K2 Partnering is the number one ERP, CRM, Cloud, Mobile recruitment firm offering our services to instantly recognisable brands across the globe.

Established in 1997 we have grown from one office to 11 in four continents with 250 employees. Over the next 18 months we are opening a further six offices in major cities across the world and taking our employee base to over 400.

We operate a sales academy in each continent we're in and are always looking for the best talent to work on the best projects with the best clients. Our structured learning and development programmes ensures you start your career with all the tools to be successful from day one.

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Case Study 1

A Rookies Tale... Roxie’s first 3 months!

On 6th of June 2011 I started my first Recruitment job with K2 Partnering Solutions in London. I obtained this job 100% through social media and I can say that I am very proud of this, especially in today’s world where there are so many people, even recruiters, who are not aware of the benefits social media can bring to one’s work.

Why did I choose K2 over all the other (maybe) bigger companies that invited me to their assessment centres? Because K2 seemed one of those few companies that care about their people. I remember having gone to a couple of assessment centres previously and feeling like a robot. I felt like a robot preparing the tasks given by a Rec2Rec consultant, and I was even more surprised when I saw that everyone had to prepare the same stuff. Wait a second guys, is this how you measure my quality? As a recruiter, I won’t be able to learn in advance the answers for my clients or candidates, will just have to get on with it then and there.

And that’s what I loved about K2 .  The Talent Team described the company as the most exciting place where one could work and I was invited for an interview the day after. I went there having a minimum knowledge about the company, but I had well established requirements for my ideal recruitment job:
 
    1.    Structured training
    2.    Attractive package
    3.    Good career progression
    4.    Job in London
    5.    Opportunity to use all my foreign languages

I was basically looking for a ‘cool’ company, and guess what? After a 3-hour interview when I met very nice, straight forward and passionate people, I decided that K2 was the place for me. K2 were the only ones to tick all the points above, and it now seems that I ticked all their points, too. They literally put all these points on paper to me the moment of the interview.

And now, after 3 months with them, I can say that it is even better than I expected! Everyone was incredibly welcoming and helpful from first day – trainers, team leaders, directors, HR staff, as well as other trainees. It’s even better because on the sales floor there are recruiters of over 25 nationalities who speak many foreign languages – this time I felt comfortable with not being a native English speaker and in what concerns the training – well, it’s way more structured than I imagined. You can literally enjoy while learning.

And you know what? It might be a lot of work, long hours, but it’s challenging, and I love it!! I love working in a place where people start the day with a smile on their face
 

Case Study 2

How Far K2 has taken Mark...

10 years on since joining K2:
 
I graduated in May 2000 from Manchester University with a degree in Economics and like most new grads I started looking for a job. Thankfully it wasn’t too long before I had two  job offers. One was with Arthur Anderson (now Accenture) the other was with a small, unknown recruitment company in a scruffy part of London with an eccentric  Irish entrepreneur on crutches offering a base salary that was below the poverty level.  
 
Much to my parents dismay, I accepted the small company in scruffy Earlsfield that didn’t have all the bells and whistles. I moved around the corner from K2’s offices into an awful apartment but I wanted to completely dedicate myself to this new job and put in all the hours I could.  I chose K2 because I wanted to be a big fish in a little pond and make a bigger impact in the business.  Although my base salary was not enough to get the beers in, commissions kicked in very quickly & I felt K2 would give me the chance to dream big. They didn’t let me down. While hanging out with the CEO I told him I wanted to help take the company global. I spoke German and said I wanted to bring K2 to the German-speaking market in Switzerland.  That night, over a few too many beers,  we sketched out what I needed to do on the back of a beer mat which I kept on my desk everyday until I got out there.
 
After 3 successful years in Zurich  I moved to Paris to figure out how K2 succeeded in the French market. I needed to understand the French way of doing business so that I could go to Geneva and help establish that office, which I’m proud to see still goes from strength to strength.

After the Geneva office became profitable, I wanted to leave Switzerland to spend more time with my girlfriend (now wife)- I also couldn’t handle England losing the football to the French! So I moved back to London and set up the Chemical and Pharmaceutical teams.  Fast forward to November 30th 2005. In the morning I bought a house in London, in the afternoon I handed in my notice to the CEO of K2 and cried (the CEO cried first). In the evening, after a bottle of whisky, I booked a one way ticket to Argentina with the misses.  I left K2 because I wanted to travel and do my own thing. It was a very tough decision as I loved the company so much - K2 was much more than a job. But I was 28, had good money in the bank and wanted to see more of the world.  I had been splitting my time between Mexico, San Diego and Buenos Aires when I got a call from K2 asking me to rejoin them in San Francisco.  I agreed, packed up the Subaru and drove from Mexico to San Francisco. I started work the following day as a team member – proving myself once again from the bottom up. I made sure I was first in and last out, pounding the phones.  The hard work paid off and I ended up top sales person in 2008 and 2009  in the U.S. Today I run the K2 San Francisco office.
 
I believe a blend of hard work, being good and being lucky, but also loving what you do is what makes a good sales person.  K2 gave me many things, but the hard work ethic needs to be in you already. I truly do believe anyone that joins K2 can go as far as they want. There are numerous stories within K2 that can support this. Everyone here has the opportunity to push as hard as they can to get as high as they want. The only glass ceiling at K2 is of one’s own making.
 
K2 has taken my career  to the 4 corners of the world. I’ve met some great people and learned about different cultures along the way, but it’s not over yet. I can’t wait to see where we end up next- it better not be Earlsfield!
 

Case Study 3

Alex’s Dream Journey

I came to K2 based upon it’s reputation. I previously ran another agency, helped it expand into Europe and streamline into ERP but ultimately found I was not being mentally pushed nor educated in a direction I wished my career to follow. In fact the guy that owned it was concerned with his pension payments rather than reputation or innovation. On meeting K2 I realized that theirs was a voice I resonated with and wished to follow.
 
Roles in K2 included taking over their Vertical division, bringing the European Oracle and PeopleSoft accounts into K2, working on the East coast of the USA and finally setting up from scratch their West coast office.  To cut a long story short I went to the CEO and indicated early in my career that I wished to start my own company. Most bosses would probably fire you at that point but he instead put me on a track where I could learn the metrics and knowledge needed to start my own company. He gave me responsibility directly targeted to help facilitate my goals. The best thing K2 did was dump me in San Francisco with zero business and expect me to build a west coast office.  Now that is a learning curve. We did well and within 2 years were running a healthy book of business. It was a unique office for K2 and maybe too unique :)
 
On leaving K2 I started VonChurch and the CEO of K2 invested. We identified and quickly transitioned into the new wave technology / social sphere and took control of the social game market. We now compliment that with Console, Wireless and Interactive creation content.  VonChurch are a digital entertainment agency and although new to the market we have created waves and built a fantastic reputation.  
 
I still consider K2 as my partner company and hold shares within K2. In some ways I never left K2. I am also pretty sure without K2, it’s education and being allowed free reign to challenge myself that VonChurch would not be so advanced as it is today.