Established in the UK in 1998, Penta Consulting is one of the world's leading providers of innovative ICT staffing solutions, operating in over 70 countries world-wide. Penta's success and rapid expansion have resulted from remaining true to its founding business principles of 'listening' to customers and putting their needs at the centre of its operation. This customer centric approach together with mould-breaking solutions that help clients reach their business goals and accurately matches our candidates to the right work opportunity is the bedrock of our success.

What we do

Penta Consulting is a global staffing solutions business providing innovative and flexible recruitment strategies for clients and career opportunities for candidates and contractors within the Information and Communication Technology sector. We specialise in resourcing the very best permanent and contract technical staff and through our executive search and selection division Penta Search we also supply senior executive staff.

We advise organisations on recruitment, how to optimise their workforce and provide long-term expertise on the utilisation of staff and skills. In addition, we can develop and supply technology and consultancy services to maximise the effectiveness with which our customers use external suppliers and internal resources.

What makes us different?

Penta offers a 'one stop global resource solution' and is the international recruitment player with a local touch. Over the past five years we have followed the global footprint of key clients and listened carefully to their current and emerging HR needs.

We recognise that convergence between information and communication technology is becoming more and more significant and that being able to respond with fast and innovative resource solutions is key. With experience and expertise in both IT and Telecommunications we are perfectly placed to help our clients with fast and innovative resource solutions. Our innovative approach includes our flexible Vendor Management Software, which has been developed in consultation with key clients and which can be rapidly adapted to mirror any organisation's key HR processes. Over the past few months we have further enhanced our unique web based recruitment software, which automates and streamlines the traditional hiring process, in order to drive increased efficiency and productivity, by adding in dedicated administration and housekeeping as an added value, integral part of the service.

Staffing innovation

As well as dealing with in-country compliance, legal and accountancy issues and trading in restricted currency markets a key challenge in the international marketplace is to find a way of providing people with the specific skills our clients needed to drive their overseas projects. This we do by initially taking top level skills from anywhere in the world into the different locations but at the same time we begin to identify and train the very best local people so that longer term our clients will benefit from a skilled local workforce to take their projects forward. By setting up local training in response to skill gaps and shortages we forsake short term gains for longer term partnerships which require both parties to share risk and investment.

Over the past year we have further developed this service and now have teams of in-country 'experts' in place who can not only take on complex projects but can also co-ordinate training projects for fellow countrymen. This has literally enabled us to change the lives of local people who now enjoy a good salary, excellent training and development and good prospects whilst at the same time our clients have the right people in place with the right skills at a realistic price. This unique approach provides our clients with sustainable and affordable overseas solutions.

Anticipating future client requirements and being ready to respond with the right skills and resources in the right part of the world is only possible when you operate as a true extension to your clients. Our forward thinking approach combined with our very close partnerships means that we can second guess and invest in 'capability' even before our clients need us to. This means that when our clients ask us to help them resource particular skills in particular parts of the world we are already ahead of the game those skills within our reach.

Making sure that our contractors have everything they need in place to start work is also crucial. Our experienced logistics team based in the UK offers a seamless all encompassing service, which takes care of all the different aspects of redeploying contractors around the world. The success of our in-country training programmes and the emergence of our new local 'experts' is also a key factor in our ability to attract other local people.

Our values and mission statement

Our values are important to us. We behave with integrity at all times and we are honest and straightforward in all our dealings with clients, candidates, contractors and our employees. We are committed to growing our business through embracing technology, developing strong partnerships and by placing the emphasis on providing high levels of customer satisfaction. Our mission statement is to ensure that we provide the right resources at the right time to maximise our clients' business potential. We want to be true partners and part of their success.

Key achievements

• 1998 Paul Clark and Richard Wilson launch Penta Consulting
• 1999 Achieved three year business plan and made a profit
• 2000 Diversified into telecommunications and started operating overseas
• 2001 Created an infrastructure to support global clients
• 2002 ISO 9001:2000 certification - Member of the REC
• 2003 Listed by Real Business Magazine in the Hot 100 as the fastest growing IT recruitment company in the UK
• 2004 Investors in People accreditation
• 2005 Winner of Best International Recruitment Firm and nominated for third year for Best IT Recruitment Firm
• Winner of Best Growing Business and Best International Business at the Best of Business Awards
• Finalist Computing Awards for Excellence
• Winner of the International Achievement Award in the Growing Business Awards presented by CBI/Real Business
• 2006 Finalist Best IT Recruitment Firm, Recruiter Awards for Excellence
• Winner Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For Award
• Launched Digital Video Interviewing, Joined ATSCo
• Winner - first technical staffing company to be awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise (International Trade)
• Winner of two Business Achievement Awards for Fastest Growing Company and Most Successful Company in the South
• Finalist CBI Growing Business Awards
• Winner Innovation of the Year and ICT Staffing Company of the Year in the ATSCo industry awards
• 2007 Winner Best Companies to Work For Accreditation
• Highly commended in Best IT Recruitment Firm in the Recruiter Awards for Excellence
• Winner Business Achievement Award – South of England