For Candidates
The next decade of
your career, considered.
If you are a senior professional considering your next move — or simply curious about the market — Vertex is where to begin. Submit your CV, browse our live mandates, and read what we tell every candidate we work with.
Live mandates
47
Avg. partner response
< 2 days
Min. salary band
£140k+
Confidentiality
Always
[ A ] Submit CV
Submit once, matched everywhere.
Your CV is processed by our intelligence engine, structured into our database, and cross-referenced against every active mandate within sixty seconds. A practice partner reviews each submission personally — no exceptions.
What happens next
- 01
Within sixty seconds
Your CV is parsed, structured, and cross-referenced against every active mandate.
- 02
Within two working days
A partner from the relevant practice reviews your submission personally and responds.
- 03
If there is a fit
A 30-minute introductory conversation — no commitment, no pressure, in confidence.
- 04
Always
Your CV is held confidentially. We never circulate without explicit consent on a specific mandate.
[ C ] What to expect
A different kind of conversation.
Confidentiality, always
Your CV is held confidentially. We never circulate to a client without your explicit consent on a specific mandate. We do not run blind databases.
A partner reviews — personally
Every CV submitted is read by the partner of the relevant practice. The intelligence engine surfaces; the partner decides.
An honest read
If we think a role is not for you, we will say so. If we think you are reaching too low, we will say that too. The relationship is the asset.
A long-term view
A first conversation rarely places someone immediately. The candidates we place often resurface 18 to 36 months later, when the right brief crosses our desk.
[ 05 ] Live mandates
Selected active engagements.
[ B ] Career advice
Six rules we tell every candidate.
Drawn from the conversations we have had with the 247 senior leaders we have placed since founding. Each links to a longer essay on our Insights page.
[ 06 ] In their words
The relationship is the asset.
Vertex placed our Chief Technology Officer in eleven weeks against a brief three other firms had told us was impossible. The shortlist was disciplined, every candidate was board-grade, and the post-placement integration support was the differentiator.
HLHenrik Larsson
Founder & CEO · Series C Fintech
01/06