A shortlist of twelve CVs feels reassuring. It rarely produces a better tech hire.
We work to a deliberate 2:1 CV-to-interview ratio, backed by a BSI ISO 9001 assessment process running since 1999. The answer to a full inbox isn't more CVs. It's fewer, better ones.
Salary opens the conversation in 2026. It rarely closes it.
Pay has stabilised, so offers now stall on hybrid clarity, visible progression and how current engineers talk about the work. The signal underneath all three is trust.
Any recruiter can run a keyword search. What they can't replicate is knowing which candidates have quietly outperformed their job titles for a decade.
Our team averages 19 years in tech recruitment. That pattern recognition is earned, not bought.
A stack of 30 CVs for one technical vacancy isn't thorough sourcing. It usually means the filtering got passed to your team.
Our BSI-audited process delivers a 2:1 CV-to-interview ratio. Every two CVs we send for a perm role lands a formal interview.
B Corp certification is not a badge you buy. It is a verified score across governance, workers, community, environment, and customers, met by fewer than 10,000 companies worldwide. We earned ours in summer 2026.
Most recruitment fees reward the agency the moment a contract is signed. The client carries the retention risk alone.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
63% of UK candidates say they've been ghosted after an interview. From January 2026, Ontario makes it illegal, employers must give an outcome within 45 days. Should the UK follow, or fix this without a law?
By the time you review a shortlist for diversity, the filtering has already happened. It happened in the advert.
Gendered phrasing and needlessly narrow credentials quietly tell qualified candidates the role isn't for them, long before anyone clicks apply.
Salary has stabilised across UK tech roles since 2023. Flexibility and culture haven't.
Your top candidates hold multiple offers. Pay parity is the baseline now, not the tiebreaker. If your last shortlist stalled at offer stage, the market is telling you something.
Most recruitment fees reward the agency the moment a contract is signed. The client carries the risk alone for 12 months.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
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