Minus 1 Recruitment

Minus 1 Recruitment is a recruitment and headhunting practice serving employers and candidates in Johannesburg and Cape Town. It describes itself as an intentionally small, boutique practice that works with a select client list, partly to avoid conflicts between competing clients. It focuses mainly on IT recruitment but also handles general recruitment.

Its main practice area is information and communication technology, placing candidates in the ICT departments of almost all sectors. It also recruits in financial services, including long-term and short-term insurance, as well as consumer and retail, FMCG, banking, mining and manufacturing. It says it recruits disabled ICT candidates and AA/EE candidates.

The company works on a retained search model and approaches candidates who are not necessarily looking for a job. It says it recruits only for Johannesburg and Cape Town, because recruiting anywhere else would not make financial sense.