Exceptional People are experts at sourcing even the most elusive candidates for your permanent vacancy.
Does your business have a requirement for a particular skillset that is also proving extremely hard to source? If your preferred suppliers are failing then you are not alone. This is likely to be a combination of the quality of the organisation, the experience level & capability of the person within that organisation who is working on your requirement, and also the basis on which you have engaged that organisation.
Most recruitment agents within any given recruitment agency are working many salaried roles at any one time, and most of those roles are worked by relatively inexperienced or mid-range capability members of staff...so it’s hardly surprising that the quality of response is often low!
Even if you have their assurances that they have put their best people on the role, recruitment agencies will usually grade requirements and will put their best people onto and most time into the roles that score the highest. For example, a gold standard company with a well paid, interesting role that comes with an excellent package and promotional prospects, that is given exclusively to the agency on a retained basis, with a good fee, would score highest. Conversely, a company that was struggling financially that is offering a role with little security and promotional prospects, that was given to multiple agencies on a contingency basis and a low fee would score the lowest. Even a great company with an excellent role with a good fee that gives the requirement to multiple agencies on a contingency basis will only score in the mid-range.
Our MD, Paul Belton, has over 30-years experience in recruitment and he remains hands-on. Paul has developed an extensive network and a proven process for identifying and securing the very best mid to senior level talent, even where that talent is elusive or in short-supply.
Initially, Paul will engage with you to understand your role, exactly what you are looking for in your hire and [where appropriate] the challenges you have faced in sourcing that person so far, leading to an open and honest discussion about how that hiring challenge can best be addressed.
We will then agree the basis of engagement - usually on an exclusive bases and, where appropriate, with a retainer. This way you can be assured that your role is being worked by the most appropriate member of staff and that the role will receive that person's complete focus. The market will be mapped and all of the best candidates for your role will be contacted, whether they are advertising themselves as actively looking or otherwise.
By adopting this approach you can be assured that your requirement is being worked in the best way to source the best solution in the shortest amount of time.
The right candidate is usually hired from our first shortlist proposal!
Exceptional People Limited
Boulton House
17- 21 Chorlton St
Manchester
M1 3HY