Central to RWA’s reputation as a leading cyber security recruiter has been our work partnering with pioneering, often best-of-class private sector companies to build teams of IT, cyber and information security professionals.
Since 1987, companies such as Clearswift, McAfee, Oracle-Secerno, Gotham Digital Science and Osirium have recruited permanent cyber security specialists through Richard Wheeler Associates.
Our recruitment expertise and network of contacts means we are well placed to fill your hiring needs.
In partnering with us, you can be 100% confident you will receive ‘right fit’ applications from candidates who have been thoroughly briefed, are keen to work with you and are interested in what you are doing.
We aim for a conversion rate of an offer per 2 CVs shortlisted.
Our focus is on quality (pure and simple).
Today, cyber security is one of the UK’s fastest growing sectors, fuelled by an increase in IoT, cyber-attacks, GDPR and working from home. The demand for cyber security skills has never been higher.
We’re proud of our track record of successfully representing exceptional people - people with vision, experts in their field, many with PhD’s - who are looking to work on exciting new cyber security projects.
If you would like to explore your career options and have skills, certifications or experience in any of the following cyber security jobs, we would like to hear from you:
Information Security Officer
Penetration Tester
Ethical Hacker
Computer Forensics Investigator
Malware Analyst
Cyber Security Consultant
Risk Analyst
Cyber Security Architect
Cyber Security Analyst
Richard Wheeler Associates are by far the most professional and focused Selection consultancy I have ever dealt with. I trust RWA to find the best talent in the market place for my unique needs.
RWA helped me find and secure a rewarding role outside my previous industry and represented me far better than I could have myself.
The recruitment process is focused on speed, using metrics such as ‘time to hire’, timed technical tests and job descriptions littered with phrases including fast-paced, fast-moving, urgent requirement and deadline for applications.
As the push to diversify the IT sector picks up speed, so too has awareness of unconscious bias. Can technology-enabled ‘blind’ recruitment do a better job of identifying talent? In these more enlightened times, companies have strategies to beat a kneejerk reaction to an unfamiliar name, the “wrong” gender, or the suspect “gut feeling”.
Freedom of Movement ended on 31 December 2020. EU, EEA (Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) and Swiss citizens living in the UK before this date need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to retain the right to live and work here.
The deadline for applying is 30th June 2021. Only those who have been granted indefinite leave to remain or have Irish Citizenship are exempt.
Applicants will either be given Pre-Settled or Settled status depending on how long they’ve been living in the UK.
During the past year, interest in UK jobs from candidates based outside the EU has increased by 20%, according to a new survey by Indeed.
For the first time in seven years, UK based jobs advertised on Indeed.com are attracting a greater number of clicks from outside the EU than from EU countries.
Interest from the EU has seen only a slight increase of 1.3% since 2019. Overall, there has been a steady decline in EU interest since the 2016 Brexit referendum as EU citizens will face visa restrictions for the first time with the end of freedom of movement on December 31st.
Richard Wheeler Associates is celebrating 33 years in business! By my maths that’s nudging a third of a century. RWA’s success has always come from identifying standout people for standout tech clients - through extreme quality and forging long term partnerships.
Top flight, ambitious, individuals and businesses within Cyber Security, MedTech, CleanTech & Renewables, AI & Data Analytics, IoT, technology startups. Along the way we’ve helped build tech businesses from the ground up and are still doing so today.
What is it that motivates the top talent to choose a tech startup over a myriad of alternatives?
These are the most common reasons tech candidates give to RWA:
News headlines continue to warn us about the AI overlord and that humanity is at risk. From deep fakes, to killer robots to autonomous vehicles going rogue, a dystopian future looks inevitable.
As enterprises race to embrace all things AI, it creates many ethical concerns spanning control, privacy, cybersecurity, physical safety, discrimination and bias. The crux of all these concerns is trust. We must be able to trust that AI will behave in a way that helps us and not deliver biased, inaccurate, or unfair outcomes.
The Internet of Things is connecting more devices every day. Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US released a report which found that 25 billion objects are already connected online worldwide, gathering information using sensors and communicating with each other over the internet.
It’s clear that with freedom of movement ending in a handful of weeks, tech firms in the UK fear an immediate shortage of talent and lack of access to talent pools and technical expertise as a result. For many years the sector has benefited from accessing talent by tapping into the flexible EEA labour market and importing talent from further afield when needed.
Hiring people from the EU will not be as easy as before Brexit. There will be additional financial and administrative costs from 1st January 2021 when freedom of movement ends.
Businesses will need to sponsor EU nationals to work in the UK by applying for a sponsor licence under the government’s points-based system.
Companies are being urged to check now that they are prepared for the new immigration rules using the government’s transition tool.