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Retained Recruitment for IT Consulting & Professional Services

IT consulting and professional services firms depend on the quality of the people they put in front of clients. Every consultant, implementation specialist, and service delivery professional is a direct representation of the firm's capabilities. TFS places the technical professionals that consulting organisations deploy on their most important client engagements.

Retained Only 3 Roles Covered 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee
★★★★★

"Finding consultants who can both do the technical work and manage client relationships is extremely hard. TFS found us three people in five weeks who could do both. All three are still with us."

— Derek W., Managing Director · Vantage IT Group

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380+Technology Placements
21–35Days to Placement
96%1-Year Retention
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4.9★Client Rating
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Roles We Place

Every IT Consulting & Professional Services Role — Placed Through Retained Search

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The Hiring Challenge

Why IT Consulting & Professional Services Hiring Requires Passive Candidate Outreach

IT consulting talent is pulled by both consulting firms competing for the same professionals and by client organisations offering in-house roles without the travel and delivery pressure. Retaining and recruiting great consultants requires a specific value proposition — and finding them requires passive candidate outreach into existing consulting networks.

Our retained model means one dedicated recruiter who genuinely knows this space works your role from brief to offer — conducting targeted outreach to professionals who are currently succeeding in comparable positions and open to the right opportunity.

  • Technology-specialist recruiter with genuine sector knowledge
  • Passive candidate outreach into specialist professional networks
  • Technical pre-screening before any presentation to your team
  • Real-time compensation benchmarking included
  • 21–35 day average placement timeline
  • 90-day replacement guarantee on every placement
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At a Glance

3Distinct roles actively recruited
21–35 daysAverage placement timeline
96%One-year retention rate
90-dayReplacement guarantee
★★★★★

"Finding consultants who can both do the technical work and manage client relationships is extremely hard. TFS found us three people in five weeks who could do both. All three are still with us."

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Derek W.
Managing Director · Vantage IT Group
Information Technology

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All IT Consulting & Professional Services Roles We Place

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Every Week Your IT Consulting & Professional Services Role Goes Unfilled Has a Compounding Cost.

Retained recruitment gets a pre-screened shortlist in front of you within 21–35 days. Start with a free 25-minute consultation.

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Common Questions

IT Consulting & Professional Services Recruitment — FAQ

We place IT Consultant, ERP Implementation Consultant, Managed Services Engineer, and more. Our focus is individual contributors through director level — professionals who do the work and lead the people doing the work.
Most it consulting & professional services placements are completed within 21 to 35 business days. Highly specialised roles may take toward the longer end of that range. We provide a realistic estimate at the start and weekly written updates throughout.
IT consulting talent is pulled by both consulting firms competing for the same professionals and by client organisations offering in-house roles without the travel and delivery pressure. Retaining and recruiting great consultants requires a specific value proposition — and finding them requires passive candidate outreach into existing consulting networks. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach into specialist networks, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely meet your brief.
Yes — every retained engagement includes real-time market compensation analysis tailored to your geography, organisation size, and specific role requirements. This is included at no additional cost and ensures your offer is competitive before the first candidate conversation.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
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