Public sector & partnerships
Public Sector & Employment Programmes
We secure the jobs. A specialist employer-engagement and job-sourcing partner for government employment programmes and public-sector recruitment.
In one line: TalentFinder (Cameron Clarke Associates Ltd) helps delivery partners and commissioners solve the hardest part of any employment programme — securing enough suitable jobs, from a wide enough range of employers, at the volume and pace required.
The one thing delivery partners can't afford to get wrong
On programmes like the DWP Jobs Guarantee, the highest-risk deliverable isn't wraparound support — it's guaranteeing a steady, local, compliant pipeline of real vacancies, month after month. Miss the jobs and you miss the outcomes. That's our entire business: we engage thousands of UK employers every month and place candidates into roles across engineering, finance, legal, construction and general commercial sectors.
We've delivered for DWP before
DWP Kickstart Gateway (2021–2022): we were an approved Kickstart Gateway — holding the grant agreement with DWP, onboarding employers, and placing 100 young people into six-month subsidised jobs across 15 employers, with a clean grant record. The Jobs Guarantee is the same DNA.
What we deliver
Employer engagement at volume
Proactive outreach to SME and mid-market employers, powered by live "actively-hiring" intelligence and a multi-channel engine — generating vacancy supply quickly across a delivery area.
Suitable-jobs screening
Every vacancy checked against programme criteria (wage, hours, meaningful work, skills development) before it reaches a participant.
Participant-to-vacancy matching
AI-assisted matching alongside human judgement, including for young people and those with additional barriers to work.
Open, fair employer access
A transparent route for any local employer to offer a role — no closed lists — meeting open-competition expectations.
Employer account management
Sustained relationships that generate repeat vacancies and convert placements into sustained employment.
Clean data & MI
Vacancy, match and placement data fed into your management-information and reporting in the format you specify.
Who we work with
Welfare-to-work and employability prime delivery partners (as their employer-engagement and job-sourcing sub-partner), combined and mayoral authorities, local authorities, and public-sector bodies with permanent and volume recruitment needs.
How a partnership works
On grant-funded programmes we operate cleanly within your model: you hold the funder relationship, referrals and wraparound support; we are your employer-engagement and job-sourcing arm — funded from the programme's administration/sourcing budget, with no financial incentives to employers, fully compliant with scheme rules.
~10 years trading
Established recruitment business (Cameron Clarke Associates Ltd, Co. 09975494), Preston-based with national reach and North West depth.
23,000+ employers served
A live, active employer network and a purpose-built technology stack for vacancy generation and matching.
Clean DWP record
Prior Gateway delivery for DWP with no clawbacks — and active employer-compliance management built in.
Fast to mobilise
We can stand up sourcing activity at pace to hit referral and job-start timelines.
Partner with us on the Jobs Guarantee
We're the employer-engagement and job-sourcing partner that helps delivery partners secure the jobs. Let's talk before your next bid.