We understand people, business & innovation and love helping you achieve your outcomes
We specialise in software & IT recruitment and have made successful appointments for over 350 companies in Christchurch & the South Island by identifying & understanding your team culture. What type of candidate profile will best ‘add value’ and become a long-lasting, sustainable team member for you.
We understand how key staff can be so valuable to your company so are always up for finding talented people for your organisation - we love a challenge.
The key to successful IT recruitment & solid placements are two fold:
1 - ‘Cultural Add’ within your team and organisation
2 - ‘Technical skill set’ for your specific role
We have achieved great outcomes for over 350 companies in Christchurch & the South Island by identifying & understanding your team culture. What type of candidate profile will best ‘add value’ and become a long-lasting, sustainable team member for you.
We also understand that technical skills, product or process knowledge are very important. But what are the key skills within the role - the 'must haves' and the 'we can do withouts'!?
We often recommend to hire candidates with better ‘cultural add’ and train / fill-in the skill gaps.
Why?
People can improve or learn new technical skills, products & services, process & methodologies with training (especially with AI now) and the right attitude, application and aptitude.
What you can't learn (or change easily) is personality.
Fortunately we often get both cultural add and technical skill set match
How?
Through expert market knowledge and hard mahi on your behalf.
What is the IT recruitment process?
Permanent IT Recruitment?
We have a simple approach:
Understand your requirements with regards organisational history, company culture, role specifics, skill set required, recruitment / interviewing process, reason role has come to fruition, remuneration and key selling points
Agree an action plan going forward on how to work best together ie long list, short list, psychometrics (if necessary), ballpark interview dates
We go to market with our large network of IT contacts, advertising and extensive IT candidate database. We long list then interview candidates face-to-face to determine short-list to present to you
Submit pre-qualified short-list candidates for client interview
Client interviews 1st/2nd/3rd, references, offer and appointment is made
Aftercare, while candidate hands in notice and is prepared for new start date with the organisation we help you with the onboarding process. We keep in touch with the candidate & you as the client ensuring a seamless transition
Contract Technical, Software & IT Recruitment?
We have a fast & efficient approach to IT Contract Recruitment:
Understand your requirements with regards role/project specific skill set required, and length of assignment, hourly or daily rate budget
Go to our pool of available IT contractors we currently work with and if suitable & available recommend for immediate start
If not - we go to market with our large network of IT contacts, advertising (the Sunstone brand is strong in the market) and extensive IT candidate database. Interview best fit candidates face-to-face to determine short-list to present to you for immediate start & agree charge rate
Client interviews (if necessary), references, offer and placement is made
Once the assignment starts we support our IT contractors keeping in touch regularly, offering them feedback and paying them promptly
Technical, Software & IT Consulting?
We can also provide technical, software & IT consultants that can come in and spend 1-2 days per week (or when needed) in a more adhoc arrangement in which they can up skill your team on a new technology or engineering framework, or introduce a new methodology or way of working. They will provide support to your team by phone or online around development release cycles for example or periods of change to hand-hold your team to get through the scary parts and help your team succeed.
As a Professional IT Recruitment Agency we maintain public liability insurance cover of $5,000,000 (NZD).
To discuss your permanent or contract IT recruitment requirements Call Paul now on
021 532 008