COA Solutions is the market leader in accounting software, procurement software, human resource software, payroll software, business intelligence, document management, data integration and managed services.Connections first worked with COA in 1995, having already had a long-standing relationship with their newly appointed HR Director, Kevin Lyons, who had recently joined them.

At the time COA had an unrewarding and simply functional relationship with other suppliers of recruitment services. Initially both Connections and Kevin were coming to grips with a new company culture and associated mission / vision. It became apparent that, to win back the trust of the recruiting managers and technical staff, any supplier would have to work very hard to align their services to ensure that true value was added during the recruitment process.

Fifteen years on Connections are very proud to be a long-standing and trusted recruitment partner to COA.

“My expectations of the service has never been higher, in particular since we have worked together for so long,” says Kevin Lyons, HR Director. “This is epitomised by the most recent assignment we asked Connections to satisfy for us. We asked them to find a Java developer for our Gateshead office. There were very tight time constraints and business pressures that needed to be understood. As always, Chris and Connections provided me with a tight, well-qualified shortlist which placed the manager in a position to hire within days and hence we could deliver to our customer. This is no less than I would expect from Connections every time.”