Who Are We?

80|20 Retail are talent acquisition specialists covering the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors across the UK. To put it into plain English, this means we find, engage with and deliver high quality and experienced candidates for our clients.

Using a combination of tried and tested engagement techniques, targeted social media marketing, job board advertising and our own GDPR compliant database, we’re here to help you find the most relevant candidates for your business.

Identifying the right candidate with the relevant experience and engaging in a professional, balanced and enthusiastic manner ensures we deliver the quality of candidate you need. Choosing us means more than just gaining a recruitment resource, our team genuinely want your recruitment campaigns to be successful no matter what role you’re recruiting for.

Meet The Team

Managing Director

After a 10 year retail management career with Woolworths and Makro, Caroline joined the world of recruitment in high street fashion with Menswear Womenswear before heading up retail recruitment in house as Recruitment Director at Phones4U.

Caroline is passionate about working alongside clients in true partnership, effectively becoming an extension of their business.

“Things have changed dramatically over the years in recruitment but we’re still fundamentally a people business, that’s what drives us, that’s what we’re passionate about”.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Karen joined 80-20 in 2018 bring a wealth of commercial experience from a background in Sales and Admin.

Karen is passionate about the candidate journey and guiding applicants through the interview and selection process.

“Working at 80-20 really gives me the opportunity to have a positive impact on peoples careers”

Marketing & IT

Jamie started 80-20 in 2002 with the intention of focusing on recruiting for the growing e-learning sector but very soon changed direction to focus on retail when the dot com bubble burst.

Having stepped away from day to day recruitment, Jamie now takes care of all systems and processes as well as making sure we have a growing presence on social media.

“I started the business on a shoe string in the spare bedroom and didn’t have enough money for a printer. When it came time to print my first invoice, I took floppy disk to a local print shop!”

Economist & Philosopher

Being born in middle of the 19th Century prevents Vilfredo from being with us today. However, his 80-20 rule, The Law of The Vital Few was the inspiration for the name of our business today.

The 80-20 rule is a helpful concept for life and time management. The rule suggests that 80 percent of your rewards will come from 20 percent of your efforts.

Our success and yours lies in recruiting the vital few. If you want to hire the best, hire the best recruiters.

Our Mission

Here at 80|20, we know that hiring the right people is a fundamental step for business success. In fact, hiring success has a direct impact on the bottom line of your business.

Through our recruitment services, we’ll enable your business to drive more quality candidates into your recruitment process. Our wide range of full-service recruitment solutions offer employers the ability to reach and engage with candidates who wouldn’t previously have considered an employment opportunity, often before they come to market.

Through our candidate generation programme, we aim to fill the gaps in your current recruitment process and support your business to success.

The result? A more efficient and tailored reach and higher chances of successfully recruiting your perfect hire.

Why Choose Us?

You don’t want just any candidate, you want the perfect candidate with the relevant experience and the right attitude.

How do we achieve this? We deliver a candidate driven recruitment process that identifies and actively engages with the people you want to hire, leading each candidate through a personalised and highly engaging recruitment experience.

By constantly achieving proven real-world success, you can trust us to find the right talent for your business.