Square One
Capability Document
UK Head Office
6 Devonshire Square
London
EC2M 4YE
+44 (0)20 7208 2828
Netherlands Office
68-78 Vijzelstraat
1017 HL
Amsterdam
Netherlands
+31 (0)20 715 7304
Poland Office
Domaniewska 37
02-672
Warszawa
Poland
+48 (0)22 307 2133
www.squareoneresources.com
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Contents
1.OUR HISTORY
1.1 Company Snapshot
1.2 Our Business Practices
1.3 Our Vertical Skills Coverage
1.4 Our Resourcing Solutions
1.5 Our Geographic Footprint
1.6 Partnerships & Affiliations
2.INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICE
3.CONTACT US
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1. OUR HISTORY
Square One Resources Ltd was founded in1995. Having spent many years working in the
recruitment industry, our founders’ vision was to create a unique recruitment experience for our
clients, candidates and employees. Taking a specialist approach and promoting open, honest and
ethical values to run as a thread throughout our business operations; we aim to become the
instinctive partner of choice when clients face a recruitment issue.
The following are significant events/timelines which have contributed to our success:
1995
Square One Resources Ltd was founded in 1995. The company specialises in the recruitment of
SAP resources.
2003
Square One Pharma Resources Ltd, a subsidiary of Square One Resources Ltd specialising in
recruitment within the Pharmaceutical industry, is founded in the UK.
2008
Square One Resources B.V. is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since our inception, we have
grown rapidly and organically to become financially strong, with a long-standing reputation for
excellent service.
2013
Square One Resources Ltd opens a new office in Poland, further expanding our footprint across
Europe.
Today, Square One is one of the leading European IT & ERP specialist recruitment partners for
locating, engaging and mobilising talent. We are renowned throughout Europe for our strength,
experience and knowledge in sourcing talented permanent, contract and interim professionals
across both private and public sector organisations.
Our vision is to become the largest privately owned IT recruitment company in Europe by 2016. We
believe we will achieve this goal by redefining and raising the industry standard of professionalism
within the recruitment sector; by continuing to empower people and companies to fulfil their visions.
Turnover in 2014 was £64.4 million
We currently employ 105 staff on a permanent basis
We have over 346,000 candidates registered on our in-house database
We currently have 700 contractors placed at client sites across the globe
We supply to and command an impressive portfolio of over 300 clients
We currently supply to clients in over 44 countries on 5 continents
We currently have an office in London, Amsterdam and Warsaw
In 2013, Square One was granted the Arbeitnehmerüberlassung licence (AÜG) by the German authorities.
1.2 Our Business Practices
1.1 Company Snapshot
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Pharmaceutical
Executive
Search
Contingency
33,000
IT & Telecoms
Pharmaceutical
ERP
SAP
Oracle &
PeopleSoft
Development
Digital Media
Infrastructure
Testing &
Drug Discovery
& Pre - Clinical
Clinical
1.3 Our Vertical Skills Coverage
The following diagram provides a detailed breakdown on Square One’s vertical skills coverage
across all technologies.
Development:
Front End & Web Development: HTML, CSS, XML, Adobe - Flash/
Coldfusion/Photoshop, Perl, PHP, AJAX, Silverlight, ActionScript, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, Flex, etc
Application Development: .NET, C#, C/C++, Visual Basic (VB.NET, J#, Visual J++, etc), Sharepoint (MOSS), BizTalk, Java (J#, etc), J2EE/JEE/JES, BEA
Weblogic, Tomcat/Apache, Websphere, Cobol, Tivoli, Assembler, Lotus
Database Design, Development & Admin: Oracle (Oracle Corp), SQL Server/ MS Access (Microsoft), DB2 (IBM), MySQL (Sun), Sybase
Enterprise Solutions
ERP & CRM: Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel CRM, JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, Salesforce.com (SFDC), Maximo, Primavera, Windows Azure, Amazon Web Services, SuccessFactors and Workday
Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing: Oracle Business
Intelligence, SAP BusinessObjects, SAS, Hyperion, Cognos, Applix, Ab Initio, Panorama
Testing & Infrastructure
Networking and IT Security: Cisco: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDP, CCSP, CCIP, CCVP, CCDE, Juniper: JNCIS, JNCIA, Netscreen, Networking and Wireless
Networking Design – LAN, WAN, WLAN and WWAN, Network Cabling/Layout, Administration – TCP/IP, Routers, Switches, Gateways, Security – Firewalls
Anti-Virus Software including TMG & Forefront, IPS - Cisco Pix, ASA, CISSP Checkpoint, Nokia – Clas & Non Clas Consultants, Physical, Personal,
Governance, Commercial Risk, Intercept, Forensics, Communications – Telephony System Design, VoIP, Cisco, Avaya, Skype
Testing: Manual Testers - All levels; Junior, Senior, Lead and Management, Technical Testers - Senior, Lead, Managers, Quality Assurance Specialists,
Functional Testers, Non Functional Testers, Test Automation Specialists, Test Managers, QA Managers, Programme Test Managers, Test Consultants, Release & Configuration Managers, Testing Business Analysts, Handset Testers, Network & Infrastructure Testers, Data warehouse and Migration Testers, Penetration
Testers
Virtualisation / Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing: VMWare: ESX, VSphere 3,4,5, VCP, Vcloud, Citrix: CCA, CCIA, CCEA, CCEE, XenApp 5.0 6.0 6.5, XenDesktop, Symantec: Solutions Consultantst, Unified Communications: MS Lync, Office365, OCS, Storage: Net App, (NCDA, NCIE), EMC Clariion, CommVault
Support/Admin: 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Line Support, Systems Administration with Microsoft OS, MAC OS, Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX), Linux (Redhat, Centos,
Ubuntu), LAMP Stac, Infrastructure Design including Active Directory, Windows Server, WINTEL Exchange, Storage and Data Center Operations, Database
Administration, Microsoft Consultants in System Center (SCCM, SCOM, SCSM, SCVMM)
Virtualisation & Remote Access: Citrix , VMWare, VPN, Windows Terminal Server, MS Application Virtualisation
Digital Media
Mobile Applications: iOS Developers, Android Developers, Blackberry Developers, Windows7 Developers
Designers: Information Architects / UX Designers, Visual Designers, Graphic Designers
Front-end: HTML5 / Mobile Web Developers, JavaScript Developers, Interface Developers
Back-end: Drupal Developers, PHP Developers
Project Managers: Digital Project Managers, Digital Producers, Client Services Executives (Account Managers through to group Account Directors
SAP Practice:
Finance Areas: SAP FI (AR, AP, AA, GL/SL/NewGL, FM, TV) - CO (PA, PC, CCA, PCA), PS) TRM, Real Estate Management, Cash Management Logistics/SCM: SD, LE, MM, WM, IM, PP & PP-PI, PM, QM, PS, CS, MRO, ERO
Business Intelligence: BW, BI/BO, BODS/BOBJ, HANA EPM, SEM (BCS, CPM, BFC, FIM etc. )
Enterprise Performance Management: BPC, PCM, BFC
Human Resources: PA, PD, OM, ESS, MSS, TM, Talent Management, e-Recruitment, Travel Mangement, TEM, PY, PY-NPO, Nakisa, ECM New Dimension: APO (DP & SNP), CRM, GTS, MII, PLM, SNC, SRM VC Industry Solutions: All
Technical: ABAP/Web DynPro, Basis,SolMan, Security/Authorisation/GRC NetWeaver, XI/PI, EP, Mobile
SAP Financial Services Specialists in: Bank Analyzer, FS-CM, FS-RI, FS-ICM, FS-CD, SAP Banking Services; SAP Deposits Management, SAP Loan Management, SAP TRM.
Oracle Practice:
Oracle: Oracle E-Business Suite (11i, R12), Oracle Core / AS & Weblogic, Oracle SOA / BPM / BPA Suite 10g / 11g, Oracle UCM (10g, 11g), Oracle Retail (R12, R13), Oracle BI (Hyperion S9 / EPM v11, OBIEE / OBIA 10g / 11g)
Oracle E-Business Suite: Covering all Oracle E-Business Suite modules (FI, SCM, HCM, Man) both 11.5.10 and r12 including processes such as P2P and O2C
Core Oracle Technology: In addition to the standard Oracle Development tools (PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, DB) we have
considerable experience in supplying skills around Fusion Middleware/ SOA suite including; BPEL and BEA Weblogic.
Oracle Fusion: HCM Fusion Applications including Taleo, Core HCM and Performance/Talent Management with best of breed HCM products and solutions.
Cloud based offerings:12c and Exadata and Oracle on Demand. Database core technology: Up to date releases to 12c for cloud. Core technology database products around Grid controls, Dataguard, OVM, OEM in both support, production and virtual environments for 11g release 2. This includes database migration, RAC upgrade and patch and bug fixing, plus performance enhancement, monitoring and tuning and Backup.
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1.4 Our Resourcing Solutions
Our solutions are tailored to suit each client’s resourcing needs. We have tried and tested methodologies, processes and best practices ensuring that our clients receive the highest quality of service.
Contract/Interim Recruitment Permanent/Search Recruitment Structured Recruitment Plan Authorisation Process
Targeted Sourcing & Attraction Strategies Assessment Services Offer Management Candidate Retention Direct/Niche Recruitment Employer Brand Order Process Sourcing (Talent Pool) ‘Known & Trusted’ Resources Assessment Services On - Boarding Services Contractor Care & Retention Services
Cost Efficient & Time Conscious Service
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1.5 Geographic Footprint
We currently provide progressive staffing solutions to multinational companies in 44 countries, across 5 continents and continue to expand each year.
As a specialist provider of niche IT resource, we have found that the majority of our workforce are transient, therefore our contractors will travel or temporarily relocate to most or any location(s) for work.
As an independent privately owned organisation, our corporate structure offers unique benefits to our clients by facilitating centralised decision making, ensuring consistent implementation of our clients’ business objectives in any required
location across the globe.
Australia Belgium Bermuda Brazil Canada China Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Israel Italy Japan Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden
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Switzerland Taiwan Tunisia Turkey UAE United Kingdom USA VenezuelaCountries Covered
1.6 Partnerships and Affiliations
Square One is a full member of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSco), the
professional body that represents the interests of organisations engaged in the acquisition of business professionals.
Square One is a certified Oracle Partner via OPN, to view our page in the OPN Solutions Catalogue please follow this link
https://solutions.oracle.com/scwar/sc/Partner/SC2PP-SQUAREONERESOURCES.html
Square One is a certified Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Achieving gold competency status enables us to indicate our best-in-class capability to our customers and other Microsoft partners.
Square One is a commited partner of the UKOUG; we work closely together to achieve goals such as increased market awareness; and marketing through association with the aim of providing a more
specialised service to our customers.
As part of the UK & Ireland SAP User Group, Square One attends numberous events that cover a wide range of topics relevant to the operation and implementation of SAP software, including presentations by users on their own experiences, and by SAP on the latest developments in their products and
services (including pre-launch product information).
Square One is an affiliated member of IPSE (formally PCG) whose aim is to be the voice of freelancers, working with the Government and recruitment industry to protect and promote freelancing/freelancers, on a local, na-tional and European level.
Infrastructure
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Square One has a dedicated team of Infrastructure specialists who have up skilled and cross trained with various clients and partners (including Microsoft Training Professionals) to increase their market knowledge. As such they have a unique ability to deliver the highest calibre technical resources that match our client’s particular needs.Square One supplies specialist resources to the UK, Europe and Middle East for both contract and permanent roles including;
n Senior Infrastructure Roles - Programme Management, Project Management, PMO, Architect, Technical Consultant, Head of IT, Managing Director,
n Infrastructure Managers, Team Leaders
n Application Support – Front to Back Office – 1st line through 4th line
n Service Desk/Desktop Support – Front to Back Office – 1st through 4th line
n Systems Administration –Microsoft OS, Mac OS, UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX), Linux (RedHat, Centos, Ubuntu), LAMP Stack
n System Center – SCCM, SCOM, SCSM, SCVMM, Active Directory, Exchange Server
n Databases – SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, Data Warehousing
n Build/Environment Management – Automation, Release, Configuration, Deployment, Application Packaging
n IT Security – Governance, Compliance, Policy, Logical Access Management/Identity Access Management, CISSP, RSA Tokens, Audit
n Market Data – Reuters, Bloomberg
n Data Centre – Rack mounting, cabling, monitoring
n Storage – NetApp, EMC, HP, Clariion, CommVault
n Virtualisation/Cloud – Cloud computing (Windows Azure, NetApp, Salesforce.com, Amazon), VMWare (ESX, VSphere, VCP, Vcloud) – Citrix (CCA, CCIA, CCEA, CCEE, XenApp, XenDesktop), Symantec
n Networking – Wired/Wireless – Cisco, Juniper, Ruckus, Low Latency, Multicast, Firewalls, Load balancing, Proxy, Routers/Switches, TCP/IP, LAN,WAN, WLAN, WWAN
n Voice and Telephony – VoIP, Cisco, Avaya, Skype, IDSN, DSL,
n Messaging - Unified Communications, Lync, OCS, WindowsLive, MSN, Lotus
Notes
n Service Driven – Service Delivery, ITIL, Change Management, Business Continuity
We are a top tier supplier of Infrastructure Professionals to a number of IT Consultancies, Software Houses, Investment Banks, Trading/Hedge Fund
Organisations, Central and Local Government, Leisure and Travel; ensuring that we have built up a vast candidate and client network over the years.
