IT recruitment and technician placement
Two ways to get the person you need: employed by us and placed with you, or recruited for you to employ directly.
Recruiting technical staff fails in a specific way. A recruiter who has never configured a conditional access policy cannot tell whether a candidate has genuinely run one or has simply listed it, so the assessment falls back to the CV, the job title and how well the person interviews. The client finds out which it was in the first fortnight.
We recruit for the roles we deliver ourselves. The technical screen is run by engineers who do the work, against the same standard we apply before putting someone on a client site under our own name. That is the whole argument for using us rather than a generalist agency.
We recruit throughout Sweden and into Norway, Denmark and Finland, including regions where a local search would turn up very few candidates.
Onsite and field technicians
Deskside support, hardware break-fix, imaging and rollouts, smart hands. The largest part of what we recruit.
Service desk
First and second line, including staff who can hold a queue in Swedish as well as English.
Microsoft 365 engineers
Tenant, Entra ID, conditional access, Intune and Autopilot. The hardest of these roles to fill well.
Network technicians
Switching, wireless, firewalls and structured cabling, for installation and for ongoing support.
Data centre technicians
Rack and stack, cabling, decommissioning and access-controlled site work.
Send the scope — locations, volumes and required response times — and you get a written capability pack and indicative rates within 24 hours.
Send your scopeContract placement or permanent recruitment
The difference that matters is who employs the person. Everything else follows from it.
| Contract placement | Permanent recruitment | |
|---|---|---|
| Who employs the person | We do in Sweden. Our local partner does elsewhere in the Nordics. | You do, directly, from day one. |
| Best for | Cover, projects, and sites where you have demand but no staff. | Building a team you intend to keep. |
| How it is charged | Monthly rate or day rate for as long as the placement runs. | A one-off fee when the person starts. |
| If the person leaves | Replacement is our responsibility, at our cost. | Replacement search at no fee inside the agreed guarantee period. |
| Payroll and compliance | Ours, or our partner’s in the host country. | Yours, under your own employment terms. |
How we screen
Five steps. None of them is a keyword search.
Technical screen against your environment. We ask what you actually run and test against that, not against the job advert. Our own engineers do it.
A practical task where the role warrants one. For field and Microsoft 365 roles this separates people who have done the work from people who have watched it being done.
Identity and right to work verified. Documented before we present anyone, not after you have made an offer.
References taken and checked. With the previous employer, not only with the name the candidate suggests.
Language level stated, never assumed. Swedish and English are recorded separately and honestly, because a technician who cannot hold a phone call in Swedish is a different hire in Skellefteå than in Stockholm.
Background checks are arranged where a client or a site requires them.
If you are a technician
We recruit continuously, including for regions most agencies ignore.
Send a CV and the regions you can work in to info@arctechnorth.com. Field technicians, service desk staff, Microsoft 365 engineers and network technicians are all of interest, in Sweden and elsewhere in the Nordics.
Applications are kept for 24 months so we can come back to you when something fits, and you can ask us to delete them at any point. What happens to your data is set out in the privacy policy.
We tell you which client and which site before you commit to anything, and your CV does not go in front of a client without your agreement first.
Common questions
Do you recruit IT staff for permanent employment?
Yes. We recruit technicians and engineers for clients to employ directly, as well as placing our own employed staff on contract. Permanent recruitment is charged as a one-off fee when the person starts, with a replacement search at no fee if they leave inside the agreed guarantee period.
What IT roles do you recruit for?
Onsite and field technicians, first and second line service desk, Microsoft 365 and Intune engineers, network technicians, and data centre and smart hands staff. These are the roles we deliver ourselves, which is why we can assess them properly rather than matching keywords on a CV.
How do you screen candidates?
A technical screen against your actual environment rather than a keyword list, a practical task where the role warrants one, reference checks, and identity and right-to-work verification. Background checks are arranged where a client or site requires them. Language level in Swedish and English is stated explicitly, never assumed.
Why recruit through a supplier that also does the work?
Because we can tell a competent technician from a well-written CV. Our own engineers run the technical screen, to the same standard we apply before placing someone under our own name. A generalist recruitment agency is reading the same document without that reference point.
How long does a search take?
For field, service desk and technician roles, expect a shortlist within about two weeks. Specialist Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Intune roles take longer, because the pool is smaller and the strong candidates are usually already employed. We tell you which of the two your role is before starting.
Do you recruit outside Sweden?
Yes, in Norway, Denmark and Finland. For contract placements the technician is employed through our local partner in the host country. For permanent recruitment you employ the person directly under that country's law, and we handle the sourcing and the screening.
I am a technician looking for work. How do I apply?
Send your CV and the regions you can work in to our contact address. We keep applications for 24 months so we can approach you when something fits, and you can ask us to delete them at any time. What we do with the data is set out in the privacy policy.
Tell us about the role
The environment, the location, and whether you want the person on your payroll or ours. You get an honest read on how hard it will be to fill before any fee is discussed.