The Specialist Provider of Staffing Solutions for:

A partner of choice for any business implementing or using Microsoft Dynamics in Europe.

We supply experienced Project Managers, Architects, Business Analysts, Technical / Functional Consultants, Testers and Developers.

• Microsoft Dynamics AX • Microsoft Dynamics CRM

THE EUROPEAN STAFFING SOLUTIONS PARTNER FOR Microsoft Dynamics

Connecting the best people to the best jobs

in multiple industry sectors:

Project Managers

Business & Functional

Analysts

Solution

Architects

Testers & Developers

Financial ServicesManufacturingPublic sectorRetailFMCG

DistributionProfessional ServicesFood & DrinkTransport & LogisticsAdvertising

17 European Countries

• France• Germany• Belgium• Netherlands• Switzerland• Norway• Sweden • Denmark

• UK• Italy

• Spain• Lithuania• Ireland• Austria• Czech Republic• Hungary• Poland

WE OPERATE IN

We are preferred suppliers to:

• The top 40% MS Dynamics partners • The worlds largest software vendors • Hundreds of end user organisations

WE WORK WITH

WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE US

Fast and efficient recruitment

Reducing the time, pain & effort associated with finding key people

EU wide network of Dynamics professionals

Providing unprecedented access to top talent in the Dynamics channel

Proven Track Record

Trusted and Reliable recruitment partner who help you build a successful team

Specialists

Connecting the best

Exceptional customer service

A professional & dedicated team focused on recruiting the perfect candidate

Ambassadors for your brand

Professional representation secures the talent your organisation needs.

Cognitive has:

• Become Hitachi Solutions’ recruitment strategy advisor, proactively being their brand ambassador to the experienced candidate market

• Worked in partnership with Hitachi to successfully grow the UK team from 5 to over 50 by selectively approaching and successfully hand picking the best people

• with the right skills and cultural fit, from around the globe, achieving zero candidate drop out through our detailed selection and qualification process

• Helped Hitachi achieve the highest AX staff retention rates in the industry

Client Quote: Steve French, Vice President, Microsoft Dynamics, Hitachi

“Over the past 7 years, Cognitive have been our most successful recruiting partner in our pursuit for the top 10% of Dynamics consultants - attracting qualified, high calibre resource from the UK, EU and as far afield as South Africa, Australia, Asia and the US. They have been very effective in understanding what makes a Hitachi consultant and have worked to identify consultants that fit our business from a cultural, aspirational and experience perspective”.

Partnering

Market

Intelligence

Brand Positioning

Dynamics AX

As a tier 1 consultancy and 4 times Microsoft Global Partner of the Year , Hitachi continues to attract the world’s most experienced Dynamics professionals in order to build their UK consulting business. Having been disappointed with the quality of candidates presented by other agencies, Hitachi sought a recruitment partner who could effectively and efficiently attract the best talent from around the world. Over the past 7 years, Cognitive has leveraged its Dynamics network and Hitachi’s vision for growing their Dynamics business to create a partnership that has assembled the most experienced Dynamics team in the UK.

CASE STUDY

As a business which is built on the quality of its people, PwC required experienced AX consultants with strong industry and IT assurance experience.

They found that their generic IT recruiters lacked the depth in the Dynamics network in order to identify and attract these people to the business.

Cognitive provided PWC with:

• Access to the best people that were otherwise unavailable through traditional recruitment channels

• Reduced time and effort associated with the hiring process

• Useful insight into the market and opportunities for work

Client Quote: John Rosbotham, Microsoft Dynamics Practice Leader, PwC

“Cognitive are the most responsive recruitment company I have worked with. They have provided us with excellent quality individuals who exactly fit the needs of our organisation. We regard them as the experts in the market, especially in terms of the high end decision makers”

Quality

Reduced

time to hire

Market Insight

Dynamics AX

CASE STUDY

Global recruitment

3:1 CV to

hire ratio

Brand Ambassador

Dynamics AX

IBM’s Global Business Services division was looking to recruit a whole team of Dynamics professionals as a result of winning a number of large ERP projects. The benchmark for entry within this practice was set very high as the leadership team had a successful history of delivering complex SAP projects. They had tried several so called ‘expert Dynamics agencies’ but found that the quality of the candidates being presented was poor.

Cognitive were appointed as recruitment partners in the Dynamics sector and have;

been responsible for every permanent and contract Dynamics hire made over the 2.5 year partnership, bar one.

• reduced time and effort associated with the hiring process; 3:1 CV to hire ratio

• selectively approached and successfully handpicked the best people with the right skills and cultural fit, from around the globe

Client Quote: Iain Fox, Microsoft Practice Lead, European Consulting Services, GBS

“Cognitive have supplied high calibre candidates for all the roles we have asked them to fill. Unlike any other recruitment agency operating in the Dynamics channel,

Cognitive have consistently proven their ability to differentiate IBM and act as our brand ambassador to the experienced candidate market. We have been able to choose and recruit the right Dynamics experts for our business. Cognitive have always delivered results, are totally reliable and highly professional.”

CASE STUDY

Partnership

Programme

Delivery

Team Restructure

Dynamics AX

AMEC, a FTSE 100 company, providing high-value oil & gas engineering consultancy need a recruitment specialist to help staff one of the largest global AX 2009 programmes. AMEC had experience of various Dynamics recruitment agencies and had seen inadequate results that were delaying important work streams for the programme.

Cognitive were recognised as a specialist supplier with a reputation for delivery and were appointed to recruit for all Dynamics AX roles.

Cognitive;

• Filled all the Dynamics positions specified

• Simplified the recruitment process, saving senior management time

• Achieved an average CV sent to placement ratio of 2:1

• Helped with restructuring the project team in preparation for phase 2 in order to reduce programme delivery costs

Client Quote: Nick Hague, Programme Manager – AMEC

“Cognitive have provided me with all the AX resources the programme required, they understood what the business needed, and where able to use their extensive Dynamics network to find the right people. I found Cognitive to be easy to work with and have established a partnership which will serve us well in the future”.

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

Saving time

2:1 CV to

hire ratioTeam

Restructure

Dynamics AX

Clear Channel International, a global advertising firm, were in the midst of a 23 country AX 2009 roll out. The programme utilised a number of external consultancies which meant there was a lack of internal knowledge around the system and as such there was a heavy reliance on the consultancies for further stages of the programme.

Cognitive were engaged to assist in the restructuring of the project team in order to reduce consultancy reliance, drive down future programme costs and increase internal AX capability.

Cognitive have: • efficiently filled the AX roles released • achieved a 2:1 CV to placement ratio reducing the time and cost • associated with recruitment• provided unique access to candidates which matched the skill

and cultural requirements of Clear Channel

Client Quote: Bola Marquis, AX Programme Manager – Clear Channel“As a programme manager on a complex global programme, time is precious. Their in depth selection and qualification process has meant that on average, I have only needed to interview 2 candidates to make an effective hire. Cognitive has made the recruitment process easy, helping us engage experienced Dynamics professionals which has freed up my time.”

WHY CANDIDATES CHOOSE US

• Expert and accurate representation

• Act in their best interest

• Not pushy - care about them and their career

• Insightful and honest career advice

• Comprehensive market, client and role briefings

• Helping identify and secure the role that they aspire to

• Candidates of today – become clients of tomorrow

Professional

“Refreshingly different from other recruitment agencies”

WE ALWAYS DELIVER

EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE

Passionate Trusted Respected Genuine

ReliableResultsdriven

Integrity Collaborative Fun

COGNITIVE DELIVER

Quality counts

For every 3 CV’s we send to a client,

1 placement is made

Service is everything

Over 90% of our client & candidates

recommend us

Trusted partners

Connecting the best talent to the best

companies

GET IN TOUCH NOW…

UK TEL: 020 3587 7772

EU FREEPHONE: +800 4433 2929

EMAIL: info@cognitive-group.com

WEB: www.cognitive-group.com