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Mark Ricketts

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Founder at S.H.I.F.T | Forward Deployed Talent Acquisition
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

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  • Decho Group
    Founding Head of Talent
    Decho Group
    Mar 2026 - Current (8 months)
    Contracting via S.H.I.F.T Talent. Responsible for overseeing the scaling of consulting function. Development of a scalable end to end talent process and configuring customisable ATS built in Palantir Foundry. Focus on hiring Forward Deployed Engineers.
  • Made Tech
    Talent Acquisition Partner
    Made Tech
    Dec 2025 - Mar 2026 (4 months)
    Contracting via S.H.I.F.T Talent. Responsible for hiring with the high growth Data & AI practice.
  • Shift
    Founder
    Shift
    May 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)
    S.H.I.F.T. — Strategic Hiring Initiative for Future Talent

    Talent advisor providing strategic consultation and embedded recruitment support to help organisations scale effectively. I partner closely with leaders to optimise hiring processes, identify top talent, and build long-term workforce strategies aligned with business goals.
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    Associate Director - Head of Talent Acquisition
    point Part of Accenture
    Mar 2024 - Apr 2025 (1 year 2 months)
    Managing a team of 7 within Talent Acquisition and Talent Systems. Close alignment with Resource Management to effectively hire within strict timeframes to maximise revenue. Directly working with the leadership team.
  • p
    Recruitment Lead
    point Part of Accenture
    Jun 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 10 months)
    Building out the newly created Manchester office from the ground up. Focusing on recruiting mainly within Architecture, Cyber Security, Data and AI practices for candidates with SC/DV Clearance. Recruited across sectors including Defence, National Security and Secure Government. High-level executive search for Engagement Lead and Director level roles.
  • Ministry of Justice UK
    Recruitment Manager
    Ministry of Justice UK
    May 2022 - Jun 2022 (2 months)
    Recruiting contractors for the Evolve Programme. Roles include (but not limited to): Project Managers, Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Software Developers, DevOps Engineers and Business Analysts.
  • HM Courts Tribunals Service HMCTS
    Digital Delivery Recruitment Lead
    HM Courts Tribunals Service HMCTS
    Jun 2021 - May 2022 (1 year)
    I lead the Recruitment within the Digital Technology Service (DTS) focusing on recruiting for our ongoing digital transformation. HMCTS DTS are currently a rapid scaling IT start up. The overall focus is building AGILE Squads from scratch, made up of Scrum teams consisting of BA’s, Developers, QA’s, Product Managers and AGILE Delivery Managers. Alongside this, I am responsible for recruiting key leadership positions including Software Development Managers, Architects and various ‘Head of’ roles.
  • HM Revenue Customs
    Senior Technical Recruiter
    HM Revenue Customs
    Jul 2020 - Jun 2021 (1 year)
    Helping to identify, source and attract technical and specialist roles across HM Revenue & Customs and Revenue & Customs Digital Technology Service within IT & Digital. Acting as the main point of contact for several Business Units for all technical recruitment in their areas. Involved in the end to end process of hiring technical roles across Software Engineering, DevOps, Testing and Enterprise Architecture.
  • Mark David Consulting
    Managing Director
    Mark David Consulting
    Nov 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 8 months)
  • Stott and May
    Recruitment Consultant (Technology)
    Stott and May
    Mar 2018 - Jun 2019 (1 year 4 months)
    Focused predominantly on .NET but branching out across other languages including Java and JavaScript. I have a strong network within the Software Craftsmanship community. I am also covering related roles within DevOps and CyberSec. I am able to provide glowing references from successfully completed retained assignments.

    Achievements: Hit target for the holiday incentive 5 months after joining.
  • Lynx Recruitment
    Recruitment Consultant (Software Engineering)
    Lynx Recruitment
    Jan 2018 - Mar 2018 (3 months)
    Software Engineering Specialist covering the London market.
    Left due to relocation.
  • Avanti
    Recruitment Consultant (Software Engineering)
    Avanti
    Feb 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)
    .NET Recruitment Specialist Achievements: Recorded the 3rd biggest permanent month for written business in company history only 6 months after switching to .NET. Over 150% of target for holiday incentive
  • Premier Group
    Recruitment Consultant
    Premier Group
    Aug 2016 - Feb 2017 (7 months)
    Trainee Recruitment Consultant
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  • University of the West of England
    Bachelor of Arts (BA, Economics
    University of the West of England
    Jan 2013 - Dec 2016 (4 years)
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