If you are a business owner and you're reading this, you will probably have been in the situation where you need a new member of staff to either replace someone who's left the company or because you're growing and need some extra help.
If you are a business owner and you’re reading this, you will probably have been in the situation where you need a new member of staff to either replace someone who’s left the company or because you’re growing and need some extra help.
If you’ve gone to a traditional recruitment agency, you will have come to an agreement which generally means you pay out a load of cash and receive a blizzard of potential candidates which you then need to sift through.
Wouldn’t it be handy if you could simply ask someone to go out and find a new member of staff…ask them to come up with a couple of alternatives…and then, once you make a decision, let them take care of everything. Well that is precisely how Talentheads operate. In other words…no…they’re not just another recruitment agency. They’re different.
“We don’t charge placement fees; we work on a day rate model and we don’t do long expensive contracts which is why we call ourselves the in-house recruitment strategists.” says Talentheads Founder and Recruitment Director Sam Spoors.
“We partner for the long term growth of any business we work with. Okay, we’re not sitting in their building in an office along the corridor, but we operate in exactly the same manner. We’re at the end of a telephone which of course means when things need to be done quickly there is a team at Talentheads that swings into action rather than a single recruitment person within a firm having to do everything. It’s cost-effective…and it works.”
Sam has spent a career working in the recruitment business. As happened to a lot of firms when COVID-19 really started to bite, her previous company didn’t survive due to investors pulling funding. Consequently it was a case of looking around for another company to join or take the plunge and go it alone.
“I always wanted to do recruitment differently,” adds Sam. “I was never happy with the merry-go-round which some firms operate whereby they have a hefty database of names and continually chase them either for finding candidates or trying to persuade folk to move from one job to another. Those practices have given recruitment a bad name. I knew there was a better way of doing the job and building a solid reputation as a company that got results quietly and efficiently.” May 2020 was when Sam decided to do recruitment her own way. By October she was up and running. Fast forward 18 months and Sam now has an experienced team around her. “It was a busy time but hugely rewarding. A lot of clients I had previously built relationships with got in touch and asked me to work for them. In fact, I’m delighted to say that nearly all of the clients we currently have come from referrals. Our clients have become our ambassadors. We don’t specialise in one particular employment area. Our recruitment model will fit retail, manufacturing, finance, marketing, engineering, IT, energy etc, and we find candidates at all levels from school leavers up to company managers and directors who work at board level. We’re adding new clients on a regular basis. The latest to arrive are Black & White Engineering who we help on a regional and international basis; re:heat who work in the renewable energy field; and Recite Me a hugely growing SaSS business We’re also helping firms adapt to the new workplace landscape. COVID-19 has brought about hybrid working which means employees are sometimes asked to mix office-based work with working from home. It also means firms are no longer bound by geographical limits for many roles when looking to fill vacancies. We’re seeing candidates place more emphasis on the ethics of potential employers…they want to see how employers operate and whether they have a responsible attitude.”
In other words, Sam Spoors and her team at Talentheads aren’t just another recruitment agency. They work hand in hand with businesses to find the right people. It’s not a numbers game for Talentheads…it’s all about quality. They operate a different recruitment model which is far removed from traditional agencies. Talentheads; definitely NOT just another recruitment agency.
