Hire Train Deploy: Custom-Trained Emerging Talent
Secure the most in-demand business change and technology skills.
What is Hire Train Deploy?
Hire Train Deploy is the model we use to build pipelines of custom-trained emerging talent who join you as job-ready junior consultants.
We take care of everything: hiring, training, onboarding, and ongoing support, so you can stay focused on delivery. Our consultants step into critical projects, bringing the specific technical skills you need to deliver impact. Because they're employed by us, you get added capability without the risks of traditional hiring.
At the end of their deployment, you have the option to bring them on permanently at no extra cost.
What is Hire Train Deploy?
Our track record
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43,000
Professionals we help start their next chapter
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11,000
Organizations utilise our talent solutions
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40
Years of delivering talent solutions to clients
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60
Countries where we deliver services
How does Hire Train Deploy work?
Our Hire Train Deploy programs help you build future skills without the cost or complexity of running training in-house.
We hire high-potential graduates and early-career talent, employing them from day one. Through bespoke bootcamps, we train them in the technical and commercial skills your roles demand. Then we deploy them into your teams as job-ready technology and business consultants.
Throughout their 12 to 24 month deployment, we provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to ensure they continue to grow and deliver impact. At the end of the program, you can convert consultants to permanent employees at no extra cost.
Key benefits
- Bridge skill gaps with custom-trained talent
- Increase capability without the risks of hiring
- Overcome headcount restrictions
- Scale teams without upfront costs
- Access to diverse, high impact talent
- Option to convert consultants to perm employees
High impact talent, ready to go
Our Hire Train Deploy programs give you access to a flexible pipeline of emerging talent without needing to manage their learning and development journeys. So you can expand and future-proof your tech teams with qualified, vetted, high-potential consultants without co-employment risks.
Tailored training
We combine a powerful blend of learning methods to ensure our consultants are ready to contribute from day one. Our bespoke bootcamps range from one week to 12 weeks and are designed specifically to deliver the accredited technical skills and commercial capabilities you need, when you need them.
Agile, empowered teams
By adding flexible resource to your teams, you’re recruiting new talent into the business, without putting pressure on your existing teams to coach or develop their skills. Meanwhile, you are freeing up more experienced employees to do higher value work.
Ongoing development
We support our consultants to grow with you throughout their assignment. Our career development framework provides coaching, mentoring and the chance to constantly upgrade and update their skills. After 12-24 months, you have the option to convert our consultants to permanent members of your team.What makes our Hire Train Deploy model different?
The size and scope of our global talent solutions business and our expertise in recruitment, assessment, and training enables us to deliver bespoke, de-risked, candidate-friendly HTD programs that deliver the accredited skills you need to recruit the right talent.
By focusing on skills-based recruitment and development, HTD promotes diversity and social mobility. We help you hire and discover untapped potential and increase access to the tech industry for candidates from under-represented or disadvantaged groups.
There are no hidden costs with HTD. Our daily consultant rate covers their recruitment, training, onboarding, development, and retention, including ongoing support and mentoring, career planning, salary increases and loyalty bonuses.
Our success stories
Hear inspiring success stories from our clients and candidates as they flourish in their new career journeys.Meet our team
Jessica Holt
Managing Director, Global
With 20+ years of experience, Jessica joined us in 2021 to establish our Consultancy function. She now leads our Global Consultancy and EMEA Outsourcing business delivering industry-leading SOW, RPO and MSP solutions.
Ben Lawrence
Vice President Sales – Consultancy NA
With over 10 years of experience, Ben leads our U.S. and Canada growth strategy for our Consultancy function, helping clients build adaptable workforces and achieve sustainable business transformation.
Tom Elliott
Global Growth Director, Consultancy
With significant experience
in consulting and software services, Tom is responsible for forging global client partnerships to support business transformation.
Ailsa Hegarty
SOW Practice Director
Ailsa has 20+ years' experience across the talent industry, more recently being dedicated to SOW and consultancy, delivering tailored talent solutions and building strong client partnerships.
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FAQ's
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What industries benefit from the Hire Train Deploy program?
Industries that benefit from the Hire Train Deploy program include technology, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, government, and insurance. These sectors often face rapid technological changes and skills shortages, making the HTD model ideal for quickly building a skilled workforce in a cost-effective fashion. By focusing on capability over experience, these industries can address skills gaps, enhance diversity, and maintain competitiveness. The model is particularly effective for roles across business change, data & analytics, software engineering & cyber security. -
Do you offer Hire Train Deploy services on a global scale?
Our extensive network of clients, candidates, and consultants enables us to hire and deliver tailored HTD solutions across various regions and industries. We understand that each market has unique challenges and opportunities, so we customize our training programs to meet local needs while maintaining consistent quality and standards worldwide. By leveraging our global expertise, we help businesses recruit diverse talent pools, ensuring they have the skilled workforce needed to thrive in an ever-changing global economy. -
How long is the training provided to consultants?
Starting with an introductory training phase followed by 4 to 12 weeks of intensive skill development, the programs emphasise both technical proficiency and essential soft skills, ensuring our consultants deliver business value from day one. -
Why engage with our HTD program?
This HTD model was born out of the frustration of working with traditional consultancies especially in regards to inflated project costs & knowledge leakage. The HTD program addresses these common challenges by recruiting & developing high quality, diverse consultants and deploying them to organizations in a flexible, cost-effective and sustainable way. Organizations also have the option to permanently employ our consultants after their assignments. This ensures that we solve both short-term & long-term organisational challenges, whilst boosting diversity of thought across your workforce.