Post by JaalaTek Design Solutions

Six questions every technical leader should ask before signing with an IT talent partner — and the answers that should make you walk away. After 10+ years placing digital and AI professionals with enterprises across Canada and the U.S., we've seen the same evaluation mistakes repeated. Buyers focus on speed and price. They don't ask about the vetting process until after a bad placement costs them three months of productivity. Here are the six questions that actually matter: 1. Who conducts the technical screen — a recruiter or a practitioner who has held this role? 2. Can you walk me through your assessment framework for this discipline? 3. What's your average time-to-shortlist for a senior role at this level? 4. Which enterprise clients have you placed this role type with? 5. Do I receive evaluation notes alongside the candidate profile? 6. What's your replacement policy if the placement doesn't work out? At JaalaTek, practitioners answer question one, not recruiters. Every candidate is screened by someone in the same discipline: A Product Manager who has shipped. A DevOps architect who has built An AI engineer who has put models into production. If a talent partner hesitates on question one, that's your answer. Ask us all six. We'll answer every one. Book a call at www.jaala.ca. #TalentStrategy #ITConsulting #TechnicalHiring #StaffAugmentation #PractitionerVetting