TalentHub

What TalentHub does

TalentHub is an Irish recruitment agency founded in 2015 in Dublin by Ellie Doyle and Lorraine Moore, operating across the Republic of Ireland from a single headquarters on Baggot Street Lower, Dublin. The firm runs three integrated service lines: permanent, contract, and temporary placement across six specialist sectors (Technology, Sales, HR, Design, Marketing, and Data); research-driven executive search for C-suite and board-level appointments under the TalentHub Executive sub-brand; and executive, career, and team-building coaching under the TalentHub Coaching sub-brand, led by coaches including Tim McCarthy and Maria Curran. Lorraine Fretwell serves as Managing Director, with Morgan Cummins acting as Partner and Board Member since joining in 2017.

The underlying technology stack consists of standard CRM systems, job posting platforms, a proprietary candidate database, and digital marketing tools — there is no evidence of a custom-built platform, AI/ML capability, API exposure, or productized SaaS offering. The company's core asset is a nine-year-old database of Irish professional CVs and a 60+ year combined experience bench that enables rapid candidate-fit assessment and access to passive candidates who are not actively job-seeking. Distribution runs through direct enterprise sales for permanent placement and executive search and a self-serve job portal for candidates, supported by content marketing assets including an annual Salary Guide and an insights blog.

The business model is fee-based professional services: recruitment fees typically calculated as a percentage of placed candidate's first-year salary for permanent roles, contract/temp mark-ups, executive search retainers, and project-based coaching fees. Revenue comes from B2B enterprise clients across diverse industries including retail (Tesco), professional services (EY), aviation (Aer Lingus), entertainment (Live Nation, National Lottery Ireland), financial services (Ding), wellness (Pieta), and technology (Zai, Kara Connect, Smartbox). The company does not disclose revenue, has no parent company, no institutional investors, no acquisitions, and no international operations beyond Ireland.

Name

TalentHub

Legal name

TalentHub

Website

https://talenthub.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TalentHub is an Irish recruitment agency founded in 2015 that provides permanent, contract, executive search, and coaching services across technology, sales, HR, design, marketing, and data sectors, serving enterprise clients throughout Dublin, Galway, Cork, and Limerick.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC), IT & Software Engineering Staffing (BPACADAA), People Analytics & Workforce Planning Training (EDABAIAH)

Keywords

• Recruitment agency
• Executive search
• Permanent staffing
• Talent acquisition
• Career coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Services: Recruitment fees for placing permanent staff in client organizations. Typically charged as a percentage of the candidate's first-year salary.
2. Contracting and Temporary Staffing: Providing contract and temporary workers to organizations with flexible staffing needs.
3. Executive Search: Specialized recruitment for senior leadership positions including CEO, board directors, and executive management.
4. Coaching Services: Executive coaching, career coaching, team building coaching, and leadership development programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TalentHub is an Irish digital recruitment agency that connects companies with highly experienced, hard-to-find candidates. It offers permanent placement, contracting, and temping staff solutions across six specialist sectors (Technology, Sales, HR, Design, Marketing, and Data), supplemented by executive search and coaching services for senior leadership placements.

Product overview

TalentHub is an Irish recruitment agency founded in 2015, operating as a single integrated recruitment platform offering three interconnected service lines: Recruitment Services (permanent, contracting, and temping staff placement), Executive Search (for senior leadership and C-suite placements with market mapping and onboarding support), and Coaching Services (executive, career, and team building coaching). The company specializes in sourcing passive candidates and operates across six specialist sectors: Technology, Sales, HR, Design, Marketing, and Data. Their model combines extensive professional networks with data-driven insights to deliver bespoke hiring solutions for mid-career professionals through C-suite executives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TalentHub Coaching: Executive and career coaching services providing leadership coaching to C Suite and Director level professionals
• TalentHub Executive

Products and services

• Recruitment Services Full-service recruitment offering permanent staffing, contracting, and temping solutions for B2B clients across Technology, Sales, HR, Design, Marketing, and Data sectors in Ireland. Sourced through proactive outreach to passive and active candidates using TalentHub's 9-year-built database.
• Executive Search Research-driven executive search for C-suite, board, and senior management positions, including international market mapping, interim management, talent pipelining, and onboarding coaching, targeting enterprise clients across Ireland.
• Coaching Services Executive, career, team building, and leadership coaching delivered by experienced coaches (Tim McCarthy and Maria Curran) to C-suite and Director-level professionals, plus motivational keynotes and communication/video presentation skills training.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in time-to-hire for clients switching from multi-agency approach
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Morgan McKinley: Irish-headquartered recruitment firm offering permanent, contract, and executive search across professional services, technology, and financial services. Directly comparable in geography, service mix (including executive search), and Irish mid-to-senior level focus.
• Sigmar Recruitment: One of Ireland's largest independent recruitment agencies providing permanent, contract, and executive search across IT, finance, engineering, HR, and multilingual roles. Comparable multi-sector specialist model and Irish market footprint, with broader geographic reach.
• Cpl Resources: Ireland-based multinational recruitment and workforce solutions group operating across permanent, temporary, and executive hiring with a strong technology and life sciences vertical. Comparable in service breadth and Irish HQ, but materially larger scale and listed on Euronext Dublin.
• Reperio Human Capital: Irish technology-focused recruitment firm specializing in software engineering, data, DevOps, and product hires. Comparable in geographic focus (Ireland), candidate database approach, and tech-vertical specialization—most direct head-to-head for TalentHub's Technology and Data practices.
• Brightwater Recruitment: Irish recruitment firm providing permanent, contract, and executive search across professional services, technology, and engineering. Comparable service mix and Irish market focus, with a similar mid-market enterprise client profile.
• Prosperity Recruitment: Irish tech and commercial recruitment agency placing mid-to-senior professionals in technology, sales, marketing, and design roles. Highly comparable service-line alignment with TalentHub's six specialist sectors and Irish-only market focus.

Broad incumbents

• Hays plc: Global recruitment firm listed on the London Stock Exchange with offices across Ireland, UK, and worldwide. Operates across all of TalentHub's sectors plus many more, and competes for the same enterprise clients; materially larger scale and budget.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm operating in Ireland across finance, technology, legal, and administrative roles. Competes directly with TalentHub's executive search and contract/permanent placement, particularly in technology and marketing.
• Michael Page: Global recruitment firm with significant presence in Ireland covering permanent placement and executive search across technology, sales, marketing, HR, and design. Overlaps with all six of TalentHub's specialist sectors at the mid-to-senior level.
• Reed Talent Solutions: UK-headquartered recruitment and workforce solutions provider with Irish operations. Offers permanent, contract, RPO, and executive search across multiple sectors—comparable to TalentHub's full-service agency model but at much larger scale.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TalentHubNews
• Facebookfacebook.com/TalentHubRecruitment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/talenthub-recruitment
• Instagraminstagram.com/talenthub_ire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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