Matt Sharples, Founder and CEO, TriComMatt Sharples, Founder and CEO
TriCom, an IT staffing organization, is alleviating the burden of CHROs in sustainably recruiting high-value talent for over three decades. Its approach to talent hunting and recruitment is seated on the motto that true success lies not just in finding candidates with extensive technical expertise but in understanding ‘who’ they are as a person.

“We are a long-standing partner to IT organizations helping key stakeholders build their teams for the long-term,” says Matt Sharples, founder and CEO of TriCom.

Its talent acquisition strategy encompasses a holistic candidate selection process. In addition to technical evaluation, TriCom delves into behavioral interviews and assesses character, attitude, and motivation to understand a candidate’s unique qualities, which are as crucial as their expertise in determining the perfect fit for a role.

It has invested significant resources into building extensive talent pools and has mastered the ability to engage with and recruit talented individuals actively or passively seeking new opportunities. From the passive candidates, TriCom identifies individuals looking to step up from their existing roles and connects them with clients expanding their internal capacity.

TriCom’s innovative methodology for assessing a candidate’s character also reflects in the way it ascertains a candidate’s technical proficiency. It acknowledges that some individuals may have gained greater skill in a shorter time frame while others with more years of experience may lack the desired level of expertise. It digs beyond the surface of years of experience to find candidates who can truly excel in their roles.

For candidates that demonstrate sufficient proficiency but fall short of a specific role’s requirements, TriCom offers them lastmile training to bridge any gaps. It then matches them with clients offering contract-for-hire opportunities. This enables clients to unlock the potential of driven individuals and effectively align them with their requirements. To mitigate the risk involved for clients, it offers an extended four-week guarantee on each candidate it places.

The approach empowers organizations to build sustainable IT teams and minimize the frequent turnover experienced within the industry while ensuring clients succeed in their projects. It aims to outpace the average turnover faced by IT organizations in a two-year period.

An example that showcases TriCom’s ability to help clients build a team for the long term is of a prominent company that required assistance with a data migration project. The project involved consolidating data from multiple sources into a unified dataset and needed individuals with knowledge about Excel pivot tables and data transfer abilities. TriCom employed a contract-for-hire model and staffed the project with candidates who were early in their careers but had the potential and motivation to grow into highly skilled employees.

We are a long-standing partner to IT organizations helping key stakeholders build their teams for the long-term

While the client achieved their project objectives, TriCom’s approach generated success beyond project completion. The candidates gained valuable experience, and as the client could assess their proficiency throughout the project, they eventually retained many of them for other projects. The remaining individuals leveraged their newfound expertise to progress into other IT professions. The contract-for-hire model facilitated a mutually beneficial relationship between the client and the candidates, where they could build an IT organization after observing their employees’ work over a significant time.

In the wake of IT jobs experiencing a six- to seven-fold increase over the past three decades, the need is for experienced professionals that can aid organizations in this transformational journey. TriCom emerges as an invaluable partner in this endeavor, guiding them in sustainably recruiting top talent in a competitive job market.