17 hires
5
£40k
18-month
THE STORY
TFG had no People function. Hiring across leadership, engineering, AI, consulting and marketing had no owner, no process, and no infrastructure. Someone had to figure it out. But that someone wasn't a dedicated hire - they were running day-to-day operations too.
Most companies in that position would outsource it to a handful of specialist agencies. But agencies need significant management to keep processes and standards aligned, and even then there's no guarantee the people they place will work well together as a team. They also fix today's hiring and leave you dependent on them for the next round. TFG wanted a hiring function of its own.
WHAT WE BUILT
We designed TFG's hiring process from the ground up and ran it end-to-end. We set up Workable ATS so everyone could see where each role stood. Every one of the 17 roles was sourced directly, with no agencies involved.
We took on the heavy lifting: where to look, how to source, how to structure interviews and how to keep the process moving. Every role was run to the same standard, and every candidate was assessed on how they'd work with the rest of the team, not just on their individual skills. TFG's team stayed focused on the decisions that mattered, without getting buried in logistics.
THE result
TFG made 17 hires across five very different functions without an agency, and without the chaos that usually comes with building a People function. Because every hire came through the same process and the same standard, the team was built to work across functions from the start, not stitched together afterwards, and they saved £340k in agency fees along the way. The process that built TFG's team is now TFG's competitive advantage, and it won’t need rebuilding next time.
Whenever I see a photo of our team, I’m forever grateful for having Andrew Richardson and his Foundation team helping to build such an incredible group.