For candidates →Founder
Dr. David Allison
Founder & CEO
Topics: structural causes of graduate underemployment, social-enterprise economics in HR-tech, the AI-on-both-sides problem, the future of the apprenticeship levy.
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Press & media.
If you’re writing about UK early careers, the impact of AI on hiring, predictive validity, the apprenticeship levy, or the structural causes of graduate unemployment — we have data, named spokespeople, and an opinion. We aim to reply within one working day.
Press contact
Direct line to the communications team.
press@thetalentpeople.co.uk
For media enquiries, interview requests, comment, data requests and review copies of research.
+44 (0)20 XXXX XXXX
Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm UK. Out-of-hours number on request for breaking-news cycles.
Working on a same-day deadline? Put “same-day” in the subject — it goes to the top of the queue.
We can usually offer named comment, embargoed data, or a spokesperson on the record within a working day. We try to make life easy for journalists; we’d rather you came back to us next time.
Why us, for this story
A useful source, not a soundbite.
We’re a registered social enterprise that’s been collecting two-sided data on UK early-careers hiring since 2014. The dataset is large, the methodology is published, and the spokespeople have served on UK government advisory groups, written for the Times Higher and the FT, and chaired sessions at the ISE annual conference.
If your story needs an actual number with provenance — not a vendor’s self-reported survey of its own customers — we’re a useful place to start.
Dataset
2.4M
Real applications behind any benchmark we publish.
Years of data
12
Continuous since 2014, methodology unchanged since 2018.
Sectors covered
07
Disaggregated across financial services, professional services, technology, engineering, retail, public sector, utilities.
Validity panel
5BPS
Independent chartered psychologists review our methodology.
Spokespeople
Available for named comment.
Each of the four below is regularly quoted in UK trade and national press. Topics under each name are the ones they’d typically speak to on the record. Photo headshots and one-line bios are in the media kit.
Product
Priya Sharma
Chief Product Officer
Topics: HR-tech consolidation, candidate experience metrics, employer-branding effectiveness, ATS-vs-assessment platform debate, the future of CV-led screening.
Science
Dr. Ada Olatunji
Head of Assessment Science
Topics: predictive validity in selection, the 4-fifths rule and adverse impact, AI explainability in assessment, EEOC vs UK Equality Act differences in audit-readiness.
Schools
Tom Reeves
Director, Schools & Early Engagement
Topics: schools-engagement effectiveness, social mobility outcomes, opportunity-area programmes, the Gatsby benchmarks, what really drives state-school progression.
Recent coverage
Financial Times
BBC
The Times
Times Higher
HR Magazine
People Management
The Guardian
FE Week
Recent press releases
News & announcements.
Last 12 months
Whitepaper
The early talent hiring crisis — volume, AI & what to do about it.
Press release · March 2026
42-page whitepaper benchmarked on 2.4M applications
The structural look at why early careers screening is failing UK employers — and what the alternatives actually predict. Embargoed copies for press on request.
Partnership
Royal Academy of Engineers: a three-year pipeline.
Press release · January 2026
From 4 schools to 40, with measurable outcomes
The first three-year impact data from the RAE partnership. Full case study and named contacts (RAE + TTP) on request.
Methodology
Predictive validity report 2025: r = 0.42 across 110 cohorts.
Press release · November 2025
Validity benchmark + methodology, peer-reviewed
The annual predictive validity benchmark. r = 0.42 against first-year performance, 4-fifths rule satisfied across all protected characteristics.
Media kit
Logos, headshots, fact sheet — all in one zip.
If you’re running a piece, save yourself a chase: the kit below has everything needed for layout. Logos in three formats, four named-spokesperson headshots, a one-page fact sheet, and the headline numbers we’d be happy to be quoted on.
- Brand logos
SVG, PNG (transparent), and dark/light variants. Usage guide included. - Spokesperson headshots
High-resolution (2400×3000), neutral background, web and print versions. - One-page fact sheet
Founding year, headcount, headline numbers, certifications, recent milestones. - Quotable statistics
Pre-checked numbers with sources and methodology footnotes. - Pronunciation guide
For Olatunji and other names that frequently get mangled.
Endorsed & partnered with
Nesta
City & Guilds
UnLtd
Social Enterprise UK
Institute of Student Employers
Crown Commercial Service
Working on a story?
We’ll get you what you need, fast.
For any of the topics above, or anything adjacent, drop us a note. We’ll come back the same day with named comment, embargoed data or a spokesperson booking. We’d rather make journalists’ lives easy.