Our Story.
‍Your Future

We’re a recruitment business that puts people first in every interaction, every partnership, and everyplacement.

Grow Your Team

Grow Your Career

With offices in London, Düsseldorf and New York, we’ve spent over 30 years connecting ambitious people with purposeful work – because meaningful work transforms lives.

We work across finance, tech, transformation and specialist markets, partnering with organisations from start-ups to the FTSE 100. As part of the Good Together Group, we power progress for life through work, delivering recruitment that’s thoughtful, effective and delivers long-lasting success.

The Goodman Masson Journey

From our beginnings, our journey a commitment to doing recruitment differently built on trust, allyship and meaningful work.

1992/3

Established by Paul Goodman

2008

Group CEO, Guy Hayward joins Goodman Masson

2013

Opened office in Düsseldorf

2015

Ranked UK’s No.1. Workplace

2018

Launched The Experience, our employee engagement programme

2018

Opened New York office, focusing on the Technology Market

2019

Began operating across finance within Paris

2020

Founded Programme One

2020

Recruitment Agency of the Year

2021

Launched our Recruitment Solutions business

2023

UK’s Best Workplace for Wellbeing

2023

New York launch of Banking & Financial Services

2024

Recruitment and HR employer of the Year

2024

Goodman Masson joins the Good Together Group

.0+

NPS score

female-to-male ratio

new business

hire again and again

of the FTSE 100

shortlist for temp roles

500

placements annually

Inclusive

hiring in action

The Foundation of How We Work

At Goodman Masson, our culture is built on expertise, collaboration, and a shared drive to make a meaningful impact. Our specialists bring deep sector knowledge and a genuine commitment to finding the right fit, every time. This is underpinned by our company behaviours:

– work as one team to achieve shared success.

Be Together

- apply insight and intelligence to every decision.

Be Smart

- act with pace and lead the way in our markets.

Be First

– challenge convention and embrace fresh thinking.

Be Bold

These values shape the foundation of how we work and how we deliver lasting value to our clients and candidates.

Part of the Good Together Group

We’re proud to be part of the Good Together Group, a collective of people-focused recruitment businesses united by a shared belief: that work should be a force for good.

Our Commitment
to Diversity

We believe in building inclusive workplaces for our team, the talent we work with, and the businesses we support. We're proud to challenge inequality and champion equity across recruitment.

Because it’s not work life; it’s actually life.

Co-founders of Programme One

Inclusive hiring training for every consultant

Active partnerships with D&I communities

Regular internal reporting on diversity performance

Learn more about our approach to inclusion and belonging.

DE&I at Goodman Masson

Careers with Goodman Masson

We don’t just help others build great careers; we do the same for our people. With award-winning employee engagement, flexible working and clear progression, you’ll be set up to thrive. Guided by our company behaviours — Be Bold, Be First, Be Smart, and Be Together — we’ve created an environment where you can grow, contribute, and succeed as part of a team that shares your ambition.
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Discover what it’s like to work here and explore our current internal opportunities.