The Recruitment Process Explained

Working with S2 Recruitment – a step by step guide

Step 1. Initial in-depth discussion

Around your:

• Corporate requirements/objectives
• Job description/person specification (we can help you)
• Company culture
• Timescales

Contact S2 Recruitment directly by phone on 03333 234371 or fill in the contact form on our website and one of our consultants will call you back.

Step 2. Market overview

• Market conditions
• Candidate availability
• Salary benchmarking
• How does your proposition sit in the marketplace?

Step 3. Understanding your business

It’s not all about the technical requirements on paper, so we take the time to understand your business, and the type of individuals that would thrive in your culture.

Step 4. Bespoke recruitment solution

We can work in different ways to fit you:

• Retained extension of your HR team
• Undertake the full, or just part of, the recruitment process
• Tailored for your organisation
• Flexible payment options

Step 5. Sourcing the best candidates

Using:

• Our comprehensive database
• Our extensive networks and alliances
• On and offline advertising and search strategies
• Targeted headhunting

Step 6. Shortlisting and selection

Following our in-depth screening/interviewing process we can provide:

• A short list to meet your requirements
• Online skills testing
• Psychometric testing
• Interview panel attendance

Step 7. Referencing

We strongly recommend that you seek references for each permanent employee engaged to guarantee their credibility.  We can do this on your behalf on request.  We can also offer DBS checking services, if relevant for the post.

Step 8. Offer management

We’ll support you right through to the final stages of the hiring process, ensuring that you secure your new hire in your ideal timescales and at the right salary level.

Step 9.  Aftercare

We will keep in touch with you and your new hire in those first crucial weeks to ensure continued success.

We offer a 3 month guarantee period for every permanent placement.  In the unlikely event that the hire is unsuccessful, we will replace the candidate at no extra charge, and if we cant find someone right for you, you will qualify for a 100% rebate in line with our Terms of Business.

You will only be invoiced once an appointment has been made.  If there is no hire, then there will be no fee – it really is that simple.