The signal moved.
Recruitment has grown noisier. Language models polish every CV, credentials decay before they reach the hiring manager, and the roles companies will fill next year already look different. Most agencies have answered with longer lists. Yellow & Bloom takes the opposite view: fewer mandates, deeper screening.
Three engagements.
Where we have real depth.
Marketing & Advertising
UK and EU mid-market. Performance, brand, creative ops, growth.
AI-native companies
Pre-Series A through Series C. Commercial, GTM and senior IC hires.
AI-augmented enterprise
Legal, finance, operations and people functions in established companies adopting modern tooling.
Boards & advisory
NED and advisory placements with operators who have actually shipped.
The screening, in plain terms.
Every mandate produces three candidates the firm has spoken to in person and screened against what the role actually needs. Three people worth interviewing.
Brief calibration
Ninety minutes with the hiring lead before the search starts. We push back where the brief is stale.
The fluency conversation
Twenty-five minutes per candidate. Tools in rotation, a recent workflow rebuild, how they verify output.
Written read on every candidate
One page per person. Fit, fluency, motivations, comp expectations, risks.