about us

A bit about why we do what we do – and how to get involved!

Maru HR has been born out of a desire to help today’s HR leaders excel

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We believe that by working with people in senior HR positions we can help create the workplaces and businesses in which people want to develop and grow.

This is a good thing for everyone.

Why ‘Maru’?

Maru is a Japanese word for circle - the perfect symbol for transformation, representing the cyclical nature of change and encouraging the need for holistic thinking to be central to the process.

Hakudo Maru is also a celestial being that came to earth and taught humans how to build ships. There is great synergy between this name and Maru HQ, which is in Southampton, one of the homes of UK ship building.

why work with us?

We recruit for a wide range of clients across the UK and have offices in Southampton and Bristol where we can host events and meetings.

We are able to work at scale and our network extends cross professional talent pools in multiple sectors. We work with an agile model, committed to your business needs.

Building your team and making the right hires varies both from organisation to organisation and also for each HR leader.

We understand that creating the right chemistry and culture is paramount for any team and the importance of finding the best fit is business critical. With an agile model we are committed to your business needs and provide the end-to-end recruitment service you are seeking.

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not all heroes wear capes

a statement from Maru founder Hannah Waddington

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Post 2007, the priority for most businesses was cost, compliance and operational efficiencies which resulted in more siloes and less collaboration. This time round, I think we all agree the memo looks a bit different.

Topics such as mental health, values, culture and purpose have stopped being a ‘tick box’ and ae now business critical aspects of daily working life.

In line with this, I believe the HRD’s role is in need of a new – or increased – remit to address today’s challenges, and, at a time of rapid change as we are now in and may be in for the foreseeable future, how HR leads this transformation is significant.

Employees want more from their employers. They seek purpose, value, wellbeing, security and company culture will only permeate the entire organisation if employees live and breathe it every day.

Developing this, and many other core business areas, now sit firmly within the HR remit. From design to communication, restructuring to remuneration, technology to incentive strategies – HR is central to how we recover, which is why the CEO–HR relationship is increasingly key.

“We believe that finance was at the forefront of the last recession."
HR can lead us through this one.

This is especially important during a recession and we have created Maru HR to ensure that we not only support HR in its quest for excellence, but to help ensure the individuals within this specialist area are supported and advanced in the right way for the right reasons.

Put simply, we’re counting on your superpowers to get us through the next few years in one piece. So, while not all heroes wear capes, we know who you are and are here to help.

Hannah Waddington
November 2020

a partnership approach

Founded by expert resourcer Hannah Waddington, Maru HR is also part of one of the UK’s leading recruitment entrepreneur programmes TIMESTWO Investments, created by Mike Beesley and Keith Dawe.

Through this, and a unique partnership with online platform The HR World, Maru aims to be in a position to effect real change in the HR space both in an immediate way and for the long term.

We are also affiliate members of APSCo and the CBI.

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