As veterans of the global outsourcing world we had seen many times what happens when you place a function, rather than placing a capability in a location. There is no career path. People stagnate or move on rapidly. We noticed that we were no longer seeing people with 8-10 years' experience, we were seeing people who had changed jobs for the money several times, but were doing the same thing as before. So they had 4 or 5 lots of 2 years' experience. No seniority, no leadership training, often no training at all.
We spoke with many agencies, as well as consulting and software companies like ourselves. We spoke to universities and trade bodies. And we spoke to our customers. Everyone agreed that the industry demands both co-located and virtual talent pools that stretch from student interns, to graduates, to senior developers and architects. In our search for the right people we found dozens of agencies offering us the same people , often at wildly different rates, and when we asked about availability we would be told they had just accepted another position. Over time, however, we found and established close working relations with growing and visionary companies like ourselves across the EU and beyond. And we all agreed that collaboration was better than competition when it came to finding the right talent for our customers' needs.
Our search also led us to some amazing discoveries. In Da Nang, in central Vietnam, not only were we completely wowed by the fabulous beaches, the world-renowned cuisine, and the incredible warmth of the people, but also we found that the local government investment department, the two major universities and a lot of small and medium sized companies were completely focussed on building exactly what we were looking for. We immediately partnered with two companies of very different sizes.
In India we have found small and medium sized companies that are much more than body shops. Well educated and talented engineers who have skipped the legacy outsource business and embraced AI, machine learning, human to machine interfaces and more across automotive, aviation and manufacturing industries.
Closer to home we have found pools of talent with specialist knowledge of automotive software and mechatronics, electric vehicles, battery controls, model-driven engineering, and more.
So we bring you something uncommon in this industry - a coalition of the willing. We offer some of the most experienced technical leaders in Sweden and the UK backed by a network of some of the most creative technologists on the planet in Vietnam, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Costa Rica and more. Collectively no job is too big for us and individually none is too small!
A single door to a wider world