The journey began in 1999 with the business officially starting. By 2005, the Discovery approach gained traction when a Global FMCG drinks company adopted it to recruit 150 salespeople. This marked a significant milestone in scaling recruitment capabilities. The following year in 2006, we successfully completed our first international project with placements in Siberia and Africa, further expanding its global reach.
Discovery expands its recruitment services to the USA and UK, working with a global industrial components manufacturer. During this period, the Workforce Diagnostics Programme of Talent Assessment and Business Transformation was launched, later becoming a global offering.
By 2009, the Graduate OPEN Programme was introduced, and by 2011, executive recruitment assignments were completed across Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and France.
This period also saw a major expansion in graduate recruitment, including assignments for countries such as Germany, Italy, South Korea, Japan, China, the USA, and Australia. The Managers OPEN Programme followed in 2013, broadening the company’s offerings to managerial-level candidates.
We successfully completed a major business transformation project for a global distribution business in 2016, with 150 salespeople participating in Talent Centres.
Fast forward to 2020, Discovery undertook a major Sales Transformation project for a USA-based electro-mechanical component distribution business. In 2021, our first leadership transformation project in the charity sector was completed, alongside an international engineering and finance recruitment project, spanning China, Mexico, Poland, and Spain.
In 2022, we launched Virtual Talent Labs for an organisation covering multiple regions across the USA, showcasing its ability to adapt to new virtual recruitment trends.
Discovery celebrates 25 years of helping to transform businesses through coaching, consultancy and training programmes in 2024, marking a quarter-century of achievements and growth.
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