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Why Tech Recruitment Is A Great Career

Why Tech Recruitment Is A Great Career

After five years in IT operations, Jonathan Sia switched to tech recruitment in Malaysia—and hasn’t looked back. From understanding how cutting-edge tech like Azure is built to controlling your income and building a powerful network, tech recruiting offers a dynamic career path. Read how.

June 3, 2022 5 min read Industrials
#tech recruitment, IT recruiter, agency recruiter, Malaysia tech market
Why Tech Recruitment Is A Great Career

In 2018, when I was five years into my role as Information and Technology Operations Manager for one of the well-known banks internationally, I decided to change my occupation as a tech recruiter otherwise agency recruiter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Here are some reasons why I love tech recruiting. If you are thinking of transitioning your career to join an agency recruiter, who focuses on tech recruiting, we might have the same thoughts.

You get to know how new technologies are built from scratch

Not everyone is born a software engineer. For some, no matter how hard they try to be one because they study to follow market demand, they don't enjoy the process of coding and development, making them an average developer.

But it's not the end of the world because I know people who are passionate about technology and end up getting into the tech recruitment industry, where they can still be part of the process from a different angle.

Being a tech recruiter allows you to understand why certain companies are hiring software engineers to build their products/services and dive deep into how tech candidates can explain in detail the products they have developed.

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