Employers
Acorn by Synergie is within the top 1% of the UK's leading recruitment agencies.
Experience
Established in 1992, we have over 30 years continuous experience within the sector.
Geographic coverage
We have in excess of 30 branches, offices and on-site locations within the UK and are part of Synergie Group which operates in 17 countries and have 800 offices globally.
Scale
We have over 160 employees and a UK turnover in excess of £100 million.
Temporary Recruitment Solutions
We recruit up to 6,000 temporary workers into 1,200 different client companies every week.
Permanent Recruitment Solutions
We successfully recruit circa 1,800 permanent employees for clients within the private and public sector each year.
S&You Specialist Recruitment
S&You Specialist Recruitment is a sub-brand of Acorn by Synergie, a top recruitment agency in the UK, supported by the global Synergie Group.
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Established in 1992, we have over 30 years’ experience across the sectors that we operate in.
We have in excess of 30 branches, offices and on-site locations in the UK alone, and are part of Synergie Group who operate globally in 17 countries.
Here in the UK, we have over 160 employees and have a turnover in excess of 100M.
We offer a range of bespoke services tailored to your needs:
- Dual branded collateral and campaigns
- Proven candidate attraction campaigns
- Successful retention techniques
- State of the art technology
- Highly experienced implementation team
- In-house award-winning marketing team
- Quality & Compliance Department
- A collaborative partnership approach
- Recruitment with integrity guaranteed
S&You Specialist Recruitment is a division of Acorn by Synergie, a top recruitment agency in the UK, supported by the global Synergie Group.
This division focuses on high-level recruitment, including executive search, board-level positions, senior commercial roles, and specialised technology jobs in areas like AI, automation, cyber security, and data. Their goal is to match exceptional leaders and tech experts with leading companies.
For more information, visit their website at sandyou.co.uk.Harnessing tomorrow’s technology - we offer a suite of software solutions to fit your business needs. Acorn By Synergie Plus offers an MI real time reporting system, which enables you the client access to a bespoke dashboard and KPI tracker.
Understanding the talent landscape and utilising the most up-to date technology is key to our success. We have invested in market leading talent analytics tool, Horsefly. This provides us with real time worker insights, allowing us together, to recruit the talented individuals you require.
You can have complete confidence in us, as your specialist recruitment partner.
The quality of the recruitment solutions we provide are essential and that’s why we are dedicated to achieving highly reputable industry recognised Accreditations and Awards to acknowledge and represent the professional standards we meet and exceed through our services, internal process and people.
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Local. National. Global.
With more than 30+ offices and on-site locations across the UK and internationally, Acorn by Synergie employs expert consultants within specialist industries and is part of the leading global recruitment group, Synergie. We provide local recruitment support on a national level with an international reach.
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We're part of the Synergie Group operating in 17 countries worldwide.
A leader in global human resources management — placing 70,000 job seekers into work every week.
- €3B turnover
- Over 800 branches
- 5,000 employees
Our Accreditations
S&You Specialist Recruitment
S&You is Acorn by Synergie's specialist and executive recruitment division. S&You’s mission is to make workplaces the best they can be by bringing exceptional candidates and industry-leading organisations together.
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Industry insights through Technology
Understanding the talent landscape
Within the UK we utilise Horsefly, a market leading talent analytics tool, that provides real-time worker insights, we will work with you to undertake searches for multiple roles to identify where we can provide the talented professional you require.
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