Communications & Technology Recruitment Update. Issue 10, October 2007
Welcome to the latest update from Allan|Carter where we briefly review some of the trends in communications technology recruitment and share some news with you.
If you are a client looking for a recruitment partner who understands the communications technology marketplace, or you are a candidate looking to discuss your career options, we would be delighted to hear from you.
In this issue :
> Allan|Carterforms alliance with Thomas International to offer Psychometric Profiling & Mental Agility Testing
> Allan|Carterintroduces on-line technical testing tools to improve speed & accuracy of technical vetting process
> Widening the candidate pool. What do you do when you run out of the right talent in your home market?
> Recruitment Trends
> Selected current search assignments
> Allan|Carter: Company News
Allan|Carter forms alliance with Thomas International to offer Psychometric Profiling & Mental Agility Testing
Thomas' behavioural, aptitude and ability tests analyse people's behavioural style at work, identify their strengths and limitations and help measure their mental agility.
For the full article, please click here
Allan|Carter introduces on-line technical testing tools to improve speed & accuracy of technical vetting process
Recruiting specialist technical staff offers many challenges. Our role as your recruitment partner is to minimise your management effort in the process, particularly during the screening stages of the process. Whilst we as a specialist recruitment company, are familiar with many technologies, our area of expertise is around identifying and selecting the best candidates rather than technically testing hands-on knowledge.
To improve the speed & accuracy of the selection process, Allan|Carter has invested in automated testing technology allowing candidates to perform technical tests on-line. We then provide our clients with a detailed report on the candidate's performance, highlighting areas where they have excelled or performed less well. Selection is rarely an exact science; As well as further improving the success rate of interview-to-hire, these techniques provide a useful aid for the hiring manager when ‘drilling-down' on a candidate's technical knowledge in the face-to-face interview session.
Recruitment Trends
In the last few months, we've witnessed significant increased in recruitment activity. Senior sales and pre-sales positions are once again a high priority for many clients with EU and North American-based companies once again appearing to invest for the long-term. We're often asked what we see as the ‘hot' areas for growth. Today, we suggest: IPTV, Wireless Access, Customer-focused business management & Managed Services.
Selected Search Assignments
We are currently working with a range of early-stage and established companies including service providers, networking vendors, software companies and systems integrators. To sample a more complete list of current assignments, please click here.
| ROLE | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| Sales Director, EMEA | This wireless networking vendor is ranked number one in its sector. Pre-IPO, they are poised for the next stage in their growth in order to trigger flotation. | EMEA-wide |
| New Business, Sales Manager | Our client is a leading managed services specialist, operating their client's enterprise and Internet applications. | UK |
| Pre-Sales Consultant | Our client is a market leading infrastructure management software company. | UK |
| Senior Network Engineers | We are working with the industry's leading vendors & service providers. We have significant experience sourcing skilled IP & transmission engineers from across Europe to work in the Netherlands or the UK | Netherlands & UK |
| Senior/Managing Consultants | Our client is a privately owned software vendor, with significant European presence, who concentrates on solving large-scale or complex computing problems. This opportunity is ideal for the technically-gifted who may feel frustrated or sidelined in their current career paths. | UK, Germany, Turkish-speakers |
Allan|Carter News
New team member: Louize Clarke. Louize has more than 10 years' experience working within or providing to the sector.
Louize brings not only recruitment experience from the last 5 years spent working with IT Services and communication software vendors but can also provide significant added-value based upon her sales experience within the technology sector. Early in her career Louize was Sales Manager for a division of Ericsson consultancy services, working with both mobile and fixed operators. She also held the position of Product Marketing Manager for an early-stage technology company.
Louize has successfully identified high-calibre individuals for the following roles: EMEA V.P. Sales, Account Managers, Country Managers, Head of Channels, Alliances Business Development, Head of Pre-sales, Pre-sales and Post-sales.
We have moved! We are delighted to announce that we have made a long-term investment in our new offices, based centrally in the UK's Thames Valley. Our new offices provide us with a high-quality environment for our growing team of experienced consultants and further demonstrate our long-term investment in our business.