Tech Recruitment: What Actually Works 

Tech recruitment is competitive and the best candidates in tech industry are passive.

If you’re a startup founder, HR lead, or tech hiring manager, you’ve probably asked yourself at some point:

“Where did all the good candidates with skill sets go?”
“Why is it taking me months for find candidates and filling positions?”
“Are we doing something wrong in our recruitment strategy, or is this just the market?”

At MEHR, we are tech recruiters and we talk to tech founders and hiring managers every day, and providing them recruitment services using personalized recruitment strategy.

We have worked with tech companies across the globe, from early-stage startups to enterprise-level clients, and we’ve heard it all. 

Why Is Tech Recruitment So Hard Right Now?

Simply said, there is a shortage of the right people and that is why more and more companies are turning to tech recruitment companies:

• Passive talent: The best tech professionals aren’t looking at job boards. You have to go find them and build relationships with them.
  
• Fast-changing skill sets: software engineering evolves fast. 

• Remote hiring: Now that everyone can work from anywhere in the tech industry. You’re competing globally.
  
• Cultural fit matters: A technically skilled person might still be the wrong hire if they don’t align long term with your team culture.
  
• AI-generated applications: Many applications now look “perfect” on paper, but don’t always reflect real skills or experience.
  
• Specialization: Hiring in ad tech, health tech, med tech, or HR technology recruitment all comes with their own special needs.
  

The Different Flavors of Tech Recruitment

Here’s a quick look at the most demand tech roles:

• IT tech – roles like developers, DevOps, QA, and IT support.
  
• Tech sales – BDRs, SDRs, AEs, and Sales Directors.
  
• Tech executive – roles like CTO, VP of Engineering, Head of Product, etc.
  
• Tech marketing – growth, SEO, and product marketing roles.

Whether you’re hiring in health tech, ad tech, med tech, or HR technology, your recruitment agency

should understand your needs and not just job titles.

The Role of a Tech Recruitment Agency

Whether you’re a startup or a scaling tech company, a trusted tech recruitment agency becomes your partner in startup recruitment.

Need someone in health tech? SaaS? HR tech? Ad tech? We’re done it all.

At MEHR, we help with recruitment services:

• Defining tailored recruitment strategy
• Crafting the right job description
  
• Conducting market research on salaries and skills
  
• Proactive talent sourcing (beyond job ads)
  
• Pre-screening and technical assessments
  
• Closing candidates with clarity and speed
  

Common Mistakes Companies Make in Tech Recruitment

Let’s call Human Resource out:

🚫 Relying only on job ads
🚫 Ignoring employer branding
🚫 Taking too long to respond to candidates
🚫 Prioritizing speed over fit
🚫 Dragging out the process – the best people don’t stay available for long

If you’ve made some of these mistakes, don’t worry, most companies have.

That’s why working with an experienced tech recruitment agency helps.

When to Work With Recruitment Agencies

You should reach out to a tech recruitment agencies if:

• You’ve had an open role for too long on job boards and job seekers don’t apply
  
• You keep hiring, but candidates don’t stay long term and full time.
  
• You don’t have time to manually source candidates, or do executive search.
  
• You’re expanding into new markets or going remote – recruitment platform helps here.
  
• You’re building a team from scratch (we love doing this!) and you need to find candidates quickly as possible.

If any of this recruitment process sounds familiar, we’d love to get in touch and help you find the right person for your role with the right recruitment strategy. 

How We Do It at MEHR

We’re not just another tech recruitment agency. 

We are a tech recruitment partner, specialized in startup recruitment.

We helped many tech companies, from startups to global players, to build better teams with startup recruitment:

✅ Custom tech talent recruitment strategies

✅ Clear communication throughout the hiring journey

✅Honest, human-to-human recruiting that works

Let’s make it happen

With the right hiring partner, you can hire smarter and faster.

If you want to learn more about our case studies in tech – check them out here. 

Drop us a message at hello@hirewithmehr.com if you have any questions or need help with hiring.