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The Dōjō
One operating home for the work.
Pipeline, delivery tracking and client visibility in one build — so progress, decisions and next actions stay visible throughout the engagement.
Velo North Dōjō™
Step into the Dōjō.
Our proprietary toolkit, built in-house — where our team works and where clients see the work take shape.
Operating view
Growth hiring programme
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Pipeline
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Delivery
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Decisions
Market evidence reviewed
Brief and scorecard agreed
Weekly decisions visible
One connected system
The work, the evidence and the decisions in one place.
Dōjō is not a standalone software subscription. It is the practical operating layer behind how Velo North delivers and shares the work.
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Employer Brand Audit
See what candidates see.
Live research across careers sites, reviews, candidate experience and generative-search visibility, scored against a clear methodology.
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Market intelligence
Make decisions with current evidence.
UK labour-market and salary intelligence by role and sector, used to shape briefs, workforce plans and realistic hiring decisions.
How clients use it
Clarity from the first brief to the final handover.
Brief
We agree the outcome, working rhythm and evidence that will matter.
Evidence
Brand, market and salary signals sharpen the plan before delivery starts.
Delivery
The agreed hiring, project or training work moves forward with clear ownership.
Visibility
Progress, decisions and practical outputs stay visible to the people who need them.
The precise view, research and outputs depend on the engagement. We agree what is useful at the outset rather than forcing every client into the same workflow.
Powered by Dōjō
Four ways to work with us. One clear operating layer.
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Fractional talent
Flexible, practitioner-led talent support for a set number of days or a defined outcome — embedded recruitment (often called RPO) inside your team, or senior hiring support alongside it.
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Retained / Project
Retained search or a clearly scoped recruitment project, with committed capacity, defined milestones and shared accountability from the start.
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Contingent search
Success-only search for the hires that matter. Full market mapping, a shortlist built for the role you actually have, and nothing to pay until someone starts.
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Training delivery
Tailored half-day and full-day recruitment training that turns better hiring principles into practical, repeatable behaviour for recruiters and hiring managers.
Start with the outcome, not the tooling.
Tell us what hiring needs to achieve. We will recommend the right model and the evidence, visibility and tools that should support it.