Recruitment and Talent Management

Getting the right people, supporting their skill development and then keeping those people is so important. It can be a costly mistake to appoint the wrong person, not just because it costs an estimated £10,000 to recruit and train a new starter, and that’s on top of their salary and on-costs. The wrong appointment can damage the effectiveness of the whole team.

Our experienced team can help whatever your recruitment, talent management and retention needs. We would be happy to talk though your needs and give you some basic advice as part of our free service to member organisation . Other more detailed support will all be at our discounted consultancy rate.  Please get in touch with hr@swcouncils.gov.uk to discuss how we can help you.

You can have the whole range of support or ‘pick and mix’ what you need.

What might the support include?

• Writing a meaningful and legally compliant job description, person specification and recruitment advert;
• Developing an application pack for candidates;
• Advice on short listing;
• Designing and supporting the interview process every step of the way:

o  The writing of questions
o  Facilitating group exercises
o  Assessment tools including psychometric and GC index
o  Supporting the interview Panel on the interview day

• Making a job offer, carrying out pre-employment checks and producing contracts.

All member organisations can also advertise their jobs for free on South West Jobs