What a year so far!

At e-recruitment buddy we’ve had such a good year to date that we thought we’d honour it with a brief blog post. Kicked off the year by running 2 campaigns for a key law firm in the South West – very different roles, one accounts based and the other someone to join their business development team as a Bid/Proposals Manager. We are very happy to report that both positions were filled through candidates attracted utilising our Vacancy Management service, a low-cost highly effective fixed fee recruitment model.

We then had a call from a client that I have personally worked with since 2002. They hadn’t yet dabbled in the ‘fixed fee recruitment’ model, so they decided they would trial it to recruit an Office Administrator. This was a great success – in fact they employed 2 people from the campaign – an Office Administrator and a Receptionist. As you can imagine for such a low fee (c£550-650), the cost-per head of new employee is minimal. The company in question have since run another 2 fixed fee recruitment campaigns with us and have asked us to put a proposal together for a ‘rolling recruitment’ contract. I am delighted with this, as having worked with them since 2002 it is good to be fluid in your approach to their recruitment needs and to have such a solid working relationship. In fact I have just looked back at a testimonial from them (in 2004) …. "As you know (and as is evident from our repeat business) we have been very impressed by the service you have given us over the last year. We have provided you with some diverse and specialised challenges from a recruitment point of view and you have risen to them with great enthusiasm, resourcefulness and professionalism. We have been extremely happy with the results of your searches for us and the friendly, yet unobtrusive way that you communicate with us during the process. As a company we would always come to you first with any recruitment requirements, knowing we are assured of a high quality, honest and professional service at all times."…. Interestingly I don’t believe their opinion has changed and looking back at the people I placed there originally, many are still employed – one is in fact now the MD!!

Also over the last few months we’ve had a handful of completely new clients and an existing one that hasn’t had a need since last November who came back just 2 weeks ago seeking a Junior Website Tester – someone from the campaign started this week and they are also looking at 2 of the other applicants for potential roles. Now that’s what I call value for money!

If you are a business looking for help to relieve the burden of the extra administration now involved in the recruitment process, then we at e-recruitment buddy would be delighted to hear from you.