Oli Stockford

Co-Founder

Chorley, England, United Kingdom8 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 30% faster time-to-hire than UK average
  • Awarded Best Emerging IT & Tech Recruitment Agency 2025
  • 86% offer acceptance rate
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Skills

Core Skills

It RecruitmentTechnology Recruitment

Other Skills

RecruitmentTime ManagementMarket InsightTeam BuildingCustomer ServiceSalesLeadershipBusiness DevelopmentAccount ManagementFleet ManagementFleet OperationsSales ManagementTeam LeadershipJavaScriptFront-end Development

About

I help ambitious startups and SMEs build ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต. I know how tough hiring can feel when youโ€™re scaling: - Struggling to find candidates who can hit the ground running? - Finding the local talent pool is limited, or simply doesnโ€™t exist for the skills you need? - Spending hours reviewing CVs and sitting in interviews instead of focusing on growing the business? - Unsure which role to prioritise next, or what the real market rate is for the talent you need? Youโ€™re not alone - I hear these challenges from founders, CTOs, and leadership teams every week. What often surprises companies is ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ. Over the past 7+ years, Iโ€™ve supported businesses across the UK, US, and EMEA to hire the right people who build, launch and scale their product. From single strategic hires to complete team builds, my approach is built on deep market knowledge, a trusted international network of high-calibre candidates, and a focus on quality and pace - without cutting corners. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ โฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด% ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โœ… ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐ŸŽฏ ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฏ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ โ†’ ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„+ ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฎ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ In 2025, Stockford Recruitment was recognised as ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ง & ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†! ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ: 1๏ธโƒฃ I take time to understand your business goals, team structure, and hiring constraints (including location) 2๏ธโƒฃ I provide market insight, salary benchmarking, and clear advice on how to widen or refine the talent pool 3๏ธโƒฃ I connect you with vetted, high-calibre candidates - locally or remotely - who can make an immediate impact 4๏ธโƒฃ I manage the process end-to-end, reducing friction and ensuring the right hire sticks. If youโ€™re scaling your tech team - or planning your next career move in tech - letโ€™s connect. ๐Ÿ“ฉ DM me here on LinkedIn or reach out at oliver@stockfordrecruitment.com

Experience

8 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 11 mos
Current Experience

Stockford recruitment

Founder & Managing Director

Jun 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 11 mos ยท UK, Europe & USA

  • Founder & Managing Director at Stockford Recruitment - Building high-impact product, engineering and go-to-market teams across the UK, US and EMEA.
  • ยฃ2 Million Pound Biller - November 2024
  • Best Emerging IT & Tech Recruitment Agency 2025
IT RecruitmentTechnology RecruitmentRecruitmentTime Management

Evolution recruitment solutions

7 roles

Business Director

Promoted

Dec 2021 โ€“ May 2024 ยท 2 yrs 5 mos

  • ยฃ1 Million Pound Biller - March 2022
  • Top Permanent Biller 2022
  • Top Permanent Biller 2023
  • Permanent Consultant of the Year 2023

Business Manager

Jun 2021 โ€“ Dec 2021 ยท 6 mos

  • Permanent Consultant of the Year 2021
  • Top Permanent Biller 2021
  • MVP of the Year 2021

Principal Recruitment Consultant

Jan 2021 โ€“ Jun 2021 ยท 5 mos

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Promoted

May 2020 โ€“ Dec 2020 ยท 7 mos

  • Permanent Consultant of the Year 2020
  • Top Permanent Biller 2020
  • MVP of the Year 2020

Consistent Recruitment Consultant

Promoted

Feb 2020 โ€“ Apr 2020 ยท 2 mos

Recruitment Consultant

Sep 2019 โ€“ Jan 2020 ยท 4 mos

  • Trainee of the Year 2019

Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Jun 2019 โ€“ Aug 2019 ยท 2 mos

Enterprise rent-a-car

4 roles

Assistant Branch Manager

Nov 2018 โ€“ May 2019 ยท 6 mos

  • Running a fleet of 300+ vehicles, with customer service always at the forefront of the journey. Leading a team of average 10 employees running the largest branch in the UK bar Manchester Airport. Developing my trainee managers and leading them through their career whilst growing the branch through marketing and closing accounts. Working towards average monthly revenue of ยฃ300,000, managing a multi million pound fleet size.

Assistant Branch Manager

Feb 2018 โ€“ Nov 2018 ยท 9 mos

  • Running a fleet of 100+ vehicles, with customer service always at the forefront of the journey. Leading a team of average 6 employees running a branch within the city centre of Manchester. Developing my trainee managers and leading them through their career whilst growing the branch through marketing and closing accounts. Working towards an average monthly revenue of ยฃ100,000, managing a multi million pound fleet.

Management Assistant

Jan 2018 โ€“ Feb 2018 ยท 1 mo

Management Trainee

Apr 2017 โ€“ Jan 2018 ยท 9 mos

  • Going through a training program to become a manager. Learning all the aspects of a business, in particular Enterprise. MQi exam at the end before going for Assistant branch manager jobs.

Debenhams

2 roles

Senior Sales Advisor

Jun 2016 โ€“ Apr 2017 ยท 10 mos ยท Preston, United Kingdom

Sales Advisor

Mar 2015 โ€“ Jun 2016 ยท 1 yr 3 mos ยท Preston, United Kingdom

Education

Runshaw College

BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business

Jan 2013 โ€“ Jan 2016

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