Super-Fast, High Quality IT Recruitment

The last 2 placements we’ve made at 100%, have taken less than 2 weeks from taking the job spec, to offer and acceptance.   And these are not isolated cases.

We have a 1-week SLA, where we will have run our adverts, completed all of our searches and push your position vigorously to market.

At the end of that week, we will present you with a short list of quality candidates who will be vetted, interviewed, fully briefed and good to go.  And then it’s over to you.

In the case of the 2 positions that were filled in under 2 weeks, the client was committed and moved fast.  The CVs were reviewed that day, with interviews set up for 2 days later and a final interview 2 days after that.   Offered, Accepted, Done.

It really doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process and successful hiring managers know that prioritising recruitment over everything else and moving quickly is the key to getting positions filled.

NOTHING KILLS A DEAL LIKE TIME

CAVEAT

Of course, this cannot be the case for all positions.  There are 4 reasons that positions are harder to fill and therefore take more time or require a rethink:

• Location – There’s often not much you can do about location, but if it is a problem, we need to work a plan around it and have realistic expectations.
• Salary – of course salary needs to be right, and we will advise you on this when taking the spec. There is absolutely no point in us all working our socks off and prioritising the process if salary (the number one reason for candidates changing jobs) is wrong.   Actually, one of the companies we’ve just helped took our advice at the beginning of the process – adjusted the salary accordingly and 10 days later, had the post filled.
• Skillset – some are harder than others and take more time. But are the skills listed realistic?  Is it a wish list that is unrealistic?  We’ll advice you on this too and work together so that it works for all parties.
• Remote / hybrid – We are noticing that some (quite a lot) customers lately are moving back to a full-time office model. This makes it a lot harder as it’s the 2nd question we get asked after salary.   But we will work the position and let you know if this is ruling out the best candidates or not.  The office-based roles we’ve worked lately haven’t been a problem and  have had shortlisted candidates across in a week.

Market Report

Back to those SLAs.  So, 7 days to get a shortlist of candidates to you.  But where that isn’t possible, you will get a report on the market – how the search has gone, where the difficulties have arisen and what do we need to do or change to get you the candidates you need.

But sometimes, as in a recent case where the position was in the middle of nowhere, it does take time for fresh candidates to come to market.  So, if a longer time period is required, we’ll let you know.

 Communication – as with all things is key and you will be kept informed every step of the way.

The takeaway from this, is that if you are 100% committed to filling the position quickly (without compromising on quality), and you:

• Prioritise CV review and interviewing.
• Act fast – interview this week!
• Decide fast.

You will get the same commitment from us, and we can get your IT positions filled super-fast!

If you think this can solve your recruitment problems, reach out to us and we’d be delighted to get a plan together for you.   colin@100itrecruitment.co.uk