Sourced - IT Recruitment

Who are we?

Sourced are IT recruitment specialists and work exclusively in support of developing and maintaining effective IT and Technology function

Our Organisation

Sourcr Top 10% recommended recruitersSourced are IT recruitment specialists and work exclusively in support of developing and maintaining effective IT and Technology function within businesses. We constantly update our understanding of our Christchurch and Auckland market through our Sourced Reports, and more importantly, the ever-changing digital scene.


Our dynamic team boasts the most local IT recruitment experience, we bring fresh ideas and excellent job opportunities to you, every day.


RCSA 2023 Excellence in Client ServicesOfficially launched on the 21st of February, 2011, Sourced is the brainchild of Michelle and Jason, and thrives on the basic values of genuine partnership, delivering quality 100% of the time, and being the go-to place for insight at all hours of the day! 


We have received the following recognition/awards:


New for us from July of 2022 is the implementation of a published review system that allows our clients and candidates to express support or observations of our service. While apprehensive at first, we have been very humbled by the feedback we have received in this short time and we continue to be motivated to achieve the highest level of results possible on behalf of job seekers and clients alike.

On top of this, Sourcr has just released a recognition 'badge' for the top 10% of recruiters in their system (across New Zealand and Australia) and we are pleased that our IT recruiters have been awarded this. You can read all of Sourced's reviews here https://www.sourcr.com/agency/sourced-nz



  • StaffSure certification through SGS, 2019,2021-current
  • Finalist for the RCSA’s Excellence in Client Service award 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2023
  • Winner for the RCSA’s Excellence in Client Service award 2016
  • Winner of Most Innovative Agency of the Year award in 2014.
  • Runner-up in the 2011 and 2012 SEEK SARA Awards for the Favourite Small Recruitment Agency category

Our Approach with Candidates

Our candidates come back to us time after time as we look out for them and provide sound and unbiased guidance throughout their careers. We offer much more than just job opportunities and prefer to see ourselves as trusted advisors. We pride ourselves on providing high quality needs analysis to ensure we’re best able to provide candidates with the highest chance of success.


When using Sourced's services you will experience a high attention to detail in securing a role that fits what you are looking for as well as an opportunity that will take you to where you need to be. We'll be honest with you if we think there is room for improvement in your resume or interview skills and will make sure you are listened to.


Our Approach with Clients

Our clients keep coming back because we do what we say we’ll do, we work to genuinely understand their business, their culture, their unique dynamic, and are therefore better positioned to attract and offer the best, most qualified talent. Our focus on exceptionally high-quality recruitment services sets us at the top of our field. We maintain a constant internal dialogue that encourages a pace of recruitment services that exceeds our client’s expectations.


As a client you will find Sourced Consultants dedicated to you and determined to be responsive and approachable. In an industry that, to some, has built a reputation for being a ‘sales industry’ we will be committed to maintaining a vigorously high standard of ethics throughout our recruitment processes with you.


Sourced over the years - current team

Sourced’s aim is to provide a complete approach to the recruitment process but with a genuine flexibility in our process. We are available for as much or as little support as is required and offer a broad range of additional HR services.

How we will help you

Permanent & contract recruitment specialists - for all technology recruitment Auckland and Christchurch, across any business. We specialise in knowing the IT and technology skilled workforce and relish solving your resourcing problems.


Full project-based consultancy teams using our simply enormous contractor network. We can assemble a team of professionals for you to manage, or take your problem away and deliver the solution with a full service consultancy approach.


All of Government - (*AoG Recruitment Panel) 


Live job alerts sent straight to your inbox - as a jobseeker we think it's worth your time to sign up to job alerts with us. We don't advertise all of our positions and more than half of the ones we do, are only live for a day or so. Why not have these delivered to you when they are published so you don't miss out?


Permanent or on-demand executive recruitment - for those critical roles that can be a challenge to fill, we can use our well-established network and resourcing tools to ensure you get the superstar you need. We have a particular passion for CIO roles with the network to back it up.


Targeted search and select for executive and specialist positions - our team are experts at using a range of tools to search for top notch candidates outside of our broad networks, and can tailor these to your specific role requirements. 


Salary surveying and benchmarking - with our large network of both candidates and clients, we can pull from our previous work and engagements to help you understand market salary and any reviews you might need to make.

Internal skills benchmarking to ensure best fit - here at Sourced we pride ourselves on really getting to know and understand our candidates before presenting them to clients. This ensures that our candidates get into roles that they love, and our clients hire the candidates that are best suited to not just the role, but their envrionment and team too.

Technical & psychometric testing - we can provide assessments for candidates of interest, providing you with summaries and results to help you make the best hiring decisions. 

Interview coaching / Exit interviewing / HR Consultancy - as a Sourced candidate, we want you to feel as comfortable and prepared as possible when working with us, and we offer a range of services to help you through your search for permanent or contracting jobs in NZ.

Technology business experts - if we don't have the knowledge, we know who does.

Biannual Christchurch and Auckland IT sector surveys - results from clients and jobseekers 

Our clients keep coming back because we do what we say we’ll do


*The following list shows the Government Departments and Agencies that are able to use the AoG Recruitment Panel construct. Note that these are New Zealand Government outlets only and this is not an exhaustive list of all other agencies who are also able to access the All of Government facility.


  • Accident Compensation Corporation
  • Accreditation Council
  • Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
  • Auckland District Health Board
  • Bay of Plenty District Health Board
  • Broadcasting Commission
  • Broadcasting Standards Authority
  • Callaghan Innovation
  • Canterbury District Health Board
  • Capital and Coast District Health Board
  • Children's Commissioner
  • City Rail Link Limited
  • Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
  • Commerce Commission
  • Counties Manukau District Health Board
  • Crown Asset Management Limited
  • Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited
  • Crown Irrigation Investments Limited
  • Crown Law Office
  • Department of Conservation
  • Department of Correction
  • Department of Internal Affairs
  • Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Drug Free Sport New Zealand
  • Earthquake Commission
  • Education New Zealand
  • Education Payroll Limited
  • Education Review Office
  • Electoral Commission
  • Electricity Authority
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
  • Environmental Protection Authority
  • External Reporting Board
  • Families Commission (also known as Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit or SUPERU)
  • Financial Markets Authority
  • Fire and Emergency New Zealand
  • Government Communications Security Bureau
  • Government Superannuation Fund Authority
  • Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
  • Hawke's Bay District Health Board
  • Health and Disability Commissioner
  • Health Promotion Agency
  • Health Quality and Safety Commission
  • Health Research Council of New Zealand
  • Heritage New Zealand (Pouhere Taonga)
  • Human Rights Commission
  • Hutt District Health Board
  • Independent Police Conduct Authority
  • Inland Revenue Department
  • Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities
  • Lakes District Health Board
  • Land Information New Zealand
  • Law Commission
  • Maritime New Zealand
  • MidCentral District Health Board
  • Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Ministry for Pacific Peoples
  • Ministry for Primary Industries
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Ministry for Children, Oranga Tamariki
  • Ministry for Women
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
  • Ministry of Justice (incl. Legal Services Agency)
  • Ministry of Maori Development (Te Puni Kōkiri)
  • Ministry of Social Development
  • Ministry of Transport
  • Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board
  • Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
  • Network for Learning Limited
  • New Zealand Antarctic Institute
  • New Zealand Artificial Limb Service
  • New Zealand Blood Service
  • New Zealand Customs Service
  • New Zealand Defence Force
  • New Zealand Film Commission
  • New Zealand Green Investment Finance Limited
  • New Zealand Lotteries Commission
  • New Zealand Police
  • New Zealand Productivity Commission
  • New Zealand Qualifications Authority
  • New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
  • New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • New Zealand Tourism Board
  • New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
  • New Zealand Transport Agency
  • New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited
  • New Zealand Walking Access Commission
  • Northland District Health Board
  • Office of Film and Literature Classification
  • Otakaro Limited
  • Parliamentary Counsel Office
  • Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC)
  • Pike River Recovery Agency
  • Predator Free 2050 Limited
  • Privacy Commissioner
  • Public Trust
  • Radio New Zealand Limited
  • Real Estate Agents Authority
  • Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Limited
  • Retirement Commission (also known as Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income)
  • Serious Fraud Office
  • Social Investment Agency
  • Social Workers Registration Board
  • South Canterbury District Health Board
  • Southern District Health Board
  • Southern Response Earthquake Services Limited
  • Sport New Zealand
  • State Services Commission
  • Statistics New Zealand
  • Tairāwhiti District Health Board
  • Takeovers Panel
  • Tamaki Redevelopment Company Limited
  • Taranaki District Health Board
  • Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)
  • Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission)
  • Television New Zealand Limited
  • Tertiary Education Commission
  • The Treasury
  • Transport Accident Investigation Commission
  • Waikato District Health Board
  • Wairarapa District Health Board
  • Waitemata District Health Board
  • West Coast District Health Board
  • Whanganui District Health Board
  • WorkSafe New Zealand




Our Organisation

Our Candidates

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How we will help you

Sourced are specialists in the IT & technology recruitment verticals. We take our responsibilities seriously. Sourced are an Accredited RCSA Recruitment Provider, we are members of the Canterbury Software Cluster and are regularly invited to sit on industry advisory boards and task forces, both locally and nationally.