{"id":1728,"date":"2022-12-30T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ic-resources-main.local\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=1728"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:43:17","slug":"the-successful-exit","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/ic-resources.com\/en\/case-studies\/the-successful-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"The successful exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-1d6c484\" data-block-id=\"1d6c484\"><style>.stk-1d6c484 {padding-bottom:80px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-1d6c484-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-4406fe2 content_width\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"4406fe2\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-4406fe2-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-4406fe2-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-1accdbc\" id=\"introduction-and-challenge\" data-block-id=\"1accdbc\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">INTRODUCTION AND CHALLENGE<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-6cb1078\" data-block-id=\"6cb1078\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Our first ever client&nbsp;&#8211; Microcosm. We were approached by the CEO, Gary Steele,&nbsp;on the day he obtained funding for his new venture&#8230; \u2018I have two employees and need a few more\u2019. &nbsp;Gary needed to scale extremely quickly, with several niche skillsets and he required a recruitment partner that truly understood the challenges and nuances of the technology recruitment marketplace.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-f777da1\" id=\"solution\" data-block-id=\"f777da1\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">SOLUTION<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-8705b76\" data-block-id=\"8705b76\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">The key to our successful recruitment programme with Microcosm was to find the balance between urgency and manageability of the workload. The executive team was already snowed under, so hiring numerous heads in parallel wasn\u2019t feasible. We helped prioritise their requirements, then dealt with them one after another.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-be94344\" id=\"result\" data-block-id=\"be94344\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">RESULT<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-7d75f5f\" data-block-id=\"7d75f5f\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">By the time the company was acquired by Conexant Systems, Microcosm had 100 employees. We had placed over 70 candidates with them. 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