Tech Pair

20/08/2026

20/08/2026

Great to be in Glasgow when the suns out! ☀️

Some client meetings, firstly at the Social Hub, a really great space…

Next week we’ll be advertising a new contract opportunity.

Tech Pair has partnered with a company working in the energy space in need for some contract support in the form of a Senior Azure / .NET Technical Lead.

This is a hands-on leadership role working with an Azure-based, event-driven platform in the energy sector. They need someone who can take ownership of the platform reliability, security and deployment, help shape the architecture and confidently contribute to technical conversations with customers.

📍 Scotland - ideally within reach of Stirling, Glasgow or Edinburgh
📅 Initial six-month contract
💷 Negotiable day rate
✅ Expected to be outside IR35, subject to determination
🔄 Potential extension or permanent opportunity

You’ll need strong .NET/C # and Azure experience, production platform ownership, GitHub and CI/CD expertise, and the ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly in client meetings.

If you’re a pragmatic, commercially aware technical leader who enjoys improving platforms without immediately reaching for a wholesale rebuild, we’d love to hear from you.

Send us a message if you’re interested.

Thanks

20/08/2026

Hiring managers should be delivering projects - not becoming part-time recruiters.

Without internal Talent Acquisition support, hiring can quickly become a cycle of agency briefings, CV reviews and repeated first-stage interviews.

Our latest research looks at a more focused, human approach.

Adding hiring-manager video to candidate outreach resulted in:

📈 35% more candidates progressing to interview
📉 32% fewer recruiter screens
⏱️ 2x more time spent learning about the role

At Tech Pair, video doesn’t replace human judgement. It helps candidates understand the role, team and culture before we speak to them properly.

The result?

✓ Better-informed candidates
✓ A focused shortlist
✓ Consistent employer messaging
✓ Less wasted hiring-manager time
✓ One founding partner from brief to offer

Swipe through to explore the research and see how our model works.

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20/08/2026

Hiring managers should be delivering projects - not becoming part-time recruiters.

Without internal Talent Acquisition support, hiring can quickly become a cycle of agency briefings, CV reviews and repeated first-stage interviews.

Our latest research looks at a more focused, human approach.

Adding hiring-manager video to candidate outreach resulted in:

📈 35% more candidates progressing to interview
📉 32% fewer recruiter screens
⏱️ 2x more time spent learning about the role

At Tech Pair, video doesn’t replace human judgement. It helps candidates understand the role, team and culture before we speak to them properly.

The result?

✓ Better-informed candidates
✓ A focused shortlist
✓ Consistent employer messaging
✓ Less wasted hiring-manager time
✓ One founding partner from brief to offer

Swipe through to explore the research and see how our model works.

Technology & Change recruitment for growing SMEs.

Exclusive permanent fee: 12.5%.

19/08/2026

We now live in a world where AI can write code, analyse information and generate content.

We have huge LLMs running in the cloud—and models we can download and run on our own laptops.

It’s incredible.

But when it comes to recruitment, we’re still trying to attract people using a text job advert and a two-page job description.

That doesn’t make sense to me.

A job description can list responsibilities and requirements.

But it can’t let you hear from the hiring manager, understand why the position exists, experience the company’s personality or get a genuine feel for the team and culture.

That’s why, at Tech Pair, we use video job specifications.

We record hiring managers explaining the opportunity in their own words and give candidates that context before they enter the process.

It helps the employer stand out, brings their brand to life and allows candidates to make a much more informed decision.

Text still has a place.

But in 2026, should it really be doing all the work?

18/08/2026

Do you hire Tech & Change people into your team? 👀

Are you a hiring manager that sometimes feels like a part-time recruiter?

Fear no more... Tech Pair are here 😅

We think hiring managers should spend their time leading teams and delivering projects - not:

❌ Briefing 4 different recruitment agencies
❌ Reviewing piles of speculative CVs
❌ Repeating the same first-stage interview 10 times
❌ Trying to work out which candidates actually understand the opportunity

So we do things differently.
You brief us once.

🎥 We help bring your role, team and culture to life
🎯 We headhunt the right people
🗣️ We conduct the first interview using your bespoke questions
✅ We check motivation and genuine interest
📋 We present a focused shortlist, not a first-stage longlist

And from the first conversation through to offer and onboarding, you deal with me or Stuart Alexander the same founding partner throughout.

One Partner. One Story. One Process. One Result.

Powered by tech.
Guided by insight.
Led by humans.

If you're growing a Tech or Change team and fancy trying recruitment a little differently, drop us a message!

13/08/2026

This is for the start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs that don’t have big internal Talent Acquisition teams…

Or perhaps you do but you’re still feeling the weight of the current market and the sheer number of people looking for roles.

Application volumes are high. Across most areas of Technology & Change it’s currently a company-driven market although AI is definitely an exception and other sub-specialisms...

But more applications don’t necessarily make hiring easier.

Managing that level of attraction, reviewing applications and keeping candidates properly updated can be challenging without dedicated resource particularly if you want to protect your employer brand throughout the process.

If you’re in that position, you’re exactly the kind of company we want to work with.

Tech Pair is founder-led and video-first. We help growing businesses manage the recruitment workload and provide focused, fully briefed candidate shortlists with first-stage video interviews already completed.

Reach out if you’d like to know more.

Thanks!

13/08/2026

We are climbing to a mighty 24 degrees today in Stirling... 🙌

Doesn't sound a lot to someone south of the border but ask any Scottish person, "it's a different kind of heat". 😅

Michael one of our Co-Founders has ASD, if I’m too hot, you’re going to know about it.

Repeatedly.

As one of his mates has said on more than one occasion:

“WE GET IT... YOU’RE HOT!” 😂

But there is some science behind it... if we can indulge for a second...

People with ASD or other forms of neurodivergence can process sensory information differently. Heat isn’t simply a number on the thermometer it’s the sweat, clothes sticking to you, the bright sun and the feeling that your brain simply cannot tune any of it out.

Add ADHD into the mix and for him once the heat has his attention, it becomes the main event. 😂 Sorry Stuart...

So yes, it might only be 24°C…

But internally, he's working from the surface of the sun.

Anyone else struggle to function in the heat or are you one of those sitting with a hoodie on just now? 🤣

01/08/2026

🚨 Would you apply for a company you’ve never really met?

Most job adverts tell you about the role.

Very few tell you about the people.

At Tech Pair, we believe candidates deserve to hear directly from the hiring manager not just read another job specification.

That’s why, before we take a role to market, we spend time understanding the business, the team and the challenge. We then record a short video with the hiring manager so candidates can see the person they’ll be working with and understand what the opportunity is really about.

It creates a more human hiring experience for everyone involved.

Research has shown that adding hiring manager video to candidate outreach can lead to:
• 35% more candidates progressing to interview
• 32% fewer recruiter screening calls
• 2× longer spent learning about the opportunity

Today we’re sharing one of those videos.

Not because it’s flashy…

But because we believe recruitment works better when people connect with people.

If you’re planning a technology or change hire and want to attract candidates with more than just a job spec, we’d love to help.

🎥 Let us know what you think.