Uptime Development A/S

Starting point: Growth and scaling at Uptime Development

• Uptime Development (Uptime) is focused on profitable growth, scaling and customer orientation
• Growing demand for digital solutions from new and existing customers
• Consolidation and many cross-border acquisitions
• Need to recruit more skilled IT staff, managers and project managers

Challenges: Recruiting IT specialists and project managers in a competitive market

• High demand for qualified IT specialists, managers and project managers creates competition for candidates
• Persistent workload pressure and understaffing negatively affect employee engagement and customer satisfaction
• Recruitment requires significant management time, takes time away from customers and carries the risk of costly bad hires
• A time-consuming hiring process and candidate validation challenge the quality of recruitment
• Job ads attract few qualified candidates

Process: Targeted search, assessment and candidate selection

• Preliminary analysis with interviews and observations, as well as insight into Uptime's strategy, values, goals and existing job ads
• Preparation of a targeted job ad and candidate profile
• Targeted search via CV database, direct and extended networks, LinkedIn, Facebook and telephone contact
• Structured selection with interviews, assessment, evaluation of motivation, analytical tests and validation through references
• Presentation of qualified candidates with a review of their personal profiles
• Hiring, followed by a debrief and evaluation of the recruitment process

Outcome: Qualified candidates and freed-up management time

• A professionalised recruitment process that delivers the right candidates on time
• A qualified candidate pool with both active jobseekers and candidates who are not looking themselves
• External benchmarking and sparring that challenge and develop Uptime's organisation
• Freed-up management time through fewer everyday interruptions and less internal time spent on recruitment

Decisive turning points in IT recruitment

• Ongoing alignment of expectations ensures qualified candidates who match Uptime's needs
• A coherent recruitment process adapted to Uptime's needs
• A match between Uptime's strategy, organisation and the individual candidate