West Midlands Talent Hub

Where local talent meets the companies looking to hire them.

We're building a network of brilliant Midlands people who are open to work, and connecting them with the local businesses that need them.

And we help them get ready for the moment it comes.

A connected network of people across the Midlands

I'm hiring, or hiring soon

One place to run your hiring, whether the applicants come from a job board, your own website, or someone you know.

Post a job →Your first hire is free.

I'm looking for work

Open to work in the Midlands? Join the talent pool and local employers will find you.

Why we're doing this

Great people and good local businesses shouldn't struggle to find each other.

Too many talented people across the Midlands are open to work but invisible to the businesses on their doorstep. And too many small business owners are drowning in CVs, or paying agencies fees they can barely afford, when the right person was nearby all along.

Recruit Rocket is hiring software built for small businesses. It scores every applicant so an owner isn't sifting through hundreds of CVs. The Midlands Hub adds a local talent network on top: a growing pool of people in the region who've told us they're ready to work.

Illustrations of many kinds of local work

How it works

There are two sides to this, so here is each one on its own terms.

If you're hiring

Build a strong ad and job descriptionWe take you through a structured process to build an advert and a job description that get the attention of serious, suitable people rather than everybody with a CV to hand.

Post it wherever you likeJob boards, social media, your own website, or the local Facebook group. Recruit Rocket gives you one place for everything to land, and at the same time we check the talent pool and tell you how many suitable people are already registered nearby.

Every applicant is scoredAgainst your criteria, not a generic AI template. You get a ranked shortlist instead of an inbox full of PDFs.

It handles the repliesAcknowledgements, updates, rejections and interview invitations. The parts that take an evening and that most small employers never get round to.

Being straight with you: the Midlands talent pool is new and we are building it now. The platform works from day one regardless, because it syncs with all of your listing touch points. The first 50 businesses to subscribe get their first hire free.

If you're looking for work

You register, and it takes two minutesTell us what you do and what you are looking for. It is free, and you can leave whenever you like.

Your details stay privateEmployers are told how many suitable people are nearby. They are not given your name, and they never see you until you choose to apply.

Roles come to youWhen a local employer posts something that fits, we email it to you. No trawling the job boards every evening.

And we help you get readyLift Off is our free hub of tools, videos and guides for applications and interviews. There is more on it below.

For employers

Do recruitment well and everyone wins.

Here's what we're passionate about, and here's how we've built each one into the software rather than writing it into a policy nobody reads.

Fair hiring

Good people get passed over for reasons that have nothing to do with the job. You can turn on blind shortlisting, which hides names and personal details while applications are being reviewed, and you can display fair hiring badges that tell candidates exactly where they stand before they even apply.

Consistent communication

Silence is the cruellest part of applying for a job, and it is almost always down to a busy employer running out of hours rather than out of manners.

So the platform keeps every candidate updated automatically, from the moment they apply to the moment a decision is made.

Rewarding authentic applications

We ask candidates questions that a polished template cannot answer, and our scoring is built to reward genuine engagement with the role rather than a well-turned phrase.

The person who has actually thought about the job should be the person who gets seen.

Employers choose these. Not every employer will, but the ones who do are telling candidates something true about how they hire.

Free, for anyone looking for work

Helping job-seekers find success

Being in a talent pool or on a job board gets you seen. It does not get you hired. Lift Off is three ways we help you with the bit in between, wherever you are on the journey.

3 minutes

Are you application ready?

Answer 15 quick questions to see how strong your applications really are, and what to fix before you send the next one.

Find out →

3 minutes

Are you interview ready?

Answer 15 quick questions to see how ready you are for interview, and what is left to sort before you walk in.

Find out →

Videos and guides

Everything else

Short videos on CVs, cover letters, applications and interviews. No jargon and no filler.

Visit Lift Off →

Totally free, no sign-up needed. Nothing is stored, and no employer ever sees your answers.

Ready when you are.

I'm hiring, or hiring soon

One place to run your hiring, whether the applicants come from a job board, your own website, or someone you know.

Post a job →Your first hire is free.

I'm looking for work

Open to work in the Midlands? Join the talent pool and local employers will find you.

Part of Recruit Rocket. The Midlands Hub is our regional home - same software, same team, focused on connecting local people with local employers.

See how Recruit Rocket works →