Tesco is one of the largest retail companies in the world, employing more than 400,000 people globally. The company’s technology department has approximately 1,000 staff worldwide, with more than 100 based in their technical hub in Poland. To meet ambitious growth targets, they required a scalable way to find and hire experienced engineers in the local market.

Ambitious expansion plans for the technical hub in Poland caused a sudden increase in the internal recruitment team’s workload. Tesco required a temporary expansion of their hiring capacity using recruiters who could work independently. They needed recruiters with expert knowledge of the Polish technical market who could manage heavy workloads and access the local candidate pool effectively.

We kicked off our cooperation in July 2020. At the start of the project, we gathered all information from the internal and external stakeholders, defined the goals and designed the solution. We agreed that the best solution was to assign two in-house tech recruiters who work exclusively on the client’s project and are reaching out to the candidate pool on their behalf.

Technical roles recruited:

• Senior software developers
• Programmer managers
• Technical programmer managers

Our involvement increased the sourcing and outreach capacity for the client, resulting in a higher number of technical hires and a shorter overall hiring process. By moving away from standard contingency hiring to an RPO model, Tesco achieved a 28% reduction in costs. This pre-agreed monthly cost includes the recruiters, technical tools, software licenses, and office space.