Darwin Corporate Brochure - English

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Darwin RecruitmentBuilding relationships that help businesses evolve


“Darwin’s service delivery is built entirely around people;

the people that work to understand the requirement and search

for skills, the people who they put forward for roles and the

client relationships which underpin the recruitment process”


Contents

Personal Message from our CEO 1

About Darwin Recruitment 2

Insight from Gartner 3

Our Global Reach 4

Specialist Areas - Cloud Infrastructure 5

Specialist Areas - Application Development 6

Specialist Areas - Telecommunications 7

The Recruitment Process 8

Key Statistics 9

Our Clients 10

Testimonials 11

Contact Us 12


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At Darwin, we understand the challenges that our clients face as a result of the ever-changing demands that business is placing on technology. With over 13 years’ experience as a specialist provider of IT and telecommunications talent, we are a partner of choice, providing critical resource to businesses of all sizes across Europe. Our local experts are ideally placed to assist you; delivering the quality focused staffing solutions your teams need to achieve ongoing success.

When searching for the right people to help drive your business forward, the ability to leverage our wealth of experience and market knowledge will give you access to the best talent. We are proud that the candidates we find aren’t just the best people looking for a new role, but the best individuals anywhere in the market.

We take pride in surpassing your expectations and in a fast moving world, you can be confident that whatever your requirements our teams are equipped to deliver bespoke solutions for you. Through our excellent level of service, you can feel confident that you have our expertise to support your hiring initiatives. If you wish to discuss your ongoing recruitment needs, we’d welcome a conversation to help you decide on your next steps. We look forward to hearing from you.

Paul KirbyCEODarwin Recruitment

Personal message from our CEO


2About Darwin Recruitment

Founded in 2001 we are now in our 13th year recruiting professionals in the European IT and telecommunications sector.

As one of Europe’s fastest growing IT and telecommunications recruitment specialists, we offer global reaching, permanent and contract workforce solutions on a contingency basis. We have true international candidate attraction; in 2013, Darwin placed candidates from over 100 countries into more than 1000 companies across Europe. The best people, anywhere, for our customers. We’re a service driven organisation focused on helping our clients identify, engage and manage a strong, talented IT and telecommunications resource. With over 120 skilled search consultants, we believe that recruitment shouldn’t be complicated but requires reach, connections, intelligence and knowledge - a matching

process that brings together expertise in understanding people, their skills, and their chosen market.

Working across Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and UK, we provide a Pan European service supported by an infrastructure built for fast turnaround of candidate search and selection, managed services, RPO and master vendor arrangements. We give you access to talented individuals by ‘hunting’ in the passive job market. We’re one of the largest users of professional social media in the UK today and by leveraging this strategic advantage, as well as utilising our database of over 500,000 candidates, we ensure that the best person to drive your business forward is within reach.

Over the past 13 years we have developed a solid global recruitment strategy resulting in a substantial growth throughout Europe

At Darwin we dont send CV’s, we recruit.


“As the era of digital business innovation heats up, so will competition for talent. Results of our CEO and senior executive survey 2013 show that many CEOs agreed with the idea that the talent shortage, in general, is becoming a crisis. Over the next couple years, it would make sense to raise your corporate brand profile in terms of its information and technology attractiveness to skilled business professionals.”*

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*Gartner CEO & Senior Executive Survey 2013: 21 Top Companies Admired for Competitve IT. 25/03/13

Mark Raskino


Our office locations

The countries in which we recruit

Our Geographical Reach 4


5Specialist AreasCloud Solutions and Infrastructure

“Gartner’s 2014 predictions explore how the developing maturity and awareness of big data impacts analytics, resources, data centre infrastructure and consumer privacy. Enterprises must adapt to this quickly changing landscape to establish an analytical competitive advantage.

Companies deploying big data projects to production were initially, and correctly, focused on deriving business value and developing their big data strategy. As enterprises realise value from these projects, and they become more entrenched in the business, big data efforts will have to mature. Enterprises must evolve infrastructure and skills to maximise big data investment. Additionally, existing information governance policies and practices must be adapted to the new data sources that make big data valuable.”*

Darwin’s enviable access to experts in cloud computing, teamed with our consultants’ expertise in this area ensure that our clients are well equipped to lead the way. We have sourced and placed candidates in this field in many clients including the following:

• Bombardier• Dimension Data• Novartis• Datametrix We commonly recruit for the following positions within Cloud and Infrastructure: • Infrastructure Engineer• Network Architect• Systems Engineer• DevOps Engineer

*Gartner Predicts 2014: Big Data20/11/13Nick Heudecker, Mark A. Beyer, Douglas Laney, Michele Cantara, Andrew White, Roxane Edjlali, Andrew Lerner, Angela McIntyre


6Specialist AreasApplication Development

“Gartner’s 2014 application development predictions highlight a growing capabilities gap between the services and skills needed by organisations and the internal Application Development team’s ability to deliver them at the required scale.

The problem is that the pace of change in business and the IT industry is now moving much faster than the ability of most application development teams to respond and adapt. What, until now, could be described as a proactive attempt to manage change is now becoming a sluggish response that will impede change. This is apparent in our predictions that look at both the delays in agile transitions due to the lack of agile practitioners and the disparity between internal versus external mobile application development expertise.”*

Sourcing the strongest talent within the application development landscape is set to be a challenge for employers for the foreseeable future. Our clients rely on us to keep them informed of the most talented individuals in the market. Some of our most recent assignments have seen us place candidates with the following companies:

• Motain• Schibsted• Unibet We commonly recruit for the following positions within application development:

• Java Developer/Architect• ROR Developer/Architect• .Net Developer/Architect• iOS/Android Developer

*Gartner Predicts 2014: Application Development19/11/13Brian Prentice, David Mitchell Smith, Andy Kyte, Nathan Wilson, Gordon Van Huizen, Van L. Baker


7Specialist AreasTelecommunications

“CIOs working for communications service providers recognise that their priorities are to grow revenue, reduce costs, retain and attract new customers, and create new products and services (including connected digital services).

Aligning IT to business outcomes remains a challenge, exacerbated by a lack of funding for IT, inadequate IT skills, and an inability to adapt to the digital ecosystem. CIOs should:

• Recognise that “harvesting” (extracting value from existing assets) and “hunting” (driving innovation and creating new digital services) require a distinct set of business processes and skills that should be aligned with the organiational structure and IT funding.

• Hire talent that is able to inject more IT/digital practices into telecom domains and that can run the CIO office as a services and revenue enabler.”*

Driven by these enormous advances in communications technology, our clients rely on us to source telecommunications experts from across Europe.

Our longevity of service recruiting for the frontrunners in telecommunications technology, teamed with our enviable database of talent allows us to source talent quickly, efficiently and to a consistent high standard. For the last 13 years we have been placing exceptional telecommunications experts with the following companies:

• Liberty Global• Telenor• Alcatel Lucent• Huawei• KDG

We commonly recruit for the following positions within telecommunications:

• RAN Engineer• Core Engineer• 2G/3G Engineer• RF Engineer• Site Acquisition Engineers

Sourcing

Techniques

* Gartner Survey Analysis: Telecom CIOs Are Harvesting Existing Assets and Hunting for Digital Services in 201303-06-13Mentor Cana


Sourcing

Techniques

Shortlist

Pre-screening

Feedback &

Interview Management

Offer

Management

Our consultants source over 42% of all placed candidates via the closed or “passive candidate” market. They have extensive on and offline networks that span across Europe. Our in- house database contains over 500,000 multilingual candidates and is growing every day. We use multiple, fully paid online databases and advertising websites Our consultants are avid users of the social networks that are prevalent to the region in which they are recruiting.

10% of the candidates that we placed in 2013 were recommended to us by our clients and candidates. 42% of our candidates are sourced from the closed market, i.e. headhunting, our database and referrals

For every role we receive, each of our consultants will follow following processes to create a shortlist of talent for pre-screening:

At Darwin, we pride ourselves on having an in-depth knowledge of each of our clients. As a result, we are able to source the perfect candidate in terms of skills, experience and cultural fit. Our clients value this approach because they know that every candidate we present will be of the right calibre to meet their staffing requirements.

5:3 - For every 5 candidates that are presented to our clients, we arrange 3 interviews

“Darwin managed the entire search process from start to finish and provided Motain with candidates that not only matched the very high technical requirement that Motain demands but also candidates with the right cultural fit.” Motain, Jonathan Lavigne, CTO

Along with the CV, the client will also receive the following information per candidate:• Current and expected salary• Reasons for wanting to join a new business and move on from their current role• Review of their technical qualifications and previous experience

1:3For every 3 interviews that we arrange, we make one placement. This is a testament to our skills at matching the perfect candidate with their ideal employer.

“Darwin’s service delivery is entirely around people; the people that work to understand the requirement and search for skills, the people who they put forward for roles, and the client relationships which underpin the recruitment process. I have no doubt that Darwin truly understand these dynamics and the success that we have seen as a division and a group is, in no small way, attributed to Darwin and its ability to supply our key assets.” Mario, Infrastructure Director, Liberty Global

If our client chooses to proceed to interview stage, the process will be as follows: • We will liaise with both parties to agree a date, time and location for the interview • We will ensure that we brief the candidate on the objectives of the interview. Each candidate will also be fully aware of the responsibilities of the role, and the core benefits of the opportunity itself.• Interview de-briefing: We aim to de-brief with the candidate straight after interview to gain a thorough understanding of their thoughts and feedback.

Our clients will receive the following support should an interview be successful: Offer management: In most cases we will obtain the offer details from the client and gain a verbal commitment from the candidate. Reference checking: The responsibility of obtaining references may be shared between Darwin and the client. If Darwin is solely responsible we will complete this process quickly and efficiently.

3 months after start: The time between an offer being accepted and the start date for a new candidate is a time where outside influences can affect their decision. We will continue to communicate with the candidate to ensure they are happy with the process and still keen to proceed.

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Key StatisticsOur staff attrition is approximately 35% lower than that of the average staffing company. As a result, our consultants know our market, and our clients, inside out. This puts us in the perfect position to bring forth the best talent as well as perfect cultural fit for every client.

The Darwin approach ensures access to the widest possible candidate market - a powerful differentiator when compared to an industry wide recognition that candidates from job boards alone can only achieve 30% of the available market. Our solution is part of a Pan European, head hunting service that sources candidates from the closed market. In 2013, 42% of the candidates we placed were headhunted from the closed market and further 10% came direct to us via our website.

of our placements were from the closed market

of our placed candidates came

direct to us

10% of the candidates we placed in 2013 were recommended to us by our clients and candidates.

35%below average

our staff attrition

42% 10%

10% of candidates placed were recommended to us

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10Recent Client Activity

Client Name Country in which we recruit

Liberty Global Group Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland

Huawei Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway

Ebay Netherlands, Germany, Italy

Alcatel Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland

Schibsted Norway, Sweden

Telenor Norway, Sweden

Tom Tom Netherlands

Booking.com Netherlands

Fujitsu Norway

Groupon Germany

Bombardier Germany


Testimonials

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“I have worked with Darwin for one year and my contact supports me as a professional, and a flexible staffing resourcer. In our managed service GNOC operation we have high demand of telecommunications experts in various locations which sometimes cannot be staffed internally. Darwin show great passion to support my needs, provided good candidates at short notice, with great flexibility in our working relationship. They always follow up and show alternatives and creative solutions. I look forward to working with them in the future.” Alcatel, Stefan, Director GNOC Core VAS

“I have been working with Darwin Recruitment for a number of years. During this time they have consistently delivered quality service and quality candidates. Success is easily measured through the number of candidates hired, and Darwin has placed over 250 into the business as a whole. This is without question a remarkable achievement. It demonstrates their competencies to deliver service and their ability to maintain and nurture good client relationships.

Darwin’s service delivery is entirely around people; the people that work to understand the requirement and search for skills, the people who they put forward for roles, and the client relationships which underpin the recruitment process. I have no doubt that Darwin truly understand these dynamics and the success that we have seen as a division and a group is, in no small way, partly attributed to Darwin and its ability to supply our key assets.”Liberty Global, Mario, Infrastructure Director

“Motain have been working with Darwin for more than 12 months. Initially, we worked with Darwin on a contingency basis due to the very competitive environment in Berlin for technical talent. Darwin was successful in out-competing their competitors and it was because of this that Motain selected Darwin to perform a substantial Retained Search during a critical period of hiring. Darwin managed the entire search process from start to finish and provided Motain with candidates that not only matched the very high technical requirement that Motain demands but also candidates with the right cultural fit. Potential employees came to their interviews with a full understanding of the benefits of working in a start-up environment, the opportunities for

progression and the responsibilities within theirdesired roles. All positions were filled on time and in budget.

I continue to enjoy working with Darwin and so I would strongly recommend them as a recruitment partner of choice.” Motain, Jonathan, CTO


Contact Us

Darwin RecruitmentMayflower House1st Floor, 128a Billericay High StreetBillericayEssexCM12 9XE

+44 (0) 1277 637 970

[email protected]

www.darwinrecruitment.com

Darwin Recruitment B.VLevel 15B Tower, WTCStrawinskylaan 15371077 XX, AmsterdamNederland

+31 (0) 2030 50070

[email protected]

www.darwinrecruitment.nl

Darwin Recruitment AGBeethovenstrasse 478002 ZürichSwitzerland

+41 (0) 4150 62900

[email protected]


Darwin Recruitment GmbHMünchen, Fünf HöfeTheatinerstraße 1180333 München Deutschland

+49 (0) 8971 042 2140

[email protected]

www.darwinrecruitment.de

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“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but

those who can best manage change.”

Charles Darwin


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