Our Journey

From back when it all first started in 2012, here is a timeline of our greatest achievements that have led us to now!

September 2023
Searchability win award for “The Best Candidate Experience” and “Best use of Online Recruitment” at the 2023 Onrec Awards
September 2023
JobHoller rebrands as Holler™
December 2022
Chris Hopley becomes a Director after 10 years with Searchability!
August 2022
Started our sponsorship of Women’s Tranmere Rovers FC
May 2022
Our 10th Birthday!
April 2022
Our first Pilot Episode of The Holler Pod Podcast
March 2022
Martin Blythe was accredited as a Top Leader within UK Work Forces at Best Companies
February 2022
National Security & Defence team move to Manchester – NS&D becomes new LTD company
November 2021
Launched Scalability
November 2021
Cheryl Holden (HR) becomes Mental Health First Aider
October 2021
Won the Global Recruiter “Best Employer Brand” award
May 2021
Top 100 best small companies to work for in the UK by The Sunday Times Top 100 for the second year
March 2020
Launched our US and European recruitment operations
March 2020
Opened doors to Searchability’s new Chester HQ
February 2020
Named as the # best small company to work for in the UK by The Sunday Times Top 100
January 2020
Launched Searchability’s wellness programme: Feel Sound
December 2019
Gabbi Trotter joined the organising team for Ministry of Testing Manchester, The North West’s biggest test meetup
December 2019
Received a 3 star employee engagement accreditation from Best Companies
November 2019
Chris Hopley launched the Chester Cloud & DevOps MeetUp alongside Iceland Foods
September 2019
Hit the 50 employee mark at team Searchability
March 2019
Won the Onrec for “Technical Innovation”
February 2019
Launched our specialist DV and SC Cleared recruitment division
December 2018
Olly Preston named as Director of Searchability
December 2018
Launched our recruitment marketing platform HubHoller (now known as Holler IT)
November 2018
Launched our Digital Magazine Hollerings.com
November 2018
Won the MDRA for “Marketing Star of the Year”
September 2018
Launched our first Searchability Grad Scheme
June 2018
Had our first Searchability wedding
March 2018
Won the Onrec for “Best use of Mobile” and “Personality of the Year”
November 2017
Won the MDRA for “Best Tech Digital Team”
November 2017
Gabbi Trotter started Team Testing at Searchability
May 2017
Dan Butler became a Searchability Director
May 2017
Hit our first Holiday target taking the whole company away to Mallorca
May 2017
Won the Onrec for “Best Use of Mobile” and “Best Use of Online Recruitment”
November 2016
Won the MDRA for “Best Tech Digital Team”
October 2016
Olly Preston launched the Searchability IT Contracts division
September 2016
Started our sponsorship of Tranmere Rovers FC
August 2016
Launched our famous #FirstFriday’s with our Searchabrazility party
March 2016
Won the Onrec Award for “Best Use of Mobile”
February 2016
Launched JobHoller, our employer brand agency and technology
December 2015
Expanded our recruitment teams into the digital marketing sector
September 2015
Chris Hopley launched the DevOps and Cloud team
April 2014
Launched Searchability+ advertising platform
Feb 2015
Launched the Digital CV app for candidates
March 2013
Won the Onrec Award for “Best Newcomer”
December 2012
Moved to our Chester City Centre HQ
May 2012
Martin Blythe opened doors to Searchability HQ on the Wirral, UK