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Ep12: 30 Minutes with Niall O’Kelly & Mark Baker - The added value of having chartered accounts as leading recruiters for the finance industry
Welcome to the Recruitment Entrepreneur podcast!
In this episode, we visited Dublin to meet with our partners, Mark Baker and Niall O’Kelly, Partners at Darwin Hawkins.
Niall and Mark both started their careers as Chartered Accountants, but Niall wanted the new challenge of working within recruitment.
Niall then introduced Mark to the recruitment industry. After building their business relationship for 3 years, they decided it was time to start their own recruitment business in 2018 and joined the Recruitment Entrepreneur portfolio with Darwin Hawkins.
4 years later, Niall and Mark talk us through the added value of having chartered accounts as leading recruiters for the finance industry.
[01.05] Overview of Darwin Hawkins & What makes them different
[01:37] Mind set of moving from charted accountancy and into recruitment
[07:53] Decision to start up their own recruitment company
[09:18] Mark's thoughts on starting up Darwin Hawkins
[16:58] Darwin Hawkins going international
[22:58] Adapting strategies to the location
[25:11] Meeting James Caan and the decision to secure investment
[30:11] Access to Recruitment Entrepreneur Portfolio for ongoing support
Links:
- Mark's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbakeraca/
- Niall's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/acabig4accacima/
- Darwin Hawkins LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/darwinhawkins/
- Darwin Hawkins Website - https://www.darwinhawkins.com/
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