Desk restructure at a bulge bracket, three names affected.
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9 niches in quiet rollout · more on request
Specialist healthcare recruitment, with memory.
Locum, permanent, behavioural health, allied health. The signals that matter (a paper, a new role, a credentialing change) live outside any CRM. Holi reads them, remembers them, and drafts the next move in your voice.
Specialisms inside Healthcare
- Consultants & SAS doctors
- Locum medical
- Behavioural health
- Allied health
- Nursing leadership
- Primary care
Vocabulary Holi knows
- GMC, NMC, HCPC, GDC, GPhC registration
- CCT, CESR, ARCP
- JCAHO, ACGME, board certification
- Locum, substantive, fixed-term
- Behavioural health, allied health
Credentialing timeline · read top-down
- Jul 04 · Journal alertConsultant lead-authored a paper in The Lancet on paediatric sepsis.
- Jul 22 · NHS Jobs feedSubstantive consultant post opened at a trust they trained at.
- Aug 11 · LinkedInPost about CESR pathway support, a flag they are exploring permanence.
- Sep 02 · GMC registerRegistration renewed. Revalidation date filed.
- Sep 18 · Colleague noteLocum shift preferences shifted to weekdays only.
“Holi is the first thing that remembers what my consultants published, not just where they trained.”
What Holi drafted
Congratulations on the Lancet piece on paediatric sepsis. It lines up with a substantive post at Alder Hey opening next month, worth a conversation.
Creative recruitment that reads the work, not just the CV.
Design, copy, brand, motion, art direction. The talent you place is judged on craft, not keywords. Holi reads the case study, watches the show reel, files the source, and drafts in a voice the creative will actually open.
Specialisms inside Creative
- Brand & identity design
- Art direction
- Copy & editorial
- Motion & 3D
- Illustration
- Creative leadership
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Brand identity, art direction, copy chief
- Case study, portfolio, show reel
- In-house creative, studio, agency-side
- Awwwards, D&AD, Cannes Lions
- Figma, Cinema 4D, After Effects
“The drafts read like a person who actually clicked the case study, because Holi did.”
What Holi drafted
Saw the SS Daley identity refresh, the type crop on the wordmark is doing a lot of work. Bramwell has a founding brand role that would let you keep pushing that.
Executive search where the memory compounds.
Long horizons, short lists, and stakeholder reads that take years to build. Holi remembers the early-stage signals (a chair change, a strategic pivot, a public POV) and lines them up against the brief you take next quarter.
Specialisms inside Executive Search
- C-suite retained
- Non-exec & chair
- PE portfolio
- Succession & transformation
- Board advisory
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Non-exec, chair, SID
- C-suite, EVP, MD
- PE-backed, growth-stage, IPO track
- Succession, transformation, turnaround
- Off-market, sole-mandate, retained
- Q1Ashwood plcCFO exitTwo long-listers stage-fit.
- Q1Meridian CapitalNew chairSponsor-side, PE-backed.
- Q2Halcyon GroupStrategic pivot3 execs shaped for it.
- Q2NorthwindIPO track filedNon-exec bench needed.
- Q3Cadence HealthTurnaround CEO outSuccession chatter, off-market.
Moves this quarter · rolling ticker
“The stakeholder note used to be a Sunday. Holi drafts the frame from the timeline, I do the taste.”
What Holi drafted
Given the CFO exit at Ashwood and R. Patel's public POV on cost-of-capital last month, worth a discreet approach before the chair moves.
Finance recruitment that tracks moves, not just CVs.
Front office, mid office, technology in finance. The signals (a bonus round, a desk restructure, a new fund close) move faster than any pipeline. Holi captures them, remembers who fits, and drafts the message you would have written if you had the hour.
Specialisms inside Finance
- Buy-side (hedge, long-only, PE)
- Sell-side (IBD, ECM, DCM)
- Equity research
- Private credit
- Trading & structuring
- Fintech leadership
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Buy-side, sell-side, prime brokerage
- Long-only, hedge, private credit, PE
- Equity research, IBD, ECM, DCM
- Compliance, KYC, MNPI
- AUM, dry powder, fundraising vintage
MD sounding out buy-side moves after Q3 print.
New fund close, PM you placed in 2023.
Long-only shop registers a UCITS sleeve.
Research analyst posts about going buy-side.
MD move confirmed, your intro.
“During bonus season Holi runs the today list. I run the calls. That's a first.”
What Holi drafted
Congrats on the SocGen mandate closing. The Nordic credit book at Kaldera is finally hiring, PM signed off yesterday, worth a coffee.
Technology recruitment that listens to the work, not the keywords.
Engineering, ML, infra, security, product. Stack lists go stale in months. Holi reads the talks, the PRs, the posts and the papers, files them against the people, and drafts outreach engineers will not eye-roll at.
Specialisms inside Technology
- Staff & principal ICs
- ML & applied research
- Platform & infra
- Security engineering
- Product & design engineering
- Founding engineers
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Staff, principal, distinguished engineer
- ML, MLOps, inference, RAG
- SRE, platform, infra, security
- Open source, conference talk, RFC
- IC track, EM track, founding engineer
- › github :: Staff IC at a hyperscaler open-sourced a query planner.
- › neurips :: Talk by a tracked candidate on inference cost.
- › public rfc :: Strong reply from an EM on Kafka retry semantics.
- › personal site :: New long-form on eBPF, first post in 8 months.
- › # every signal cited. no stack-list drafts.
“The first recruiter thing that engineers on my team don't archive on sight.”
What Holi drafted
Read your RFC reply on the Kafka retry semantics thread, sharp. There is a founding infra role at Halcyon Data where that debate is live, worth 15 minutes.
Legal search that watches the moves before the press release.
Partner-track, in-house counsel, silks and paralegals. Lateral moves, silk applications, magic-circle promotions and chambers gossip rarely reach a CRM in time. Holi files them the day they happen, and lines them up against the mandate you are quietly building.
Specialisms inside Legal
- Partners & lateral moves
- Barristers & silks
- In-house counsel & GC
- Paralegal & legal ops
- Compliance & regulatory
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Partner, salaried partner, equity
- Silk (KC/QC), pupillage, tenancy
- Magic circle, silver circle, US in London
- GC, DGC, company secretary
- PQE, chambers, set
- Q1Slaughter & MayLateral partner inM&A book reportedly 40m.
- Q14 New SquareNew silkProf. neg specialism.
- Q2Meta EMEAGC restructureTwo DGCs in play.
- Q2Kirkland US in LondonPE finance buildThree-partner team hunt.
- Q3LinklatersCorporate promotionsSalaried to equity chatter.
Moves this quarter · rolling ticker
“The chambers grapevine used to live in my head. Holi keeps the timeline, I keep the calls.”
What Holi drafted
Congratulations on the silk announcement. The commercial set at 4 New Square is quietly rebuilding after the Hogan lateral, worth a discreet drink.
GTM recruitment that reads the pipeline, not just the pitch.
Enterprise AEs, RevOps leaders, CS chiefs, sales leadership. The best candidates are moving quietly during quota-clear windows. Holi tracks the closing calls, the promotion posts and the ARR milestones, then drafts the reach-out worth their time.
Specialisms inside Sales & GTM
- Enterprise AE
- Sales leadership (VP, CRO)
- RevOps
- Customer success leadership
- Sales engineering
- Partnerships & alliances
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Quota, OTE, accelerators
- MEDDPICC, Command of the Message
- ARR, NRR, GRR, logo count
- SDR, BDR, AE, CSM
- PLG, sales-led, hybrid motion
CRO hinted at a new segment build in Q4.
AE sounding out post-quota moves.
Series C closed, portco you cover.
VP Sales posted about a hiring bar reset.
President's Club win posted, bonus in 6 weeks.
New CRO announced, your placement.
“Holi times the reach-out to the quota clear. I stopped burning windows.”
What Holi drafted
Big congrats on the Adobe close, saw the LinkedIn. Halcyon are building a UKI segment team pre-Series C, the VP wants to talk to the top three closers in London.
Life-sciences recruitment that reads the trial, not just the CV.
Clinical, regulatory, R&D, medical affairs. Careers move on trial phases, publications and regulatory decisions, not job titles. Holi watches the trial registries, the journal alerts and the FDA calendar, and remembers who worked on what.
Specialisms inside Life Sciences
- Clinical development
- Regulatory affairs
- R&D scientists
- Medical affairs
- Manufacturing & CMC
- Bioinformatics
Vocabulary Holi knows
- Phase I, II, III, pivotal
- IND, NDA, BLA, MAA
- FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA
- GLP, GMP, GCP
- Principal investigator, medical monitor
Credentialing timeline · read top-down
- Jul 08 · ClinicalTrials.govPhase II readout posted for a sponsor you cover.
- Jul 30 · Nature MedicineFirst-author paper by a longlisted scientist.
- Aug 14 · FDA calendarPDUFA date filed for 12 Nov, regulatory lead exposed.
- Sep 03 · LinkedInMedical monitor posted about wrapping trial ops.
- Sep 21 · bioRxivPreprint on RNA delivery, matches a search you ran.
“Holi knows my scientist published a Phase II readout before their own LinkedIn caught up.”
What Holi drafted
Saw the Nature Medicine paper on the CAR-T readout, congratulations. The clinical lead role at Aravive is a phase-fit and the PDUFA lines up with your notice.
Construction recruitment that follows the project, not the CV.
Chartered engineers, site leads, project directors, quantity surveyors. Careers move with project completions, planning approvals and framework awards. Holi watches the planning portals, the ICE and IStructE registers and the trade press, and remembers who ran which scheme.
Specialisms inside Construction & Engineering
- Chartered engineers (ICE, IStructE, IMechE)
- Project & programme directors
- Site & construction managers
- Quantity surveying & commercial
- MEP & building services
- Rail, highways & infrastructure
Vocabulary Holi knows
- MICE, MIStructE, CEng, IEng
- NEC3, NEC4, JCT, FIDIC
- Tier 1, tier 2 contractor
- Design-build, EPC, PFI
- RIBA stage, planning consent
- › planning portal :: £300m mixed-use cleared at a tier-1 contractor.
- › ice register :: Chartership granted for a tracked candidate.
- › new civil engineer :: Framework awarded, delivery team scaling now.
- › linkedin :: Project director posted about wrapping a scheme.
- › # every signal cited. no stack-list drafts.
“Holi flagged the framework win before the trade press ran it. I placed the PD inside a week.”
What Holi drafted
Congrats on the CEng, long overdue. Costain just took the northern package on the A303, the project director slot is being sized this week.
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