Therese Otten

Therese Otten

Verified

Agency owner

South Africa

A Senior IT Recruiter and Agency Owner

I’m Therese Otten, Founder of DataTech Recruitment, based in the Western Cape and working across South Africa’s tech market and helping international firms with SA Tech Talent.

For over 20 years, I’ve worked in recruitment and business. I’ve seen hiring done well. I’ve seen it done in panic. I’ve seen what poor role scoping, rushed interviews and unrealistic salary expectations cost companies.

My focus is IT Recruitment. Developers. Engineers. Analysts. Architects. Testers. IT Leaders. Permanent and contract.

I don’t chase vanity metrics. I build long term hiring partnerships.

WHY WORK WITH ME

The South African tech talent market is competitive. Skilled Software Developers, Cloud Engineers and Data Specialists have options. If your hiring process is unclear, slow or misaligned, you lose them.

Most hiring challenges are not about a lack of CVs. They are about lack of clarity.

Unclear job briefs.

Salary misalignment.

Poor candidate experience.

Interview panels that are not aligned.

I bring structure, market insight and honest conversations into the process. I protect your employer brand while sourcing and screening properly. I ask better questions. I challenge unrealistic expectations. I represent you with credibility.

Candidates trust me because I do not sell roles. I advise on career moves.

Recruiting since 2004

Retained or contingency

Areas of expertise

Software Engineering

Product & Project Mgmt

Data & Analytics

DevOps / IT

Design / UX

AI / ML

Marketing

Finance & Accounting

People/ HR / TA

Executive & Personal Assistants

Geographic expertise

🇿🇦 South Africa

Languages

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English

List of services offered

Talent needs assessment

Sourcing

Structured interviewing

RPO

Accepted payment models

Monthly retainer

Retained search

Contingency search

Schedule time with Therese Otten

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Get in contact with Therese to discuss a specific project and potentially form a partnership.

What is Happlicant?

Modern software built for agency & solo recruiters

The all-in-one platform to efficiently run and grow your recruitment firm: CRM, ATS, automations, and way more.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

What is Happlicant?

Unleash your agency's superpowers

Happlicant is the modern all-in-one ATS + CRM for small recruitment agencies. Manage candidates, clients, jobs, and placements all under one roof.

Recruiting CRM

Source and engage candidates effortlessly with LinkedIn Chrome tools, data enrichment, email templates and advanced search.

ATS

Find, track, and submit candidates faster with AI resume parsing, automated pipelines, and jobs auto-synced to your site.

Sales CRM

Close deals faster with smart pipelines, client portal, automations, campaigns, and a LinkedIn profile scraper for instant lead capture.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Work faster, place more candidates, and spend less on software.

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!

Overall percentile: 96th

No strings attached

No contracts, no yearly lock-ins, no hassle. Our priority is simple: to make you exceptionally happy.

Book a call with us today!