Most recruiters learn DevOps from a job description. I have a Computer Science degree. That changes everything about how I screen.
I started John Talent because I was tired of watching great engineers get screened out by people who'd never written a line of code. And equally tired of watching CTOs waste months — and tens of thousands of pounds — on placements that failed because nobody truly understood the role.
I have a Computer Science degree. I know what a Kubernetes cluster is. I know what an SLO means and why it matters. I know the difference between someone who can configure a pipeline and someone who can architect one from scratch.
At John Talent, I run every search personally. There is no junior account manager who takes over after the first call. You get me — from brief to placement.
These aren't values on a wall. They're constraints that shape how every search runs.
Three great candidates will always beat twelve mediocre ones. We never send CVs just to look active.
If a candidate isn't right, we say so — even if the search takes longer. We don't sell people in to hit a fee.
Yaz runs every search. Not a team. Not a junior. The person who understands your brief is the person who runs the search.
We place DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineers. Nothing else. Specialist knowledge compounds — generalism doesn't.
No pitch. A 30-minute conversation about your role and whether we're the right fit.