At 9Yards, we are very clear on one thing about recruitment: finding the right talent isn’t just about filling positions. It’s about building high-performing teams that drive long-term success. Skills and qualifications are only part of the formula for filling roles and addressing a skills gap. At 9Yards, we go beyond the traditional IT recruitment and body-shopping models, offering strategic talent solutions that ensure cultural alignment, emotional intelligence, and real business impact.
Looking Beyond IT Skills to Find the Best Fit
Many recruiters focus on filling a role quickly, emphasising technical skills and rapid placement. Capability is crucial of course. However, success in a role isn’t just about what a candidate knows—it’s also about how they engage, adapt, and integrate within an organisation. At 9Yards, we understand that businesses don’t just need more people; they need the right people. That’s why we take a holistic approach, considering both the hard skills and emotional intelligence (EQ) to create long-term value.
The Power of Cultural Alignment When Sourcing Talent
A technically skilled candidate who doesn’t align with a company’s culture can cause disruption, reduce team synergy, and lead to poor business outcomes. Cultural alignment is a key driver of performance and collaboration. Our process goes deeper than matching resumes to job descriptions—we take the time to understand both the client’s work environment and the candidate’s working style, ensuring true synergy.
Adaptability And Engagement At The Core of The 9Yards Advantage
Workplaces today are complex and dynamic, frequently responding to change. Skills like adaptability, stakeholder engagement, resilience, and communication are just as important as hard skills – some might even say more important.
What’s important is to strike the right balance. Our approach ensures that businesses gain not just highly capable professionals but well-rounded individuals who can navigate challenges, foster collaboration, and contribute meaningfully within their teams.
Recruitment at 9Yards includes a rigorous approach to vetting. For example, digital transformation projects always involve an element of change, and change management requires skills in communication and stakeholder management. We focus as much on these skills as we do on whether a candidate has the required accreditations and qualifications.
Flexible and Scalable Engagements
Every business has unique talent needs. That’s why we offer flexible and scalable solutions, allowing clients to access professionals across advisory, domain expertise, and delivery services. In the last 12 months alone, 9Yards has been able to assist clients by filling positions with expert project managers, business analysts, data analysts, technical writers and customer experience (CX) specialists.
“What we’ve seen with clients we’ve been able to help in this way, is an immediate uplift in capability and capacity to reach their business and project goals. I think the strength of what we offer is at least in part about the strong relationships and connections that form between 9Yards principal consultants and the client’s internal stakeholders. The client is confident about our commitment to quality candidates and cultural fit, and we prove that time and again.” Shane Jones, 9Yards CEO and Director
Whether scaling up for a major digital transformation project or bringing in niche expertise, you won’t just get extra hands—they get strategic contributors who add real value.
Access to 9Yards Technical Skills, Experience and Flexibility
When you work with 9Yards to fill a skills gap, you’re not just hiring an individual – you’re tapping into the collective expertise of an entire organisation. Our professionals benefit from a network of knowledge-sharing and collaboration, ensuring that every client receives well-rounded, innovative solutions.
“Our recruitment service is actually an extension of our core strategic and advisory services. A key part of our success with clients is our ability to understand and mirror the culture of an organisation. We know what an impact soft skills – or their absence – can have on a project and on an organisation’s ability to meet its business goals. We recruit with relationships and cultural fit in mind, and our clients benefit enormously from this.” Shane Jones, 9Yards CEO and Director
Prioritising Quality Over Speed
Filling a role quickly doesn’t always mean filling it effectively. At 9Yards, we prioritise the right placement over the fast placement. Our thorough vetting process ensures that every candidate we place brings not just the right skills, but also the right mindset and cultural fit to drive success.
Rethink Your Talent Strategy with 9Yards
If your business is ready to move beyond transactional recruitment and embrace a smarter, more strategic approach to talent, 9Yards is here to help.
With our focus on quality and our industry experience 9Yards is perfectly placed to help you build a team that is not just technically capable, but emotionally intelligent, culturally aligned, and ready to make an impact. Contact us today to elevate your talent strategy.
