Picking Up The Pieces

Have you ever wondered how our consultants are coping with changing market conditions?
In the article below, Alice Taber, Recruitment Consultant at Paul Harper Search & Selection, explains how our service has adapted to market circumstances ...
Over the last 12 months, the market infrastructure has experienced immense change. The downsizing and expansion of businesses has resulted in a constant fluctuating pool of candidates being available at any one time.
The amount of redundancies that have taken place has been astronomical, we have also witnessed individuals fleeing businesses in search of a new direction and more stability.
During this great period of change, organisations have still been recruiting which has provided hope to candidates that have been ‘mauled’ by the market.
The increasing number of candidates available has left businesses nothing but frustrated. The ‘perfect’ candidate has been swamped by the increasing number of applicants applying to one vacancy.
How do businesses avoid the ‘needle in the haystack mentality’?
At Paul Harper Search we have a filtering process which is continuously flexible to market change. It is our job to find the candidates we know we can help and that businesses can benefit from.
We approach this in several different ways to relieve the burden of recruitment.
Holding thorough telephone interviews and or face to face meetings with each
individual that applies to us, allows us to understand which candidates we can help.
The next stage will involve a matching process, seeing which candidates will thrive the most against current opportunities.
We support businesses not only going through change but also expansion and changes in direction, therefore our knowledge of the market is also essential. By working closely with a number of companies we build nothing but strong working relationships.  This ultimately leads us to having a good understanding of what is required within each individual business and helps client matching even more.
By going through a filtering process, we are helping businesses save time and
money, which is the silver lining in what seems to be a very fickle and changing
market.

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