What We Do

North Star Consulting is an agile boutique professional services firm, offering Recruitment, Talent Acquisition and Sales Advisory services to businesses and organisations in the UK.

Our Principle is Kenny McAllister. Kenny has served on the main boards of publicly quoted and privately-owned firms in the talent and recruiting sector, software vendors, SaaS-driven firms, ICT service companies and ICT Resellers. 

Some highlights -

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

North Star offers a different recruitment, talent acquisition and hiring experience to the usual commission-driven IT recruitment businesses.

North Star has not had a permanent hire 'fail' or 'drop out' since 2003. This is a record we are very proud of. Our introductions stick because we do the job properly. 

We are not a CV factory. Our offering is a value-added, end-to-end and road-mapped recruitment process. We only accept mandates we can be highly confident of delivering on.

We interview and assess all candidates thoroughly, using our proprietary Candidate Packaging methodology. We know  how to engage with highly-skilled and sought-after candidates

Sales and Busines Development hires are assessed using our proprietary Sales Talent Engagement Framework (STEF).

Sale Advisory - improving sales performance

Kenny leads our Sales Advisory work. He is a highly-experienced Professional Services sales director. He is passionate about sales best practice and giving sales teams the knowledge, know-how, know-who and tools to attain and maintain peak performance, even in 'down' markets.

North Star's core market is working with SMEs, Early-stage firms, Start-ups and medium size businesses. 

We work directly with owners, founders, investors and sales leaders and managers, with all levels of sales experience. 

Our work is project-based. We consult with you, conduct detailed discovery and scoping sessions. 

North Star produce a bespoke road-mapped solution, with real-life actionable sales activities to fit your people, your clients and your wider business goals 

If you have a sales challenge in your business, you'll find Kenny warm and friendly, very much in listening mode and committed to delivering the best outcomes if you choose to work with North Star.