Advertised Selection
Advertised selection can offer a swift conclusion to your requirements. Well written, timed and placed advertising can generate enough suitable candidates to fill executive and manager level vacancies and can also provide an excellent back-up to a search for more senior positions. Client paid advertising is complemented with a free contingent search for senior appointments (Assistant Director and above) and free database search for Manager and below.
The increasing number of online magazines, industry journals and recruitment portals combined with traditional newspaper advertising options, offer a very wide range of media. We have considerable advertising experience and are able to offer advice on the most productive solution for our clients. Any discounts received through our media buying are passed to the client.
We take care to understand your requirements and coupled with our specialist sector knowledge are able to quickly identify the strongest candidates. Sometimes it will be necessary to advance the process to include an ideal candidate who may need to be seen swiftly rather than lose to a competitor. We will monitor this. Maybe a strong candidate contacts us just “curious” about the advert. We will arrange to interview the candidate and examine the opening fully with the aim of thoroughly examining the fit and always producing a well briefed and motivated candidate helping make the most of the advertising.
Process and timescale
Each assignment is tailored to your exact requirements with this example representing a typical process taking 3 or 4 weeks to reach shortlist stage from signed agreement.
Arrange to meet and discuss the requirements. This will include suggested media and costs. A proposal is prepared with the mandate details included and our fees set out. This is agreed and signed and the process is begun.
If necessary, we will prepare a recruitment brief and job specification, ideally meeting with the appropriate recruiting manager/s.
A draft advertisement is produced for your approval. Following any amendments this is placed in the agreed media.
Response is monitored and screening interviews conducted for suitable candidates. If required a structured interview can be arranged using agreed questions with responses noted and then presented with the shortlist. This should take 1/2weeks
A shortlist is presented to include the strongest candidates from the advertised response and database search. We will, supplying CV’s, salary details and consultant’s screening interview comments and/or structured interview answers. This should take 1or 2 weeks
We will arrange interviews for individuals to meet you. We will co-ordinate and relay all feedback and arrange second and subsequent interviews as necessary.
We will make recommendations on the remuneration packages to be offered to the selected candidates; convey the offers to the successful candidates; liaise at all times with yourselves and the candidates particularly with regard to negotiation of the remuneration package and taking the candidates through to signature.
Prior to resignation we will coach the chosen candidates on strategy for resignation and how to respond to counter-offers.
