Helix Hire

Helix Hire Ltd is an international recruitment agency based in Ilford, east London, working with employers who need to reach beyond their local labour market. The company describes its purpose as unlocking international opportunities, and it operates as a portal for both job and study placements in the UK and abroad. Helix Hire is a corporate partner of the REC, the industry body for UK recruiters, and it operates as an ethical recruiter in compliance with the NHS Code of Practice on international recruitment.

The company recruits across four core sectors: digital, covering technology and IT roles; healthcare; hospitality and leisure; and construction and engineering. Alongside these, Helix Hire runs a substantial education practice, placing hundreds of teachers each year into schools across the Middle East, with contracts that typically run for two years and one-year terms available at selected schools in Kuwait and Oman. Its healthcare work follows the NHS Code of Practice red and amber country list, so candidates from countries on that list are not recruited into UK health and social care roles.

Helix Hire structures its service around a threefold method it calls Source, Settle and Sustain. Sourcing draws on a team of international recruitment specialists to build a vetted candidate pool quickly. Settling covers a full relocation package, including airport transfers, housing arrangements and settling-in assistance, which is the part most domestic agencies do not offer. Sustaining covers the period after placement, with continuous feedback and retention analysis so that employers keep the people they hire. Clients choose Helix Hire for the combination of overseas reach and post-placement support, which together reduce the risk of an international hire not staying.