Veteran Connection

03/06/2026

Larger organisations don't always have the advantage when competing for talent. In fact, many candidates tell us they are actively seeking smaller businesses to work for, and the reasons are surprisingly consistent:

➡️Greater visibility of impact
➡️Faster decision-making
➡️Broader responsibilities
➡️Closer leadership access
➡️More autonomy
➡️Interesting project exposure

The influence these factors have on candidate decisions is sometimes underestimated, and the challenge for companies is communicating this value proposition clearly during the hiring process.

Size and headcount isn't always the deciding factor, the employee experience often is and this starts at application stage.

What has your experience been as someone who is and/or ?

29/05/2026

Check out our latest Weekly Moment, just a 1-min read.

You receive (yet another) LinkedIn message from a Talent Partner offering to help fill your open vacancies….First instinct is usually a polite ‘thanks, but our in-house Talent Acquisition team is managing it’ and fair enough, that’s exactly how it should be. Internal Talent teams are hugely ...

26/05/2026

👉 Some people throw spaghetti at the wall to see if it's cooked.

👉 Some recruiters do the same with CVs - fire enough at a Hiring Manager and eventually one sticks.

Volume isn’t best-practice recruitment. Precision is.

https://pimentoconnection.com/

22/05/2026

The work is there.

The demand is there.

But a shortage of cleared technical professionals is slowing delivery, growth and contract award.

Who’s helping you solve it?

18/05/2026

Every opinion matters.

15/05/2026

You can usually tell pretty quickly. A CV lands in your inbox and your first thought is:

'𝘼𝙝, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙'

Not because it’s packed with buzzwords or polished corporate language, but because it genuinely fits. Quite often, the best candidates don’t just meet the technical requirements; they understand the environment, the pace, the pressure, and can see what the team is going to achieve.

💥 A CV can’t show that, but a personalised profile can. 💥

How? By meeting each candidate, having a detailed chat, finding out what's underneath the words on the CV (and finding out what isn't on there) taking time to discover more about the person in front of us.

That’s the difference between filling a vacancy and making the right hire.

Too much recruitment is focused on volume. We’re more interested in connection; bringing together people, teams and opportunities that actually work long term.

At Pimento Connection, we help Hiring Managers find talent that adds real value from day one.

14/05/2026

https://pimentoconnection.com/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-starts-with-the-letters-ends-with-the-point/

Recruitment can be a funny industry sometimes. A role lands marked URGENT, profiles are turned around at lightning speed, everyone’s moving quickly… then suddenly, silence.

11/05/2026

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27/04/2026

The best coffee houses don’t serve everyone, everywhere, all at once.

Neither do we.

Boutique Recruitment. Selective by design. Precise in delivery.

24/04/2026

https://pimentoconnection.com/job/research-manager/

We are looking for a Research Manager to join our client in London on the data and insights team focused on online harms. As a Research Manager, you will play a key role in designing, delivering, writing, and communicating research across a wide range of online harms topics to government, law enforc...