Case Study
awaze - Case Study
awaze🏡, europe's largest holiday vacation rentals group. A family of iconic travel brands including Cottages.com, Hoseasons, Novasol and James Villa Holidays, since 2020, awaze have been on amazing technology & digital journey, the largest technology replatforming program in the travel industry.
125
PLACEMENTS MADE SINCE 2020
3:1
CV TO HIRE
16
AVERAGE TIME TO HIRE (DAYS)
THE BEGINNING
Awaze, a rising Northwest company with 0 presence in the area at the time, partnered with us in 2020 to build a new team and launch their Manchester Tech Hub.
We rebuilt their recruitment strategy up from scratch, including talent identity, job specs, interview processes, and a high-performing team structure (all within 48 hours). Since then, we’ve remained their partner of choice and placed talent across all areas of their tech teams including:
Exec hires (i.e. Director of Engineering)
Engineering (Managers. Software Engineers & QAs)
Devops & Platform engineers
Product Managers & Analysts
Product Design (Managers & Designers)
Infrastructure & Security specialists
Engineering Awaze's Success:
Building the Teams that Power Innovation
Through a catered recruitment strategy, we were able to build out an entire engineering and product team from scratch not just in Manchester, but in Copenhagen as well. Through the international technology team that we helped to build, awaze was able to create a core and robust platform that brings all their companies together under one system. This platform integration has led to improved efficiency, streamlined processes, and a more cohesive customer experience.
Building the Future: The Power of a Diverse Workforce
With the successful recruitment of skilled professionals from diverse backgrounds, the company was able to move forward with a strong foundation to build upon and continue to innovate and grow, and we’re proud to have played a critical role in helping them achieve this success.
Beyond Recruitment: Becoming a Trusted Talent Partner
Now, over 100 hires later, we've become more than just an external partner and are now a natural extension to their brand that can quickly spec candidates into the process with full confidence of the type of personality and work ethic that can thrive at the company.
“We launched our new tech hub in Manchester in September 2020 as we embarked on the largest technology transformation ever within the travel industry, bringing together all our brands under one roof. Key to our recruitment & growth plan was to find a true partner who possessed expertise in the local market. In our search, we were recommended the team at MRJ. Since day one, the team led by Jody have embedded themselves into awaze, rewriting all our specs, devising an interview process that focuses on the candidate experience, creating a talent brand identity and immersing themselves in the challenge."
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