Technical roles
Solution Architects, Developers, Testers, Product Owners and the specialist engineering roles that sit around them. Briefs that other agencies return unfilled are the ones worth sending me.
Executive & Technology Hires, NZ and Australia
Welcome to Aksamit Recruitment Specialised IT recruitment for executive and technology hires across New Zealand and Australia
The biggest risk in hiring a search firm isn't the market. It's paying for senior expertise and then being handed off to a junior recruiter.
At Aksamit Recruitment, founder and owner Aksana Rusakova personally directs every engagement, bringing 20 years of executive search authority and 18 years specialising in the ANZ technology hiring sector.
- 20 years of executive search authority
- 18 years specialising in ANZ technology hiring
- 2 markets covered: New Zealand and Australia
Aksana Rusakova
Director and Owner
Senior Technology Recruiter & Career Coach
Aksamit Recruitment Ltd
Senior Technology Recruiter & Career Coach
Aksamit Recruitment Ltd
Aksamit Recruitment is Aksana Rusakova.
When you work with Aksamit, you work with her directly, not with whoever is free that week. You partner with someone who acts as an extension of your own leadership team and of your business. And you get great results, fast.
What I Do
Three kinds of hire, one specialist
Technology hiring fails when the person running the search does not understand the role. Eighteen years in this market means I do, and it means I already know a good number of the people worth talking to.
Sales and pre-sales
Pre-Sales Consultants, Sales Consultants and the commercially fluent technical people who bridge the two. A niche most generalist recruiters read badly, because it needs both vocabularies.
Leadership and executive search
Technology leadership appointments and larger recruitment programmes, delivered for organisations across New Zealand and Australia, from global IT names to well-known Kiwi businesses.
Roles I place regularly
- CTOs and CEOs
- VPs of Engineering
- Director of Product
- Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)
- Head of Security
- Technology Executives
- Engineering Managers
- Solution Architects
- Technical Leads
- Software Developers
- Cloud and DevOps Specialists
- Data Scientists and Data Engineers
- Machine Learning and AI Engineers
- Test Engineers
- Product Owners
- Pre-Sales Consultants
- Sales Consultants
Why Aksamit
Small by design
Aksamit is deliberately a one-person practice. That is the point, not a limitation.
You deal with the principal
The person who takes your brief is the person who runs the search and calls the candidates. Nothing is handed to a junior, and nothing is lost in the handover, because there isn't one.
A network built over eighteen years
Placements across some of the world's largest IT organisations and across well-known New Zealand businesses. Most of the useful conversations start with someone I already know.
Placed to last, not to close
A placement that leaves in six months helps nobody. I would rather tell you a candidate isn't right than fill a seat, which is why I work with most clients more than once.
And when a brief needs more than one pair of hands
Small does not mean small-scale. I have delivered large technology recruitment programmes for organisations across New Zealand and Australia, so volume hiring is familiar ground rather than new territory: the same search discipline, run across a portfolio of roles against a single deadline.
Where a brief needs more capacity than one person can give it, I bring in contract support, as I have done before and still do when a project calls for it. What that does not change is who you are dealing with. I scope the work, I run the search, and the result is mine to answer for.
Client Testimonials
What people say
Aksamit Recruitment played a pivotal role in helping us find top-notch technical talent that perfectly fit our organisation's needs. Their dedication and expertise are truly commendable.
a leading IT Consultancy, NZ
Aksana has an absolutely outstanding talent for understanding people and then matching them to teams and roles and is always excellent to work with.
Aksana is a very talented, hard working and knowledgeable Recruitment Consultant. She adds immense passion and dedication to finding the right job opportunity for each and every candidate. She is honest and you can always trust her to do her job well. She is always to the point and very helpful.
a leading NZ software firm
Beyond the Search
Consulting services and coaching
Alongside search work, Aksana advises individuals and hiring teams directly. Every engagement starts with a free 15-minute consult, so you can decide whether it is worth going further before anything is charged.
Consulting and coaching for job seekers and candidates
- Strategic resume alignment & polish
- Technical interview strategy & coaching
- Offer negotiation & career advisory
- Executive career transition coaching
- LinkedIn & professional brand audits
Consulting and coaching for companies and hiring managers
- Talent acquisition advisory & process design
- Executive & specialist search projects
- Market intelligence & salary benchmarking
- Hiring manager & panel interview training
- Employer value proposition (EVP) alignment
Hiring, or thinking about your next move?
Either way, the first 15-minute consult is free and there is no obligation attached to it. Tell me what you're trying to do and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.