Whether you choose to use our local jobs service or not when looking for staff, you may like to take advantage of other support that makes the recruitment process easier for you and success more likely. Recruiting the right person means  attracting and selecting the person who has the skills and aptitude for the position and who will fit in with your existing staff and ways of working.  We can help in any or all of the following ways:

• Writing a job description for inclusion in your contracts of employment

• CV vetting and phone vetting to agreed criteria to filter candidates and select those worth interviewing

• Providing Interview checklists to help you probe beneath the surface when talking to candidates and to ensure interviews are consistent and fair.

• Use of our meeting room if you need confidentiality or prefer a neutral venue

• Direct interview assistance through sitting in, asking questions and making notes followed by objective post interview discussion and analysis

• CV verification and reference checking with criminal records check if required

None of this needs to cost a fortune and you can select as much or as little assistance as you need. We can also put in place for you procedures that you can use time and time again without further consultations with us.

Ask for more information and for a free of charge chat before you next recruit.

It is often said that a successful business is down to having the right people operating it and driving it forward and most business owners would agree.  Recruiting those people is only the start however.  Setting off on the right foot with new staff is equally important, as is making expectations clear from the start, setting objectives for the role and monitoring performance.  Most small businesses do this instinctively through good management and via annual appraisals and this may be adequate when things are going well. Unfortunately in these more litigious times, it is necessary for even the smallest business to have procedures in place that will also protect them when things go wrong. Fortunately, it doesn’t take much to ensure these are in place. Our support services throughout employment cover the following areas:

• Support during recruitment - see adjacent left

• Reviewing terms and standard documents used in making job offers and contracts of employment

• Documenting induction procedures and advising on how to carry it out and what should be recorded where

• Setting up, or reviewing and adapting staff handbooks that set out expectations for all staff

• Instituting or formalising appraisal procedures and performance monitoring

We are not lawyers and it doesn’t cost a fortune to get it right.  With our help, often simple but essential adaptations to what you do already will help you keep the loyalty and trust of your most valuable employees and minimize the cost and damage to your business if things go wrong.

If you are looking at making staff redundant, you are probably aware of some of the legal requirements and that it can be costly to get it wrong.  Other issues and concerns are likely to include the effect on other staff, the time it might take, the toll on the individual in charge of implementing it and the effects on other staff, and on customer and supplier confidence.

You can also benefit from our professional copywriting of adverts, so don't think about newspaper adverts without talking to us first. Our fees are often less than the direct cost of your advertising and you can benefit from using our own media and other ways of reaching local communities.

The service we offer is designed to take the sting out of the whole process for you, not only by ensuring that you stay within the law and avoid costly claims from staff, but, by managing the process for you from outset through to completion, minimizing the negative effect on everyone involved, and saving you time and money.  You can rely on us in all or any of the following ways.:

• Ideas on alternatives to full redundancy measures

• Objective advice on the financial implications of various options and the risks involved

• Management of the redundancy process

• Giving you or your managers the right words for meetings and written documents

• Attending consultations and keeping records to avoid any legal comeback

• Liaising with lawyers or insurance companies if and when appropriate

• Smoothing the way with staff affected and diffusing negative reactions

• Supporting your communications with other staff and lessening the risks of demotivation or of losing staff you wish to keep

• Advising on marketing and PR to counteract potential confidence issues with customers or suppliers

• Implementing internal and external communications as necessary

Whether you need to lose one person or several or many, our service can be adapted to suit and an initial discussion costs you nothing.

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