Mark Goode — CEO
Recruitment should be personal. Purposeful. And genuinely life-changing. Everything I do comes back to one belief: when you put people first, everything else follows. As Managing Director of the Inspired Selections Group, I’ve built a business - and a growing group of companies - around changing how people experience work. For over a decade, I’ve had the privilege of helping optical and healthcare professionals take confident, career-defining steps by connecting them with employers who truly value them. Seeing someone move into a role that improves not just their work life, but their confidence, wellbeing, and future - that’s what drives me every day. Inspired Selections Group has been recognised as the UK’s No.1 Optical & Pharmacy Recruitment Agency for multiple consecutive years. Not because we chase numbers - but because we take the time to understand people, practices, and purpose. But my vision goes beyond recruitment. I want to improve the world for children by helping them grow up confident, resilient, and believing in themselves. That’s why I built The Bugs Group - because how children feel about themselves early on shapes the rest of their lives. I also want to improve the world for adults by changing how recruitment is done. Work takes up too much of our lives to feel impersonal, rushed, or transactional. Through Inspired Recruitment, my mission is to make recruitment personal, honest, and human - so people build careers they’re proud of, not just take another job. My passion lies in building businesses with long-term positive impact across: • Ethical, people-centric recruitment • Training & professional development • Children’s health & confidence • Fitness, wellbeing & quality of life At the heart of everything we do is one promise: Making Recruitment Personal. Helping children feel capable. Helping adults feel valued. Helping work and wellbeing feel more human. That’s the impact I want to leave behind.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in ethical recruitment and children's development industries.
Location: Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Experience: 29 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Strategy
- Program Development
- Recruitment
Career Highlights
- Built UK's No.1 Optical & Pharmacy Recruitment Agency.
- Passionate about children's health and confidence.
- Advocate for personal, ethical recruitment practices.
Work Experience
Dancebugs
Managing Director (10 yrs 10 mos)
The Bugs Group
Chairman (13 yrs 7 mos)
FootieBugs Ltd
Managing Director (15 yrs 4 mos)
Managing Director (2 yrs)
Positive Thinking Group
Chairman (16 yrs 4 mos)
YogaBugs
Chief Executive (17 yrs 3 mos)
Inspired Selections Group
Managing Director (25 yrs 3 mos)
Prime Time Recruitment
National Sales Manager (4 yrs)
