Today I interviewed a company that have just spent over 13,000 CHF in wages alone trying to hire themselves via job boards! They are currently over 190+ man hours deep and still have not got a signed contract! (the real cost to the business is in excess of 25,000 CHF!)
The reason, they are not set up for the increased screening given the higher level of job applicants!
The same is true of many companies, especially when the company are "small" (sub 200) and have limited HR resources that are not trained on specialist recruitment as well as having already a mountain of tasks to handle.
The good news is there are simple, cost effective, and impactful solutions such as partnering with us, TMS Technology
In collaboration, you will gain over 50+ years of specialised recruitment know how, a scalable solution that you can managed based on demand, and at a fixed monthly cost avoiding hidden fees!
The 🌎 before 2020 is a long way away from the life we live in today! The pathways to success and the tools that enable us to get there have progressed at a rate only seen previously in movies 📽️🎬
As such, hiring in 2024 could end up being a very tough experience especially for young ambitious companies.
Whilst you could resort to tools such as ChatGPT and Bard etc. fact is everyone else is already there! What I have seen first hand with AI tools is they have a "style" of writing that has already flooded the market, supported by scraping and messaging bots, creating more "noise" than ever
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION
My opinion, it is rolling back the years to hands on graft - what I mean is really putting in the time 🕜 to work through your network, your competitors, the MVPs and local industry leaders in your market place, to personally identify the top 50 individuals you want!
From there the hard work continues, because whilst of course you will try and reach out to these individuals directly through email or LinkedIn etc. the chances are a large % of this will go un-answered 🙄.... BUT HOW DO YOU REACH THEM? 🧐
This is where you will then look to leverage the contacts you have in your network, identify possible introductions and referrals from people you have had past dialog with (being careful to not make every interaction one sided) to get the “air time” you need with your target candidates!
🎯ONCE YOU GET YOUR SHOT, do not miss it 🎯… when you do get the chance to speak with your prospects, be it via Teams, phone or even email, you need to craft a compelling story, a purpose, and value proposition for them…
STILL FOLLOWING? 🤨
If you need/want a bit more advice of how to “do it on your own”, then feel free to reach out for a 🆓 free 30 minute review 👨💻 of your hiring process and how this can be improved with a guarantee I will be able to leave you with a minimum of 3 tangible actions that you can execute to increase your hiring strategy! 🚀
As such, hiring in 2024 could end up being a very tough experience especially for young ambitious companies.
Whilst you could resort to tools such as ChatGPT and Bard etc. fact is everyone else is already there! What I have seen first hand with AI tools is they have a "style" of writing that has already flooded the market, supported by scraping and messaging bots, creating more "noise" than ever
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION
My opinion, it is rolling back the years to hands on graft - what I mean is really putting in the time 🕜 to work through your network, your competitors, the MVPs and local industry leaders in your market place, to personally identify the top 50 individuals you want!
From there the hard work continues, because whilst of course you will try and reach out to these individuals directly through email or LinkedIn etc. the chances are a large % of this will go un-answered 🙄.... BUT HOW DO YOU REACH THEM? 🧐
This is where you will then look to leverage the contacts you have in your network, identify possible introductions and referrals from people you have had past dialog with (being careful to not make every interaction one sided) to get the “air time” you need with your target candidates!
🎯ONCE YOU GET YOUR SHOT, do not miss it 🎯… when you do get the chance to speak with your prospects, be it via Teams, phone or even email, you need to craft a compelling story, a purpose, and value proposition for them…
STILL FOLLOWING? 🤨
If you need/want a bit more advice of how to “do it on your own”, then feel free to reach out for a 🆓 free 30 minute review 👨💻 of your hiring process and how this can be improved with a guarantee I will be able to leave you with a minimum of 3 tangible actions that you can execute to increase your hiring strategy! 🚀
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Samuel S.
Apr 10, 2024

Due to fantastic Q1 results + high demand from our existing partners, we have invested to scale up our capability resulting in 3 new openings for new partnerships!
These new openings are reserved for EU based FinTech's who are needing to hire 3+ new employees within the FinTech space (Tech, Business, Management, or Product positions, or combination of all) and are looking for a new and innovative "local" approach to being able to attract, secure, and retain top talent!
Please reach out on here for more information, or feel free to drop me an email on samuel@tmstechnology.net
These new openings are reserved for EU based FinTech's who are needing to hire 3+ new employees within the FinTech space (Tech, Business, Management, or Product positions, or combination of all) and are looking for a new and innovative "local" approach to being able to attract, secure, and retain top talent!
Please reach out on here for more information, or feel free to drop me an email on samuel@tmstechnology.net

Samuel S.
Mar 13, 2024

How important is it to create Industry specific content on a regular and on-going basis?
(And how big of a role can / does it play in a companies future success?)
I am currently in touch with a number of FinTech & RegTech specialist Content Creators & Digital Marketing experts, each with individual deep knowledge across a broad array of topics.
If you are "not sure where to start" when it comes to building your branding, how to approach marketing, revamping your website, launching a new product in a new marketing etc. often the best solutions is taking a talk with professionals such as these. Take the chance to learn about the work they have done for others, hear first hand the ROI from the investment, and using this to help create your own branding & marketing strategy!
Not every call has to be a closing call there and then... build a network, build a brand, build your business!
Please do reach out if you have any questions on how to start, build, scale your business - all invites are welcomed!
(And how big of a role can / does it play in a companies future success?)
I am currently in touch with a number of FinTech & RegTech specialist Content Creators & Digital Marketing experts, each with individual deep knowledge across a broad array of topics.
If you are "not sure where to start" when it comes to building your branding, how to approach marketing, revamping your website, launching a new product in a new marketing etc. often the best solutions is taking a talk with professionals such as these. Take the chance to learn about the work they have done for others, hear first hand the ROI from the investment, and using this to help create your own branding & marketing strategy!
Not every call has to be a closing call there and then... build a network, build a brand, build your business!
Please do reach out if you have any questions on how to start, build, scale your business - all invites are welcomed!

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Samuel S.
Feb 29, 2024

Using Data to make decisions is common practice in almost all industries - BUT BE AWARE, especially with human centric data, that using historic data alone will lead to only decisions based on the past....
Samuel S.
Feb 9, 2024

🔔REALITY CHECK🔔 Do you actually have time to hire on your own?
❌The Numbers Don't Lie❌
Bard, (now called Gemini) suggests it takes on average:
🎯10 hours of sourcing & screening to generate a good candidate
🎯A further 2 - 3 hours on in-depth screening
🎯Then 3 - 4 hours on interviewing
🎯And finally 2 - 4 hours closing a process
This averages between 17 - 23 hours, and that does not account for the fact multiple candidates are needed as the ratio is never 1 to 1 (the average being 4 - 6 candidates to successfully make a hire)
If your businesses is wanting / expecting / needing to hire just 1 highly skilled candidate (such as Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Head of Product etc.) then you must be able to afford someone in your business, who has sufficient skills and experience in active sourcing recruitment, to work fulltime for over 2 weeks if you expect a positive result.
The reality is it costs your business more by not using expert help when hiring, than expecting your HR to be able to still complete their normal fulltime job function AND achieve in the hiring results you want.
❌The Numbers Don't Lie❌
Bard, (now called Gemini) suggests it takes on average:
🎯10 hours of sourcing & screening to generate a good candidate
🎯A further 2 - 3 hours on in-depth screening
🎯Then 3 - 4 hours on interviewing
🎯And finally 2 - 4 hours closing a process
This averages between 17 - 23 hours, and that does not account for the fact multiple candidates are needed as the ratio is never 1 to 1 (the average being 4 - 6 candidates to successfully make a hire)
If your businesses is wanting / expecting / needing to hire just 1 highly skilled candidate (such as Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Head of Product etc.) then you must be able to afford someone in your business, who has sufficient skills and experience in active sourcing recruitment, to work fulltime for over 2 weeks if you expect a positive result.
The reality is it costs your business more by not using expert help when hiring, than expecting your HR to be able to still complete their normal fulltime job function AND achieve in the hiring results you want.
