Innovative recruiting solutions - help with ideas please...
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I'm undertaking a project for a new employer who, encouragingly, has a really strong growth plan.
Part of this project is to recruit heavily and ordinarily I can find people easily through a bit of digging, but this Company is in a niche engineering market with a very software orientated offering which forms the basis of the business. Very much into wind energy and EV/hybrid vehicle drivetrain solutions.
I can flood the trade presses with 'look how great we are articles' and hit the grad recruitment and trade fairs plus I can pull on an internal network for recommendations but I don't think these will get us enough people through the door. They are agency averse and would prefer to self source...
So anyone got any ideas I can pinch - if they are transferrable to the global market even better.
Really appreciate any input on this...
All the best
DC
Part of this project is to recruit heavily and ordinarily I can find people easily through a bit of digging, but this Company is in a niche engineering market with a very software orientated offering which forms the basis of the business. Very much into wind energy and EV/hybrid vehicle drivetrain solutions.
I can flood the trade presses with 'look how great we are articles' and hit the grad recruitment and trade fairs plus I can pull on an internal network for recommendations but I don't think these will get us enough people through the door. They are agency averse and would prefer to self source...
So anyone got any ideas I can pinch - if they are transferrable to the global market even better.
Really appreciate any input on this...
All the best
DC
Thanks for the input folks - at least I wasn't going off my rocker with my thought processes...
When the time comes I'll drop Escargot a line - we're not at the stage yet where we need to look but it'll be coming in the next few months...
Well, almost....
I know, I know - not exactly what petrolheads want to hear, but they do work for the motorsport industry too. And in any case, Harriet Harman - a man can really take offence at such slurs
Cheers
DC
When the time comes I'll drop Escargot a line - we're not at the stage yet where we need to look but it'll be coming in the next few months...
mybrainhurts said:
Dai Capp said:
a new employer who, encouragingly, has a really strong growth plan.....Very much into wind energy and EV/hybrid vehicle drivetrain solutions.
I've never met you but have to confess I hate you more than Harriet Harman...Well, almost....
Cheers
DC
Cheers Matt. 
DC, I understand companies can be agency averse but it may be worth having a chat at some point, I can be very flexible in terms of the way we structure fees to ensure it works out more cost effective than doing direct advertising yourself both from a time and financial point of view.
The offer of a chat is there anyway, even if you just want to run some of your ideas past me.
DC, I understand companies can be agency averse but it may be worth having a chat at some point, I can be very flexible in terms of the way we structure fees to ensure it works out more cost effective than doing direct advertising yourself both from a time and financial point of view.
The offer of a chat is there anyway, even if you just want to run some of your ideas past me.
Edited by escargot on Thursday 25th March 08:20
Network network network.
Every expert you hire will likely know a couple of people who would be interested, and boffins being as they are will almost certainly not even think of mentioning it. Pull this information out of them - sometimes a referal bonus helps too, a hundred quid for introducing a succesful candidate.
Also, look at a broad range of backgrounds. It sounds like a very specialist technology, but what other sort of backgrounds would bring useful skills and experience to that sort of application? This can open up a whole range of new and often very good candidates.
Every expert you hire will likely know a couple of people who would be interested, and boffins being as they are will almost certainly not even think of mentioning it. Pull this information out of them - sometimes a referal bonus helps too, a hundred quid for introducing a succesful candidate.
Also, look at a broad range of backgrounds. It sounds like a very specialist technology, but what other sort of backgrounds would bring useful skills and experience to that sort of application? This can open up a whole range of new and often very good candidates.
escargot said:
Cheers Matt.
DC, I understand companies can be agency averse but it may be worth having a chat at some point, I can be very flexible in terms of the way we structure fees to ensure it works out more cost effective than doing direct advertising yourself both from a time and financial point of view.
The offer of a chat is there anyway, even if you just want to run some of your ideas past me.
Cheers - I'll drop you a PM when we're ready to kick things off, there's a bunch of stuff to do first so I reckon a couple of months...DC, I understand companies can be agency averse but it may be worth having a chat at some point, I can be very flexible in terms of the way we structure fees to ensure it works out more cost effective than doing direct advertising yourself both from a time and financial point of view.
The offer of a chat is there anyway, even if you just want to run some of your ideas past me.
Edited by escargot on Thursday 25th March 08:20
All the best
DC
Where are you based?
What salaries are you offering?
What level of guys are you looking for?
I know 3 softies/systems guys. Two have just done the Redundancy thing, one could be interested if worthwhile. All experienced, properly trained and good. And I dont mean IT/telecomms/Java/"website developers" good, I mean actually good engineers.
What salaries are you offering?
What level of guys are you looking for?
I know 3 softies/systems guys. Two have just done the Redundancy thing, one could be interested if worthwhile. All experienced, properly trained and good. And I dont mean IT/telecomms/Java/"website developers" good, I mean actually good engineers.
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