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As connectors of Talent and Technology, we serve as the bridge between hiring teams and candidates. Here, we open the door to valuable insights, thoughts and experiences that can empower businesses, candidates, and the broader tech talent community.

A Series A SaaS company on the brink of scaling needed to hire a Sales and Customer Success Manager for a new pivotal leadership role. This new hire would be tasked with managing an eight-person team while refining and redefining sales processes in a high-volume B2B SaaS sales, data driven environment.
A South African tech company at the forefront of digital identity verification and fraud prevention approached us with an urgent and specialized hiring need: to find a technical expert capable of leading their MAUI projects at a higher level than anyone they currently have in their Dev teams
This high-stakes search required a flexible and strategic approach, as the company was in a state of flux with its current leadership. Over the 12-week Executive Search process, we had to account for three potential leadership scenarios...
When one of Google Cloud’s partners approached us to recruit an Africa Field Marketing Manager to join the Google Cloud team, we knew this was no ordinary recruitment challenge.
There's a lot of debate about accepting counter offers, especially on LinkedIn. Much of the negativity comes from those who lose out when candidates accept counters - recruiters miss out on placements and a lot of time they’ve invested that often goes unpaid, and potential employers lose time and candidates. It's frustrating, but it's important to see all sides.
We often underestimate the power of our daily actions, writing them off as insignificant or inadequate in the grand scheme of things. Yet a recent experience has reminded me that even the smallest positive steps we take can create profound ripples of impact.
Within Executive Search, particularly within the dynamic tech industry in South Africa, the process of identifying and engaging top-tier talent is often viewed as a standard procedure. However, the true differentiator, and arguably the most crucial factor in selecting an executive search firm, lies in the depth of their industry expertise, functional knowledge, and understanding of the market landscape.
Within tech recruitment in South Africa, your choice of agency can significantly impact your career trajectory. It's not just about finding any recruitment job; it's about finding the right fit for your values, goals and work style.
In this article, we'll explore what every tech specialist in South Africa should include on their CV and profiles to improve the types of opportunities that are finding them, as well as the opportunities that they are being shortlisted for.