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Optimising the Potential of New Recruits

Optimising the Potential of New Recruits

If your Business is focused on immediate results and margins in a mature market, it is both easy and understandable to focus on short-term issues and lose sight of longer-term opportunities. Whilst arguably the most important activity a business undertakes, recruitment can easily fall prey to short-term expediency in the rush to fill a hole in the organisational structure. All too often recruitment is a hasty and transactional ‘tick box’ exercise, conducted to satisfy an immediate requirement.

Business Opportunity Not Cost

In seeking a common thread, margins and mindset seem a determining factor. It is no accident that, in our experience, the more successful a business the greater the likelihood that recruitment is carefully planned and considered. Inevitably there is greater emphasis put on considering the long-term needs of the Business and how best to identify and attract the best candidates.

Attracting Quality Candidates

The increasing availability of data to match people and jobs means that the competition for the best candidates is intense. This brings great opportunities to increase the quality and suitability of new hires, but only for those who compete well for the available talent. Those who do not engage in a genuine 2-way hiring process will soon see the quality of candidates available to them drop as others take advantage of the new landscape.

Investing in the Recruitment Process

The prize for those who invest in a well-managed and presented recruitment process is the opportunity to select people who, as well as being competent, have the scope to complement the existing culture and long-term needs of the organisation; growing themselves and developing the Business. The alternative is a rushed basic skills and experience match resulting in someone who, whilst they may be able to perform an adequate job, is perhaps less engaged in the role and has limited potential beyond it. The candidates probably cost the same, and no doubt both will do just fine at least in the short term, but is that really the best approach?

Your Executive Logistics Recruitment Solution

By adopting a holistic and engaged approach, recent developments in technology provide the opportunity both to satisfy the immediate role requirements and attract the high-calibre candidates crucial to the longer-term development needs of the Business.

Our EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT SERVICES manage the resourcing of SENIOR ROLES in logistics and supply chain. Whilst skills are an essential basis for competence, we recognise that character and intellect are the drivers of performance - focusing our assessments on potential and personality fit.

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