Reckitts - June 2009

Background:

Jo Bailey has achieved a unique position at Reckitt’s whereby she is the only recruitment consultant to be given direct access to Line Managers for their recruitment requirements.

Normally, all recruitment is driven through HR, with no access to Line Managers, for all agencies, including Jenrick. This was until Jo Bailey took the pro-active approach of giving a detailed presentation to the Head of Human Resources.

In the presentation Jo explained the value she would be able to add to the recruitment process if she could work directly with Line Managers, yet still ensuring HR were kept fully in the communication loop.

In particular, Jo referred to the added detail she can gain regarding the Job Specification that would help her identify highly suited candidates. In addition, Jo also visited the site to make sure that all recommended candidates would fit in with the existing engineering team.

Furthermore, working with the Line Managers substantially reduced the time between CV submission and interview confirmation, ensuring that the first choice of candidates were always available.

Testimonial:

“Dear Jenrick Engineering,

We are very pleased with the professional and efficient service delivered by Jo Bailey.

Jo does her homework and only submits the most relevant candidates, who are well-matched to the role and the culture fit of our company.

Jo only sends me a few CV’s which ensures I have to spend minimal time reviewing them, especially as I know she has pre-qualified the CV’s for me.

The level of communication is good, to both me, the candidates and our HR department.

I also appreciated the polite pressure that Jo placed on us to ensure we did not miss out on our first choice of candidate.

I would be more than happy to use Jo Bailey and the Jenrick Engineering Team again."

Northern European Electrical Engineering Manager - Reckitts, Hull