Professional. Communicative. Really personable. Understood what I was looking for and identified matching opportunities. Supported me throughout the process.

Blue Astral helped me prepare for every step of the journey, communicating with me clearly about what was required and to come. We had plenty of check ins and prep in advance of interviews, with constructive criticism to ensure I was well prepared. They also shared honest advice to me throughout the process around negotiations and other conversations.

Brilliant. My one word summary would be painless - all the long and uncomfortable conversations were handled on my behalf. I felt extremely comfortable asking any questions and had complete trust in Rachel and Adil handling any conversations or negotiations on my behalf. Overall, I was delighted and feel very fortunate to have come across Blue Astral. Special mention for Rachel who was superb throughout.

Adil takes a person-first approach. He genuinely cares about what matters to his clients. He intuitively knows what questions to ask to uncover motivations that help align the client with their long-term goals. Highly recommend Adil and his team.

I enjoyed working with Blue Astral and Adil.

I appreciated the support he gave me to reflect on a new opportunity, his carefully delivered balance between strategic and tactical career advice and his guidance through a transitory phase of my career.

I wouldn’t hesitate to work with him again.

Most of the approaches I’ve received on LinkedIn have been generic and impersonal.

Adil and the team took the time to get to know me and find an opportunity that matched my career goals. I found our conversations really helpful - they felt like coaching sessions.

Adil and Sally gave great support through the process from initial contact to post-offer.

I’m excited to start my new role soon. Thank you!

As a long term interim consultant working as a contractor in the open market for many years before settling into more permanent roles, I have worked with many recruiters. Those relationships felt entirely transactional and all about hitting revenue and placement targets for the recruiter rather than cultivating an understanding of the candidate, their needs and matching those against an organisation.

The experience of working with Blue Astral was a breath of fresh air, Adil investing his time getting to know me and making sure that I was the right fit for the role he was putting me forward for. I have no doubt he spent a similar amount of time understanding the recruiting company’s requirements in a similar way.

My experience of working with Blue Astral was an entirely positive one – actions were always followed up in good time, Adil always made time for conversation and he negotiated me a package that I was more than happy to accept.

It was an absolute pleasure interacting with you and the Blue Astral team - thank you for all your hard work landing me in a role that I love!

Adil and the team at Blue Astral have a deep knowledge of the consulting sector and they have very close relationships with a number of leading consulting firms. What truly stood out in the overall experience dealing with Adil was the personal and detailed feedback throughout the process.

From the very first call where we discussed my background and profile as well as my ambitions to the many calls from interview preparation to career guidance, Adil has been one the best recruiters I've worked with.

I would highly recommend Adil and Blue Astral to candidates as well as hiring managers for their genuinely caring and personalised service and I look forward to continuing my engagement with them over the coming years.

Blue Astral has a truly differentiated approach adding value to both candidate and client. I never once felt like I was on the recruitment 'wheel of fortune' - the advice and opportunities from Blue Astral were tailored to me, my experience and what I was aspiring to achieve in the next step of my career. I received invaluable support and guidance throughout interview processes which instilled a degree of confidence that enabled me to perform to the best of my ability. In my experience, this focus on the candidate is unique and results in delivering motivated talent, 100% suited to the roles that they are applying for.

I have known Adil and Blue Astral for more than two years and they placed me into a high-profile transformation lead role for a top-tier UK retailer.

Adil’s willingness to deeply get to know the person behind the CV stood out as a differentiator from the transactional approach of many other recruitment agencies I have worked with in the past.

Blue Astral invests time to learn not only about a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses, but also about their motivations and aspirations, and use these learnings to identify the roles that best match their aspirational career paths.

Worth mentioning that Blue Astral supported me throughout the interview process and client engagement, and Sally never misses a beat with the admin process.

I highly recommend Blue Astral and look forward to continuing to work with them on my next career move.

The experience with Blue Astral was very positive, the relationship established with Adil made the difference compared to other experiences because I got confirmation that there was a real interest in getting to know me as a professional and understanding what I needed. I was always shown great helpfulness and support, especially in the negotiation stages with the company. I would definitely recommend them.

I wanted to share my deep gratitude for all your consistent support, advice and words of wisdom over the past few weeks. It has been a genuine pleasure collaborating with you and I feel I've learnt a huge amount from both our conversations, as well as the Blue Astral resources that you've kindly shared. I really hope that in the future, our paths cross again and that we get another chance to collaborate together. Lastly, should you ever have any questions or challenges relating to the world of Design Thinking, please don't hesitate to get in touch! I would be absolutely delighted to help out wherever you felt it could be of most value.