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I work for a contract recruitment company in the UK and am responsible for securing major contracts in the aviation, electronics and telecommunications industries.
I am looking for information and
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A quest for innovative ideas!
posted at 8/4/1999 4:31 PM EDT
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First: 7/25/1999 Last: 9/1/1999 |
I work for a contract recruitment company in the UK and am responsible for securing major contracts in the aviation, electronics and telecommunications industries.
I am looking for information and guidance from HR Managers as to what attracts them to their existing suppliers and would like suggestions as to how we can continue to stay one step ahead of other suppliers in a very competitive market. Thank you Adam Webb MPI Recruitment, Cambridge UK |
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A quest for innovative ideas!
posted at 8/4/1999 10:32 PM EDT
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First: 6/22/1999 Last: 12/11/2001 |
I happen to work for an aerospace design engineering firm and these are the things I look for in my vendors:
1. An understanding of the type of people we want at our company. I sit down with the recruiter, explain our business, take them on a tour of the office and provide details on how we conduct the recruitment process. We use temporary employees for drafting/design positions. When I place a call, the recruiter sends over resumes, I and the supervisor of the department reviews them, then we request interviews with those that appear to fit our needs. They take a drawing test and speak with the supervisor. From there we make a decision, we do not just accept anyone they want to send over. 2. Prompt response! When I place an order for a temp employee, I want resumes to be faxed to me within the next two hours. Normally, it is a last minute situation where I need the employee within 24 or 48 hours. When I don't receive anything, I move on to another recruiter. 3. Flexibility in fees. I had one recruiter that was quick, understood what we wanted, but his fees were too high $1-$2 more than my other vendors. What was really surprising as that many of the temps work through a number of agencies so I would get the same resume for an employee with a different rate. I discussed the situation with him (his company was new to the region) and he spoke to his boss who was 2000 miles away in another type of market. His boss refused to adjust the rates to what the market here was so I was unable to use his agency. Because of the relationship we had developed, I offered to send his boss the information so he could see his rep wasn't lying. I have another agency who works with me on his rates and since he does so, I'll usually have more than one employee from his agency so it works out to his benefit if he drops his rate $1/hour or so. 4. Don't call me, I'll call you. I had one upper level engineer agency that the company was heavily using when I came on board. At that time, the rep was dealing with our chief engineer on everything. When I started I informed the rep that I was to be his contact only, he was not to disturb the chief engineer. Well, the guy never listened and kept calling and asking for him thinking he could bypass me. And on another occasion, he went behind my back and spoke to a couple of employees and then called me asking what was going on with the company (we had to layoff some engineers). That was the last straw. I don't use him anymore. I keep 3-4 agencies on my list and always inform them that I will not work exclusively with just one agency. I always keep brochures on file in case the relationship ends with whom I'm working with and will call someone that sent me their information 6 months ago. Hope this helps you out. |
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A quest for innovative ideas!
posted at 8/10/1999 1:23 AM EDT
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First: 8/10/1999 Last: 8/10/1999 |
Adam:
May I suggest reading a book entitled "Jump Start Your Brain" by Doug Hall. If you are like me, it will make you realize that there are many people within your own company that have ideas or germs of ideas that can help you tackle these problems. What Doug shows you how to do is to mine those ideas from your existing staff...after all, who knows your business better. Kevin |
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