However good your organisation’s strategy, technology and business processes, the quality of your people is the biggest factor affecting performance. But finding and keeping the best people in a highly competitive recruitment market is a major challenge for public and independent sector organisations.
In technical and other areas, outdated job descriptions may be an issue. Setting a competitive salary for a rarely advertised or new post may be a problem, or it may be that the organisation lacks capability to evaluate applicants’ skills in a specialist area.
Socitm Consulting offers a complete range of recruitment-related services to complement your organisation’s own capabilities. These include:
- Mapping the proposed position into organisational /departmental structures, and reviewing the latter in order to provide the optimal skills mix
- Advising on appropriate salary levels, preparing effective job descriptions and recruitment advertisements
- Identifying suitable candidates, application analysis and shortlisting, interviewing (including competency-based interviewing), checking references
The crucial advantage we offer compared to generalist recruitment agencies is that typically our consultants have not only recruited people into similar positions previously but have also had to live with their decision by having the appointee work within their department. Our consultants understand the sector in which you operate and include specialists in HR, business and technology, so we can appoint the right mixture of consultants to balance your own recruitment team.
If you would like to discuss how we may be able to help you in this area, please call us on 0845 450 0904, email consulting@socitm.gov.uk or use our online enquiry form.