Smart IT is a leading Gold partner for Odoo in Europe, providing business solutions which give you a suite of fully joined up system applications to help you optimise the way you operate; but with this comes a real need to have industry experts with an incredibly in-depth knowledge that you can recruit. Frustratingly, these candidates are in short supply here in the UK.
SMART IT MADE THE SMART RECRUITMENT CHOICE
When it comes to using a recruitment consultancy, Barry Bullen from Smart IT, is the first to admit he has always stayed clear of using one... but he’s also the first to admit that appointing the team at GK Recruitment was actually the smartest decision he has made!
THE CHALLENGE
THE UNIQUE APPROACH
That is, unless you are the team at GK Recruitment with their finger on the pulse of the industry they have operated in for over 20 years. As leading recruiters for the IT sector, MD, Gary Keay knew all too well that where the pool of talent is finite, there are certain attributes and areas of experience that are key to the role and then there are others that can be trained to suit the role needs.
With this in mind, and to avoid the pitfalls Smart IT has faced in the past where they have been forced to recruit from overseas, which itself brings its own cultural and language challenges; Gary and his team used a different, more dynamic approach to the recruitment challenge.
THE RESULTS?
Two full time permanent roles secured and a very happy client!
Praising the unique approach that GK Recruitment used, Barry Bullen, MD at Smart IT said:
“Odoo solutions are now widely used by millions of businesses across the globe but without doubt it is a niche area of specialism that we are incredibly proud to say we can also offer alongside our other IT solutions as their Gold partners in the UK.”
“Gary’s honest and transparent approach to fulfil our recruitment challenges has enabled us to take on two new full time Odoo Functional Consultants and I fully suspect that in another few months we will be speaking to Gary again with a new brief!”
“Gary can’t solve the UK-wide problem with the lack of experienced Odoo practitioners but he has completely understood the level of needs for the business, the wider IT skills set required and the industry acumen you need that then stands you in good stead for our team to give you all the necessary training to enable you to go on and thrive as an Odoo specialist. This approach is something we hadn’t considered doing before but one that has without doubt made an incredible difference to Smart IT and 100% filled that gap we had for talent in the firm whilst also making it a more financially viable approach too. It can also help us elevate our position as a key investor in people with an unparalleled in-house training proposition that is attractive to future candidates.”
“Odoo is a rising star in the sector over more traditional IT applications and we know that with the support of GK Recruitment we will more than keep apace with the thriving sector as it grows in the UK too – we’ve already witnessed first-hand a 50% increase YOY for 2021 and this trajectory is set to continue.”
Gary Keay added:
“Working with Smart IT required a very fresh, bespoke approach and we are delighted with the outcomes. We start by asking our clients one very simple question – what are you struggling with? From there, we can find the solution and we are confident that just as we did with Smart IT, we can break that vicious cycle for the businesses we work with.”
