Who we are
The leading recruitment agency for the international study travel education industry. Our business model is to assist, education providers, including Universities, international schools, English language schools, education agents plus EdTec and the PBSA companies with their recruitment needs, including executive search, perm placements, temp hourly cover and student recruitment.
We know the benefits and vital importance to companies to have all the current available resourced candidate options open to them and understand the loss of revenue and disadvantage lost to competitors when getting this wrong. We assist institutes like yours to help with suitable introductions we think will match your marketing positioning, business progression, revenue management and target ascendancy needs.
We are here to help.
Student Recruitment
We provide marketing for direct and B2B agent student recruitment. We have a dedicated team of multilingual sales staff to promote your school’s courses. This includes school marketing and partnerships with agents and also schools abroad. On your behalf, we visit overseas expos and agent offices promoting your school. Delivering brochures, negotiating new agent partnership contracts and confirm overseas agent counsellors are selling your brochure & pricelist correctly in office and on their websites. We also work with influencers to promote your school for global awareness and have a respectable record promoting education institutions within the Chinese social media platforms.
The Team
Simeon – Managing Director of The Beehive Group – has a Business Management BA degree and over 25 years of experience in the global education industry. Living in The UK, Australia, Spain, Japan and China.
Teaching – Starting as an English teacher at I-Can Nagoya, Hess Taipei, IH Madrid, EF and then opening the Bilingual Masters Company school in Tokyo.
Student recruitment – Simeon then came home to Blighty and after working for Barclays and Morgan Stanley, decided to get into the business side of the education industry working in the marketing & sales departments – starting agent partnerships and recruiting direct students – for some of the world’s top education providers. Including International House London, ACCA Head Office London, ICS International School, Williams College, LAL Schools (in charge of the group’s schools and accommodation full portfolio for inbound sales) and Shane (Regional Manager for Asia).
Student accommodation – As well as selling the schools above’s residential and host family options. Simeon also worked in the accommodation department for EF, Greenstone and the PBSA (purpose-built student accommodation) market working for Nido Student running their sales team for their full portfolio.
Recruitment and executive search – Simeon’s main experience is in the international education industry’s recruitment and executive search arena. Working for Evocation (recruiting and managing teachers in The UK, Ireland, Saudi Arabia and Europe), Saxoncourt (recruiting for Asia), Head of East of England Engagement Team for the NTP Programme, and as Director (Head of Research) at Hays Executive before opening The Beehive Education Network. Simeon also gives consultancy advice to industry investors.
Hui-Jhen – Director for East Asia – has an MBA from Coventry University and has been primarily working in marketing across China including working as an agent for EF Taipei. She specialises in introductions to the Chinese market for large western brands. She runs the student recruitment and marketing department for China and is fluent in four languages.
Eddie – Consultant – Eddie has a Business Administration BA degree and is fluent in 3 languages. He has an excellent record with our clients and has been in the education recruitment industry for many years. Eddie supports the business’ daily running managing and overseeing the website, UK office, admin, recruiting, payroll and daily UK temp placements.
