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Recruiting specialist technology professionals has long been a challenge for employers, particularly when demand for specific skills outweighs the number of candidates available.

For Dublin-based software company Ocuco Ltd, that challenge led to the beginning of a recruitment relationship with FRS Recruitment that has continued for many years.

What started with support to recruit difficult-to-find technical professionals has developed into a long-term recruitment partnership, with FRS Recruitment successfully placing candidates across a range of departments and levels within the organisation.

The Challenge: Competing for Specialist Technology Talent

When Ocuco first began working with FRS Recruitment around 2018, the company was recruiting for a number of roles within its development department, including Software Engineers, QA Engineers and Product Owners.

Finding the right technical talent was proving challenging.

Product Owners were particularly difficult to source due to the limited number of suitable professionals available in the market. High demand was also driving salary and rate expectations upwards.

At the same time, Ocuco required Software Engineers with a specific combination of technical skills, including C#/.NET and React, further narrowing the available candidate pool.



For Ocuco, the challenge wasn't simply attracting more applicants. It was gaining access to professionals with the specific technical expertise required by the business.

Expanding Access to the Right Candidates

FRS Recruitment worked with Ocuco to broaden its access to suitable candidates for these hard-to-fill positions.

Through specialist candidate sourcing and knowledge of the technology recruitment market, the FRS team helped Ocuco identify and secure professionals for roles where suitable candidates had previously been difficult to find.

However, technical capability was only one part of the requirement.



As the relationship developed, understanding Ocuco as an organisation became increasingly important to the recruitment process.

Looking Beyond the Job Description

Finding someone who can perform a role is important. Finding someone who can succeed and build a career within an organisation requires a deeper understanding of both the candidate and the employer.

Through working closely with Ocuco over the years, FRS Recruitment has developed an understanding of the company's culture, values and expectations alongside the technical requirements of individual positions.

This allows the recruitment team to consider not only whether candidates have the necessary skills and experience, but whether they have the potential to be a strong long-term fit for the organisation.

“They have a strong understanding of the type of candidates who are likely to be a good fit for us. They also pay close attention to the specific requirements of each role, ensuring that the candidates they put forward align closely with what we are looking for.”

From Technical Recruitment to a Wider Partnership

What began as support for specialist roles within Ocuco's development department has evolved considerably.

Over the course of the relationship, FRS Recruitment has successfully placed numerous candidates with Ocuco across a range of departments and levels of seniority.

That long-term relationship has given the FRS team an increasingly detailed understanding of the organisation and the people most likely to succeed within it.

For Ocuco, this has created a recruitment partnership it can return to as different hiring requirements emerge.

Eve explains:

“Niall and the wider team have been looking after us from day one, and I have always trusted them to provide us with excellent candidates, regardless of the seniority of the role.”

Recruitment with Long-Term Fit in Mind

Employee retention is an important measure of successful recruitment.

Ocuco prides itself on its relatively high employee retention rate and believes that identifying candidates who align with both the skills required and the culture of the organisation contributes to that success.

FRS Recruitment's approach focuses on finding candidates with the potential not only to secure the position, but to develop a long-term career with the employer.



According to Eve, FRS Recruitment's understanding of Ocuco has played a role in achieving that fit.

A Recruitment Partner Ocuco Can Depend On

Since the relationship began, Ocuco's recruitment requirements have changed and evolved. The partnership with FRS Recruitment has evolved alongside them.

Rather than approaching every vacancy as a standalone recruitment exercise, the relationship is built on an established understanding of Ocuco's business and the type of people it wants to attract.

For Eve, that consistency has helped make FRS Recruitment a trusted recruitment partner.

“Ocuco has built a lasting partnership with FRS Recruitment. They are professional, responsive and reliable, and have become a recruitment partner we know we can depend on.”

Ocuco's experience demonstrates how specialist recruitment support can develop into a long-term partnership when there is a strong understanding of the employer, the candidate market and what constitutes the right fit.

If you're struggling to recruit specialist talent or want to explore a different approach to your organisation's hiring requirements, speak to FRS Recruitment.

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