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Before I helped people get hired, I helped them get famous.

I cast 250+ episodes of reality TV for:

Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max.

Now I help overlooked tech talent get hired.
And help hiring leaders build teams they’d fight to keep.

I run a staffing firm that focuses on ERP and enterprise IT.

But my content?

It’s about giving you the playbook no one’s handed you:

✅ Job Search Strategy
↳To get hired faster, without burning out

✅ Career Frameworks
↳To find roles that fit you, not just pay you

✅ Hiring Insights
↳To build teams that scale with purpose

✅ Dad-Level Real Talk
↳ To explain ‘the cloud’ isn’t where planes live

If you’ve ever felt stuck, ghosted or burnt out,
or if you’re just ready for better…

➕ Follow for tools to make your next move your best one.
🔔 Click the bell so my toddler doesn’t get mad.

Jonathan  Whipple

Marc Burgess

4mation Partners

We deal with the robots, you deal with us!

I am assisting 4mation partners from the top down and bottom up, to #winthewarontalent.

As a contingent staffing business within the technology area, my aim is to focus on working with our partners to bring their conversion ratios across all hiring processes of technology contractors, to at least 3:1.

CV sent > Interview.
Interview > Placement.

This is the true measure of success and failure within this industry.

Managing Partner

Dialectica

Supporting Dialectica's customers with advisory services.

https://dialecticanet.com/

Consultant

VAT Recovery

Sales & Marketing

K2 Partnering Solutions

Sales highs whilst at K2:

- Total Net Fee Income (NFI) $23.7m, as of July ‘22.
- Total revenue in excess of £66m GBP.
- Headcount high of 147 contractors, as of Nov ‘21.
- Headcount high of my account team at my customer, 198, as of Dec '22.
- 613x contract sales placements / 78x permanent sales placements.
- Average new deal margin of 20.28%.
- Average daily client bill rate of £676 GBP per day.

5x Incentive trip winner (Cape Town, Da Nang, Mykonos, Roatán, Dubrovnik).

Business Development Director

Since the 1st placement in 2017, I have grown from scratch K2 EMEA's largest customer through our staffing services, with the following numbers:-

January 2017: 29 contractors
*82 contract placements, €976k personal NFI
January 2018: 41 contractors
*110 contract placements, €1.34m personal NFI
January 2019: 58 contractors
*98 contract placements, €1.56m personal NFI
January 2020: 75 contractors
*123 contract placements, €1.46m personal NFI
January 2021: 84 contractors
*119 contractor placements, €2.56m personal NFI
January 2022: 198 contractors. 

I passed the reigns of this customer to my colleagues in January 2022 in order to focus on a new strategic position within the K2 EMEA team, as above.

Regional Account Executive

Senior Account Executive

Principle Sales Consultant

Learnt best practices from K2's global and forward thinking academy.

Trainee Recruitment Associate

British Army

4 years as a fully trained infantryman, as part of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment, affectionately known as the Steelbacks.

-Combat Infantryman Course.
-Cambrian Patrol Gold Medalist

*Part of a Gold medal winning team on Cambrian Patrol 2010. 
Arguably the hardest patrol competition in the world, Cambrian Patrol is a 60km reconnaissance patrol over the Black Mountains and Sennybridge Training Area in Wales.
The Patrol is conducted over a period of 48 hours with no sleep, across demanding terrain, during rough weather and carrying 50kg upwards, whilst completing a series of tactical missions and tasks along the way. 
I was tasked as the 'point' man for the patrol, reacting to pressure situations first and maintaining a pace for our Section of 8 infantrymen to arrive at task as quickly, efficiently and as orderly as possible. 
My ability to lead from the front with determination, fitness, humour and sheer-willpower was just one of the reasons our Reserve Section got awarded the Gold medal standard. 

Stands include:
-First Aid and casualty evacuation under fire (CASEVAC).
-Navigating a minefield.
-Dealing with improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
-Intelligence gathering and observation.
-Reacting to and handling Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats.
-Crossing 75+ metres of open water (cold) tactically with all equipment.
-Close target reconnaissance (CTR).
-Defensive shooting whilst under attack.

Two year placement with East Midlands Officer Training Corps.
-Military Leadership and Development Program Module 3.
-Exercise 'Airborne Student' an insight into the TA Pre-Parachute Selection Course, culminating in partaking in P-Company Test Week (All Arms), passed.

Infantry Soldier - Reservist

University of Leicester

Acted as a relations coordinator between new students and the students union

Fresher's Representative

Tech Staffing Partner #winthewarontalent

#winthewarontalent

Phone: +44 7540542540
Email: m@4mationpartners.com
Email 2: marc@caddy.cloud

I have extensive experience providing technology freelancers across the globe.

Applications
Data
Cloud

My team can help you in any of the above.
Myself, I know #SAP #Salesforce #ServiceNow and any #DataAnalytics.
An entire network focussed on the above, contact me if you need help finding these people.

I am a highly motivated and experienced former Infantry Reservist, Ultramarathon Runner and Salesman.
I have successfully completed 24x marathons, 1x 100km race (finished 7th) and I have ran for 86 miles in a time of 19 hours. 

My obsession with never giving up is what drives me to succeed, always.

Co-Founder

Since I've started shall we say 'being active' on LinkedIn (if you know, you know), I've got somewhat a larger following of recruiters from all industries and areas connected and following my page.

Charles is a great guy, great trainer and a great Podcast host.

Happy to see I'm in this list and it was a great discussion with someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about his arena.

#relationshipbuilding is more than just a buzzword
#chatgpt is a problem, as is mass outreach, for the weak
#salescall openers that actually work, not lazy #businessdevelopment
#process is key

and at the end of the day, Information is your currency to win in this game.

#winthewarontalent 4mation Partners

#winthewarontalent Powered by people. Built to win.

Coaching Recruiters to get 1% better every day! 👨🏽‍💻Helping Recruitment Businesses With Bespoke BD Training 🚀 Host of the 1% Better Recruitment Podcast 🎙Girl Dad 🩷

2025 Wrapped. Here are the top 10 episodes from the 1% Better Recruitment Podcast this year! 🎙️




Stealing the #1 position with only a couple extra downloads is JAY GURNEY from PROJECTUS, sharing the habits that make a top biller and how to master BD in recruitment. 

#2 Emily White from SourceWhale on how to master cold outreach, cold calling, and building a personal brand.

#3 Marc Burgess from 4mation Partners talking through process and how you can't automate your way to a million-pound desk. 

#4 Reece Warren from Nameless Ventures talking all about BD process and the power of client referrals. (JUST DO IT 😉)

#5 with Elaine Tyler from Venatrix talking all about what it takes to be a great recruiter and a great founder. 

#6 with Jack Salmon sharing high-performance hacks that work for recruiters, along with many other tips around mindset, purpose, and performance. 

#7 with Frazer Graham from Nautic talking all about 'Polite persistence' and how to master long-term relationships in recruitment. 

#8 with Amy Hambleton from RedLaw Recruitment sharing her story about how she went from a lawyer to recruiting lawyers, billing 7-figures, running a business, and having kids! 

 #9 with Will Pringle from Bigblue on how he consistently bills over £500k per year as the MD at only 26yo. Sharing his habits, mindset, and tips to manage everything whilst being a top biller. 

#10 with Brandon White Volta Search talking all about how recruiters want to be million-pound billers but not the million-pound sacrifices. Along with where R2R is and tons of tips for new recruiters. 



Thank you to everyone who has watched/listened/downloaded the podcast this year. And thank you to everyone who has come on the show; without them, it wouldn't be what it is today. 🙏🏽 


Just a year and a few months old, we grew the podcast by over 680% this year and are in the top 10% of video podcasts on Spotify. 


I've made it my mission to help elevate the recruitment industry through the podcast, whilst having loads of fun along the way. Here's to us all getting 1% better every week. 👏🏽

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