Helping you achieve better tech hiring outcomes
Hiring for a strategically important tech/IT role presents a valuable opportunity to strengthen your team with a candidate who will bring fresh perspectives and innovative skills. Selecting the best-match professional is crucial, so it’s important to approach the talent search process with care and consideration.
6-month, 100% refund assurance guarantee on perm hires on our Enhance & Elevate search services.
With access to the UK's widest tech talent pools, the time to engage, and a robust (British Standards Institute audited) multi-step candidate assessment process in place, we have full confidence in our ability to facilitate exceptional matches between employers and candidates that will add measurable value and endure. We focus on securing authentic candidates with the essential skills, experience, and, importantly, genuine positivity around your brand and vision.
Experience & Expertise
As one of the longest-established independent Tech/IT recruitment consultancies in the UK, we have dedicated the past 25 years to exclusively focusing on tech talent search and engagement best practices. This extensive experience has allowed us to build up expertise and refine our processes, ensuring we consistently deliver measurable results.
The Deerfoot team is made up of highly experienced technology recruiters, with an average of 19 years of experience in the recruitment industry and 9 years at Deerfoot.
Ever mindful of our ethical and social responsibilities to all parties, we strive to be a trusted recruitment partner, delivering results across all tech departmental functional roles and technologies.
Tools & knowledge
From an AI diversity & inclusion tool to ensure our vacancy adverts show no bias; to best-in-class video interviewing software to reduce interviewing time for our hiring stakeholders, we tirelessly review, assess and adopt the best candidate attraction, selection and engagement tools. These include natural search technology that delivers better target candidate short-lists than Boolean and chatbot tech to provide a user-friendly engagement platform for candidates.
Additionally, we offer a platform for clients to review shortlisted candidates and easily schedule interviews.
Team training focuses on achieving process excellence and understanding technology across all tech roles and disciplines to enhance comprehension. We shy away from sales-based training and tactics but operate in a more considerate way that delivers better long-term outcomes for all candidates & hiring stakeholders.
Certified B Corporation™
We have a strong collective social heart as a business, but we know there is always room for improvement. As a Certified B Corporation™, we believe it is action that counts, not just policies. We continually reflect on what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.
We always want to be proud of the answers. Generating profits and achieving growth is positive, but only if our services protect society and actively respect the environment.
Each month, we donate a sum for each employee to Ecologi, an organisation that plants trees and funds the world’s best climate crisis solutions. To date, Deerfoot has donated over £50,000 to charitable causes.
One of our long-term initiatives directly links our recruitment service to charity. Every time we send a candidate’s CV to a client, we donate £1 to the Born Free Foundation (registered charity no. 1070906), an organisation devoted to compassionate conservation and animal welfare.
Diversity & Inclusion
As a Certified B Corporation™, we champion inclusive practices that break down systemic barriers. We actively welcome partnerships with organisations that action a clear diversity, equality, and inclusion policy, and we recognise the immense positive impact a strong, diverse workforce offers.
Improving DE&I sits at the very top of the modern corporate agenda, and we are fully committed to supporting our clientele in this vital endeavour.
To achieve this, we utilise advanced AI tools to ensure our IT vacancy adverts are compliant and optimised to attract candidates from minority-represented groups. For every role, our goal is to consistently present a diverse shortlist of highly qualified talent.
Appropriate IT recruitment support
We offer a mature, objective, informed IT candidate search service that fully supports in-house HR/Talent teams and IT departmental managers. Our service delivery model is built on objective and fact-based communications, keeping in mind the ever-changing landscape of recruitment best practices.
We focus on quality and present just the best-match, authentic candidates, aiming for a 2:1 (CV submission to interview ratio).
We conduct certified biometric TrustID checks on all candidates to whom you extend a job offer. Additionally, we perform in-depth vetting to uncover even the smallest "red flags" in candidate findings.
