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14 Ways to Tell If a Recruitment Agency Actually Understands the Role

Written Thursday, 30th July 2026

A recruitment agency understands a role when it can explain what the person must deliver, where they sit within the organisation, the level of technical and leadership experience required, and what the UK candidate market will realistically support. Anything less than that is guesswork dressed up as a search.

Recruiting Better: A Practical Guide to Technology Hiring

Written Tuesday, 9th June 2026

Technology hiring is rarely difficult for one reason alone. It tends to be a combination: unclear briefs, slow decisions, misaligned salaries, overstretched internal teams, and genuine uncertainty about what the business actually needs.

The Complete Guide to Technology Executive Search

Written Tuesday, 2nd June 2026

Senior technology hiring is not standard recruitment with a bigger salary attached. When a business needs a CIO, CTO, CISO, Chief Data Officer, Head of Product, VP Engineering or a transformation leader, the challenge is rarely just finding someone with the right title.

Contingent, Campaign or Managed Service? Choosing the Right Recruitment Solution

Written Tuesday, 5th August 2025

Most organisations approach technical recruitment with a familiar pattern: they need to hire someone, so they call a recruitment agency. This single-approach method often produces mediocre results with extended timelines, inflated costs, and compromised candidate quality.

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TRIA Talks Episode #6

Written Tuesday, 8th March 2022

TRIA Talks | Episode 6 | Ft. Pete Williams & George Linehan In this episode of TRIA Talks, Shey sits down with Pete Williams, who is the current Director of Data and Online, at Penguin Random House and George Linehan, Senior Consultant at TRIA Recruitment – View trailer >

Costa

Written Monday, 7th March 2022

Contact: Chief Information Officer Service used: Contract & Permanent Recruitment Background: The relationship for TRIA & Costa began when some of TRIA’s key contacts joined the business, bringing TRIA along with them. This resulted in a partnership which progressed over multiple recruitment projects.

Avidity

Written Monday, 7th March 2022

Contact: Chief Technical Officer Service used: Contract & Permanent Recruitment Background: When initially approaching one of TRIA’s consultants, Pete Skilton, Avidity’s CTO was looking to source candidates in Glasgow area and needed a recommendation for a recruitment agency. TRIA confidently confirmed that we would be able to help. The situation: When taking on this recruitment project, TRIA wanted to avoid time being taken […]

TRIA Talks Episode #5

Written Sunday, 6th March 2022

TRIA Talks | Episode | Ft. Daniel Beck, Software Engineer In this very special episode of TRIA Talks, Shey sits down with Software Engineer, Daniel Beck, to uncover all the best tips and tricks of landing your first junior role in tech – definitely one for all you graduates out there! View trailer > […]

TRIA Talks Episode #4

Written Saturday, 5th March 2022

TRIA Talks | Episode 4 | Ft. Maryanne Fleming & Tristan Rowcliffe In this episode of TRIA Talks, Shey sits down with Maryanne Fleming, who is the current Head of Technology, at Monsoon Accessorize and Tristan Rowcliffe, Associate Director at TRIA Recruitment.

TRIA Talks Episode #3

Written Friday, 4th March 2022

TRIA Talks | Episode 3 | Ft. Gareth Hetheridge In this episode of TRIA Talks, Shey speaks with Gareth Hetheridge, who is the current Global Head of IT in the Defence Sector at Rolls Royce.Gareth has been with Rolls Royce for more than 10 years now.

TRIA Talks Episode #2 Part 1

Written Thursday, 3rd March 2022

TRIA Talks | Episode 2 | Part 1 – Ft. Danny Attias In this episode of TRIA Talks, Shey speaks with the current Number 1 ranked CIO from the CIO 100 list, Danny Attias. Danny has been the CIO at Anthony Nolan for more than 5 years now.

TRIA Talks Episode #2 Part 2

Written Thursday, 3rd March 2022

TRIA Talks | Episode 2 | Part 2 – Ft. Danny Attias In this episode of TRIA Talks, Shey speaks with the current Number 1 ranked CIO from the CIO 100 list, Danny Attias. Danny has been the CIO at Anthony Nolan for almost 5 years now.

TRIA Talks Episode #1

Written Wednesday, 2nd March 2022

TRIA TALKS | Episode 1 Ft. GBG In our first ever episode of TRIA Talks, our marketing & social media consultant Shey Spears, sits down with GBG’s Software Development Manager, Pete Willingham & Lead Developer, Joseph Green. They both are key stakeholders in the software engineering team of one of GBG’s flagship products, “Identity”.

TRIA Recruitment Retail Experience - Bodyshop

The Body Shop

Contact: International Head of Digital and Customer Systems Service used: Permanent & Contract recruitment Background: TRIA were first referred to The Body Shop by a contact who had previous experience of working with TRIA. And so, based on the quality of our delivery, recommended us for their challenging recruitment project. The situation: The Body Shop had struggled over the […]

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