COGNITIVE GROUP

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:

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

Connecting the best people to the best companies

A partner of choice

Understanding you and your market to help you build a successful team

Quality Counts

Providing the lowest CV / placement ratio in the industry (3:1)

Exceptional customer service

A professional & dedicated team focussed on recruiting the perfect candidate

Ambassadors for your brand

Positively positioning your brand in the market

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

Reliable Resultsdriven Integrity Collaborative Fun

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

“ ”″ A first class service …. Hitachi Solutions

″ Always available and ready to go the extra mile …. IBM

″ Provide an exceptional service … Barclays

″ A high degree of integrity …. Avanade

″ Know their markets inside out …. Conexus

″ Attract the best candidates … PWC

″ A true partner –finding and securing individuals of the very best calibre … K3

″ Cognitive take the time to understand our business … Tribal Group

″ Dedication and professionalism …. CGI

″ A truly dedicated team focussed on getting the right candidates … Clear Channel

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”.

CASE STUDY

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 Dynamics AX staff retention rates in the industry.

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.

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”

CASE STUDY

Cognitive has:

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.

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.

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

Cognitive has: 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.

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

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.

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

Cognitive has: 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.

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.

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.”

CASE STUDY

Cognitive has: 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.

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

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