Case studies · IT & technology
IT and technology roles, filled
Two IT and technology searches, filled in 23 and 30 days. 68 candidates worked, six presented, two hired.
Data Manager
An organisation promoting responsible production practices with companies across metals and mining value chains · Data management & information governance
- Time to fill
- 23 days
- Package
- £50,000–£65,000 per annum
- Location
- Remote — full-time
The brief was governance rather than engineering: information management policies, privacy and retention compliance, data storage and disposal, quality standards and validation controls, dashboards and reporting, and coordination of external managed service providers. It also asked for someone who could train colleagues and support change across systems and processes.
Twenty-six candidates were sourced and screened, four came through internal interview and all four were presented. Three were interviewed by the client and one was hired, 23 days from brief. A fully remote brief widens the map, which is part of why the worked field converted so cleanly.
Pipeline — candidates reaching each stage
- Sourced & screened 26
- Internal interview 4
- Presented to client 4
- Client interview 3
- Hired 1
26 candidates worked, four presented, one hired. Filled in 23 days.
Four presented, three interviews, one hire. Twenty-three days on a governance brief that reads far broader than its title.
23 days from brief to filled.
2nd Line Support
A UK materials manufacturer supplying high-performance materials to aerospace, energy, scientific research and advanced manufacturing customers worldwide · IT support & infrastructure
- Time to fill
- 30 days
- Package
- £30,000-£35,000 pro rata
- Location
- Manchester — on-site, office-based, fixed-term contract
A fixed-term, fully on-site support role narrows the field before skills are discussed at all. On top of that the client wanted 1st and 2nd line experience, discipline around incident, service request and change management, accurate asset records, and hands-on involvement in CRM rollouts, Cyber Essentials deployment and new site deployments.
Forty-two candidates were sourced and screened — the largest worked field in this sector — and ten went to internal interview. Two were presented, both were interviewed by the client, and one was hired. The role was filled in 30 days despite the contract terms narrowing the market from the outset.
Pipeline — candidates reaching each stage
- Sourced & screened 42
- Internal interview 10
- Presented to client 2
- Client interview 2
- Hired 1
42 candidates worked to produce two presented — both interviewed. Filled in 30 days.
Forty-two candidates worked to present two. Both were interviewed and one was hired.
30 days from brief to filled.
How the fee works
Every role on this page was delivered on the same basis: a fixed fee, agreed before we start, with no percentage of salary attached. The straightforward search and the difficult one cost the client the same.
That is the point of the model. A percentage fee charges you more for hiring a better-paid person and rewards us for the easy search. A fixed fee puts the risk of a long search where it belongs — with us. And if we do not fill the role, you get every penny of your fee back.
Every figure here comes from our own placement records. Clients and placed candidates are not named. Full detail on the model is on our Guaranteed Hire page.
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