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AI Strategy Consultancy
The AI partner built exclusively
for recruitment agencies
We help recruitment businesses build the confidence, capability, and systems to use AI - so your consultants spend less time on process and more time placing people.
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ABOUT US
We sit between strategy and execution
- aligning leadership, capability, and governance before technology is deployed. Our clients don't just adopt AI. They build the confidence to run it.
Strategy
Fluency
Implementation
Define Direction
We map where AI can win for your business - across sourcing, client development, operations, or all three. No guesswork. No vendor-led roadmaps.
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Services
AI Readiness Audit
Governance Frameworks
Use-Case Prioritisation
Executive AI Advisory
AI Roadmapping
Build Capability
Your team moves fast. Decisions get made on calls, not in board decks. We build AI fluency into the way your people actually work - so it sticks.
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Services
Leadership Briefings
AI Skills Programmes
Master Prompting
Responsible AI Policies
Adoption & Change
Embed Execution
From automating the admin that eats consultant time, to agents that keep your pipeline moving - we build the systems, and we build the confidence to run them.
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Services
Workflow Automation
AI Agent Build
Tool & Stack Integration
Data & Cloud Alignment
Optimisation & Oversight
AI Strategy Consultancy
Tomorrow's best agencies are being built today.
AI capability compounds. Agencies embedding it now are placing faster, billing more, and running leaner every quarter. Those waiting for certainty are losing ground to the ones who didn't.
12%
Fluency separates billers
Only 12% treat AI as strategic - yet those that do bill significantly more.
73%
Governance is the bottleneck
73% of recruitment leaders cite data governance as their primary barrier to AI adoption.
58%
AI ambition is high - execution is not
58% of UK agencies are experimenting with AI - most can't measure the impact.
Not another AI Agency
We understand your CRM, your compliance obligations, your billing pressures, and your consultants. That context is what makes the difference between AI that's installed and AI that performs.
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Governance-first approach
Most AI gets deployed before anyone asks who owns the data or what happens when it goes wrong. We build the governance layer first - protecting your candidates, your clients, and your reputation.
In-depth sector knowledge
We've mapped the full recruitment operating model - from BD and sourcing through to compliance, temp ops, and client reporting. That depth means faster diagnosis and implementations that fit how your teams actually work.
Built for recruitment scale
Enterprise AI frameworks don't fit a 20-person agency. We build for the reality of your business - lean teams, fast decisions, and systems that need to perform from day one, not after a six-month rollout.
We work in your tools
AI applied across the entire recruitment operation
Business Development
Smarter prospecting, automated outreach, faster client acquisition
Temp & Contractor
Shift booking, timesheet chasing, payroll queries - without the manual overhead
Candidate Sourcing & Delvery
Boolean to AI search, CV screening, shortlist generation at speed
Client Management
Automated reporting, check-ins, and relationship tracking at scale
Onboarding & Compliance
Right-to-work, DBS, document collection - automated end to end
Internal Operations
KPI dashboards, consultant performance, GDPR - running in the background
The FishTank System
STRATEGY
Define Direction
We define priorities, governance, and aligned AI direction - creating clarity before execution begins.
AI Readiness & Maturity
Governance Frameworks
Use-Case Prioritisation
Executive AI Advisory
AI Roadmapping
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FLEUNCY
Build Capability
We develop confident, capable teams who understand how to apply AI responsibly and effectively within everyday workflows.
Leadership Briefings
AI Skills Programmes
Master Prompting
Responsible AI Policies
Adoption & Change
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IMPLEMENTATION
Embed Execution
We integrate AI into systems, workflows, and decision environments - ensuring adoption is structured, secure, and scalable.
Workflow Automation
AI Agent Build
Tool & Stack Integration
Data & Cloud Alignment
Optimisation & Oversight
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GROWTH
Compounding Advantage
Together, they compound.
AI becomes operating infrastructure - not a side project.
Capability installed. Advantage sustained.
Built for ambitious SMEs
High-Volume Temp Desk
Timesheets, compliance, shift booking - automated. Your consultants fill shifts, not spreadsheets.
Professional Services
Finance, legal, HR, accountancy. Less time on specs and CVs. More time on the relationships that win retainers.
RPO & Managed Services
Running recruitment for your clients at scale? AI that keeps SLAs tight and reporting effortless.
Tech & Digital Specialist
Boolean searches, contractor compliance, IR35 - handled. Your edge is sector knowledge, not admin.
Healthcare & Education
DBS, right-to-work, shift booking, framework compliance. AI built around the obligations that define your business.
Executive Search & Retained
Research, relationship mapping, and BD support - so your focus stays on the conversations that close.
FishTank works with growth-stage and mid-market recruitment businesses ready to move beyond experimentation. Leaders who treat AI as a competitive advantage, not a cost-saving shortcut. Agencies prepared to invest in capability that compounds.
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AI Strategy Consultancy
Recruitment sector depth. Enterprise-level insight.
Our background spans FTSE 100 leadership, enterprise AI programmes, and hands-on recruitment agency delivery.
That combination gives us rare insight into what AI looks like inside a high-performing agency - what scales, what stalls, and how to build it properly the first time.
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Insights &
Thought Leadership
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