadership roles, enabling confident growth and transformation. > > Outsourcing \(RPO & MSP\): Scalable hiring solutions that streamline time-to-hire, boost efficiency, and improve the candidate experience. > > Consulting: Our experts support complex change and transformation programs – enterprise-wide or niche, de-risking and accelerating outcomes. > > With 12 offices across the US, Europe, and Asia, we deliver local insight and global reach to help you hire smarter wherever your business needs it. ### Industries - Finance & Accounting - IT & Software - Change & Transformation & Consulting - Legal ### Coverage - north\_east - north\_west - yorkshire\_humber - east\_midlands - west\_midlands - east\_of\_england - greater\_london - south\_east - south\_west - channel\_islands - scotland - wales - northern\_ireland ### Seniority coverage - manager\_specialist - director\_executive - board\_c\_suite ## Ratings - Overall displayed rating: 1.1/5 - Displayed review count: 16 - Google rating: 1.1/5 - Google review count: 16 ## Companies House summary - Status: Unknown ## Public links - [Website](https://www.oliverjames.com/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oliver-james-/about/) ## User-generated opinion ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2026-06-12 > User-generated opinion > terrible experience. very unprofessional and unresponsive. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2026-03-30 > User-generated opinion > Highly unprofessional team, I interacted with Max who kept me in a limbo after making me travel for interviews and still not responding, on top of that not even providing a feedback, i would recommend to all candidates to stay away from this agency so that no one gets their time wasted and work with real recruiters. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2026-02-23 > User-generated opinion > If I could give nil stars, I would. Dont waste time with this organisation. Terrible candidate i.e., no -one returns calls nor emails \(what is the point of having a tel number if no-one ever picks up \!\). Poor behaviour like this should not be accepted as the norm ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2025-08-22 > User-generated opinion > Some of their consultants need training on how to communicate in a professional tone. Now I understand why there are so many negative reviews. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2025-08-01 > User-generated opinion > Absolute terrible recruitment firm. One of their consultants sent me a position and would like to chat further regarding the position. When I took the initiative to ring him, he text me back not to ring him. They're extremely rude to the candidates and they don't act professionally. I don't even want to give one-star. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 5.0/5 - Date: 2023-09-02 > User-generated opinion > Extremely professional and very friendly recruitment agency - two qualities that are very important for any recruitment company. From the first contact with Oliver James I was impressed with their management of my job application. This started with the review of my CV and what was required for the job and continued through to the interview stages and to a final positive conclusion. I would very much recommend Oliver James – they are in my opinion an example of how to consult with a job candidate from start to finish. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2023-08-22 > User-generated opinion > A recently onboarded recruiter joined this company initiated a conversation with me about a job opportunity I applied for. However, they requested the email addresses of my managers from my previous companies with the supposed intention for "reference purposes" to make my application stronger for a role I am already qualified for. It seemed more like someone who's just starting out the recruitment field, seeking leads. I am happy to provide references to the employers directly. Please do not fall for this trap. 😬 ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2023-08-15 > User-generated opinion > Extremely unprofessional behavior. A recruiter talked negatively about me to another candidate. Avoid at ALL costs. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 1.0/5 - Date: 2023-03-31 > User-generated opinion > Guy contacted and was pushing to have an interview, I agreed the time slots and guy just disappeared... > > That's just a fishing organization. No reason to respond to someone from this organization. ### Google review - Source: Google - Rating: 2.0/5 - Date: 2022-11-15 > User-generated opinion > not great, very weird and unnecessary compliance process. money don't arrive onto your bank account on time and you have to chase them. i have to submit 2 timesheets every week. i have never came across such a disorganized recruitment agency. Canonical HTML profile: [Oliver James](https://ratearecruiter.net/agencies/oliver-james)