The financial year is very predictable albeit with some high-pressure points along the way. Having a wise recruitment strategy in place is essential to successfully make it through. We can introduce to you the best candidates on the lookout for accounts jobs in Bristol and provide the missing piece to your puzzle.
Although there are certain pressure points throughout the financial year, they do at least tend to stick to a regular pattern; as such you can plan your recruitment strategy accordingly. A pattern that is true across all industries is that the slower and more complicated your recruitment strategy, the more likely you are to miss out on top talent. Seeing as we specialise in finance and accounts jobs in Bristol, we at least understand the patterns from both sides and can meet the demand with you and for you.
Who are you, and why would a finance professional want to work for you?
We believe in the power of values as the core of any business. From your values come your mission and culture, and it is these things which will attract like-minded people to come and work for you. Not only that, but your values are also what keep people working for you. This being said, you’ll most likely be looking for interim staff during your pinch points, rather than long-term employees, but what’s to say that temporary staff can’t also be aligned with your values, mission and culture? When that is the case, you’ll be getting the absolute best out of a person during the short time they are with you because they are engaged and on board.
Identify the pressure points and define your goals accordingly.
With the different pinch points in mind, i.e. tax year end, audit, regulatory returns deadlines, and even completing your annual CPD, the first step in a wise recruitment strategy is to define exactly what it is you need in a candidate to meet the particular demand you’ll be facing.
Working with us, we can create your recruitment objectives, the candidate profile, job description and advertisement requirements to match that definition. With your team on board and a timeline in place, we can get the ball rolling in finding the ideal candidate for your needs.
Get the attention of the right candidates.
Once it’s clear what need you are fulfilling, as well as what you’re looking for in a candidate to do so, we can create a clear and compelling job description to stand out from all the other accounts jobs in Bristol. We believe in honesty and transparency in everything we do, and so will always ensure that your job descriptions truthfully highlight all the information a potential candidate may need about a job.
When writing the job descriptions, make sure to include information that is unique to your company, and highlight any perks and benefits on offer for employees too. Simple but clear and engaging job descriptions do so much of the hard work for you – by streamlining the description, you also streamline the applicants because providing specific details rather than generic or ‘woolly’ pointers means you’ll more likely attract people who are a better fit for the specific role available.
Enhanced candidate experience.
As a conscious recruiter, we don’t just consider our clients’ experience and requirements, but we equally consider that of our candidates too. Being conscious enables us to put ourselves in the candidates’ shoes and therefore better understand what they need, what their values are, and how and where they might best fit. Ultimately, we don’t believe in simply placing candidates, but rather in nurturing careers. With your objectives and requirements clearly defined and in our mind, we can consciously bridge the gap between our clients and candidates, ensuring a good fit and seamless experience on both sides.
Set the course for the year ahead – and beyond.
Once we have designed your recruitment strategy in line with the financial year for you, this pattern can be followed year after year with only the odd tweaks here and there depending on your growth and needs as the business develops. We believe in partnering for the long-term which is why we invest so much time and energy from the beginning and through the process of working with you.
Our method ensures that we not only source candidates for you but also screen professionals to ensure your precious time is only spent on people who are a good fit for you. We are on hand to consciously guide your team and provide support in the interviewing and shortlisting process too, ensuring that each stage of the recruitment process is as stress-free and efficient as can be.
Referring back to a point we made at the beginning of this blog – the longer and more complicated your recruitment process is, the more likely you are to lose out on the best talent. For permanent placements, we always aim to ensure there is no longer than 2 weeks between the first interview and the offer, and so when creating a whole year of recruitment with you, we will factor this 2-week rule into each step of the process.
In the words of Benjamin Franklin: “Failing to plan is planning to fail”, and that is the last thing you need during the busiest times of the year. While many businesses don’t catastrophically fail when they don’t plan, they do find themselves on a slow burn to failure playing catch-up and fire-fighting situation after situation along the way. You don’t have the time for that, and neither do we.
So, decide to step out today and partner with us. Together we can make a plan for the year ahead, and iron out any bumps in the road before we hit them. You can be assured that working with Core3 will result in a recruitment process that is conscious, simple and efficient, and we are confident that the people we recruit along the journey will be getting on the right bus for them, and for you!
