Technology

The Technology recruitment market in Thailand was booming when we entered the space three years ago, with a team led by a manager with 10 years’ experience in IT recruitment. Our consultants are all specialists, with expert market knowledge, delivering bespoke solutions at speed. We support our clients by attracting the top talent away from technically advanced companies and utilise our extensive candidate networks with the most unique, in demand technical skillsets that are constantly updated as the tech evolves.

Today, companies are much more open to accepting candidates from outside their industry. Many banks, for example, are hiring talent from ecommerce businesses to update their legacy systems and improve automation. Our role in helping our clients make informed decisions based on data, makes them more agile and competitive and improves their reputation and employer proposition in the market.

Technology is ushering in a new era for organisations across every industry, as businesses adopt AI and embark on digital transformation journeys. We keep our finger on the pulse of new technology and the frequent evolution in the space, to ensure the businesses we work with are informed and our candidates can seize upcoming opportunities. Our unique marketing tools, covering social networks, events, job boards and referrals enable us to respond to all our clients’ needs in IT recruitment.

A great solution for hiring talent into your business quickly and effectively. Whether you’re recruiting for a handful of roles a year or a handful of roles a week, we are here to use our extensive network to find the best candidates for you.

Key features:

• We source and secure high calibre talent using innovative, customised search methods

• Dedicated resourcing of 1 or 2 recruiters in your specific disciplines

• Time to hire: 2 to 4 weeks, including search

• Shortlists within 48 hours

• Pre-agreed timeline to hire

Why you’ll love it:

• Quick and easy access to engaged and active talent

• Reduced time to hire

• Less time spent interviewing

• Less time spent reviewing resumes

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Carried out by expert researchers, our market maps provide invaluable insight into active and passive candidate communities within specific market areas and aim to help you gain a more comprehensive understanding of your market position.

Key features:

• Using both our Regional Research Center of Excellence (COE) and experienced in-country Consultants, we will objectively map niche markets

• Fully bespoke from a location, skill set and seniority perspective

• Proactive and organic for quick access and use

Why you’ll love it:

• Better awareness of the candidate pools available in your market

• Increased awareness of your employer brand to help you stand out from the crowd

• Benchmark your talent strategy against the most effective in the market

• Gives you the ability to rapidly ramp up and scale down resource

• Successfully headhunt direct competition to your business

• Arms you with the information you need to make a business case on your talent requirements

• Your experience will be interactive - we’ll empower you and engage candidates towards your brand

Perfect for senior hires or multiple roles requiring similar niche skill sets. We take full responsibility for the entire search – our approach is targeted and specific, we meet and screen all prospective candidates for cultural fit before considering an introduction.

Key features:

• Time to hire: 4-8 weeks, including search and shortlisting

• Pre-defined timelines and start date for the candidate agreed as the search is started

• Dedicated recruitment team on each specific search, to ensure a thorough search and all relevant candidates in the market are spoken to

• Weekly updates on your search

• Option to conduct market mapping and report on your brand perception in the market

• Staggered pricing solutions, in line with different hiring phases

Why you’ll love it:

• You gain preferred access to the best pools of active and passive candidates in your market

• Your experience will be interactive - we’ll empower you and engage candidates towards your brand

• Guaranteed to secure the hire

• Remain anonymous whilst you go out to market

• Easier to plan around a pre-agreed start date

• Ability to spread the cost across a number of weeks or months

A cost-effective and time-saving solution to help you treamline your hiring process while maintaining total transparency. We will conduct thorough research on your company’s brand and competitor positioning so we can align your employer brand with your hiring strategy.

Key features:

• Dedicated recruiter imbedded into your business – but also still fully connected to the Argyll Scott ecosystem ​

• Pre-defined SLA’s ​

• Full account management team and regular reviews ​

• 100% focus from the recruitment team​

• Flexible billing structure

Why you’ll love it:

• Cost-saving without quality saving​

• Combined benefits of both the search and RPO model ​

• Search firm brand ambassador and extension of your internal HR / Talent Acquisition team​

• Faster to hire because of the better understanding we have of your business

• Market knowledge and intel to help shape your hiring strategies and decisions

The challenge:

Our client, a well-known Global Fashion Retail firm, was looking to replace the incumbent APAC IT Director due to performance issues, so required a search that would be quiet and sensitive. The right-fit candidate needed to have a strong retail technology background with a good mix of eCommerce, brick and mortar store technology and vast experience handling complex, regional technical projects. The firm had already approached a few candidates discreetly, but to no avail. They mandated Argyll Scott to help, due to our strong partnership since having previously made numerous senior placements with them in various departments.

Our solution:

We conducted a thorough mapping exercise of the senior technology talent in the fashion retail market. We used our platform to deploy discreet digital adverts on LinkedIn and relevant job boards to attract more candidates. Due to the restrictions of COVID-19, we arranged VC meetings to quality every candidate. Understanding that personality and cultural fit was vital for this brand, we arranged comprehensive screenings and interview sessions prior to presenting candidates’ profiles. The hiring manager was provided with a weekly update on the search status.

The outcome:

• Of the 34 candidates shortlisted, 11 were presented and six were interviewed

• There was a short waiting time between interview stages, because of the hiring manager’s understanding that this was a vital role. As a result, they agreed to work closely with us so we could keep candidates close and keep the process running smoothly

• We had two candidates at the end stages who were both extremely qualified for the role. The client offered one of them and we negotiated a salary that worked for all parties

The challenge:

Our client, a multinational FMCG company, was setting up a new digital services centre in the region. They were struggling to find the right talent due to the niche skillsets required.

Additionally, they needed some consultative support to help them better understand how to structure their global, regional, and domestic teams, learning from best practice and their competitors in the industry.

Our solution:

We began by mapping all the FMCG hubs across six locations in APAC. Our dedicated research function built mini org-charts of these businesses, and uncovered the contact details of key candidates, which was shared with the client.

Two of our more experienced head-hunters qualified the candidates to uncover those who fit the specific requirements around experience, geography managed, and tenure. This included meeting, interviewing, and qualifying the right skills.

The outcome:

• Multiple appointments were made across Cyber Security, Data Science & Analytics, Product Engineering, Project, and Programme Management

• In addition, the hiring manager was so satisfied with the outcome that we delivered another successful map across physical security

The challenge:

Our client, a global life and health reinsurance company, have an innovation arm in the US. They were trying to launch it in APAC, however without much success since the Head of APAC sat in Silicon Valley and was not physically here on the ground in Asia. They had tried to recruit the role themselves for over a year when they approached Argyll Scott for our expertise. They were adamant that they would not retain this role as they believed they had covered the market extensively.

Our solution:

We began by engaging our dedicated research team who were able to map the market of innovation heads and their teams across APAC in Banking and Insurance. The shortlist involved eight candidates from four countries that they had not seen before.

The outcome:

• The role was filled with a candidate in mainland China from a healthcare research business. This candidate was not their first choice and was considered following a previous offer being turned down on the role

• The retained search and mapping process allowed us to always ensure there were at least two people in the process and a backup in case their first choice rejected the offer

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