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WHY USE ONLINE RECRUITMENT?

Put simply, the internet is home to the largest available talent pool of active and passive candidates. It is no secret that the majority of job seekers now use the internet to source job opportunities. If used correctly online recruitment can be quick, cost effective and deliver unrivalled results. Smartsearch have access to all of the leading premier job boards and social media platforms for job advertising and candidate searching. Partnering with us enables you to tap into the largest available talent pools through our tried and tested methods.

HOW WILL IT SAVE ME MONEY?

We offer a transparent pricing structure allowing you to choose a solution that best fits your requirements and budget. We work on a “pay as you go” basis ensuring that you only pay for what you need, when you need it with no long term contracts or hidden costs. There are no restrictions to the number of candidates that you can recruit from a campaign and no additional fees to pay, so recruiting multiple candidates from one campaign can prove extremely cost effective.

Our solutions allow you to benefit from heavily discounted rates with the leading premium job boards, combined with our cost effective recruitment support and technology. When compared to the fees charged by traditional recruitment agencies and search firms, our solutions offer an impressive average saving of 85%.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

We typically offer three levels of service (as detailed in our Products / Pricing section), all of which can be tailored to suit your specific requirements and budget. Our solutions start from as little as £399 + VAT. All of our solutions are competitively priced and offer excellent value for money, enabling you to take advantage of heavily discounted advertising, up to the minute recruitment technology and unrivalled service and support. To discuss your requirements and the pricing options available, then give us a call, we’d love to hear from you!

HOW DO YOU DIFFER FROM TRADITIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES?

We offer low fixed price solutions, unlike traditional recruitment agencies who charge a fee based on a percentage of the annual salary / remuneration package. Our solutions can offer an impressive average saving of 85%, when compared to recruitment agency fees. With our solutions, you have complete ownership of any candidates that we identify for you meaning that you can recruit multiple candidates from one campaign without having to pay any additional fees. With recruitment agencies, you pay a fee per candidate.

It’s a common misconception that recruitment agencies must be able to provide a better quality and quantity of candidate because they charge more. This is not necessarily the case and often it’s quite the contrary. We use the same avenues as recruitment agencies to attract and identify talent.

Whilst some of the processes and the candidate attraction methods that we use are comparable to recruitment agencies, our integrated partnering approach and pricing structure represent a more direct hire recruitment model.

We have helped many clients move away from a recruitment agency model, partnering with us to adopt a more direct hire approach, significantly reducing their recruitment spend.

WHAT KIND OF JOBS CAN YOU RECRUIT FOR?

Our online premium national job board coverage and searching resources enable us to recruit for any job, any salary, within any sector, anywhere in the UK. Our team are experienced recruiters with broad sector experience.

HOW SOON CAN WE GET STARTED?

In most cases we can have your campaign live the same day and dependent on the solution you choose, you could be receiving CV’s within a few hours. Our campaigns run for up to 28 days and the job adverts are accessible to job seekers 24/7.

WHY NOT USE THE JOB BOARDS DIRECTLY?

With so many job boards to choose from it can be difficult to know which ones to choose for your vacancy. We offer discounted multiple premium job board advertising packages ensuring that you reach your target market. We are experts in online job advertising and ensure that your advert is written and posted to optimise the response.

Our “pay as you go” terms eliminate the hassle of you getting into long term contracts with job boards. By working with us you won’t have to deal with individual job boards and spend time posting your vacancy multiple times on multiple sites. And what’s more, we give you free access to our online applicant tracking system where you can view, rate, shortlist and communicate with applicants all in one simple to use portal, regardless of source.

We also have access to all of the job board CV databases for searching which can be a valuable tool in identifying suitable candidates. Access to all of the CV databases can be expensive and the process of searching can be time consuming. We are experts at candidate searching, knowing exactly how to get the best search results by manipulating search strings and key word searches.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE?

We ensure that all candidates receive an email acknowledging their application and then an email to confirm the outcome of their application. Our Applicant Tracking system simplifies candidate communication making it easy to keep candidates updated throughout the recruitment process and to deliver a positive candidate experience.

WHAT DOES YOUR APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM DO?

Our Online Applicant tracking system, Smartsearch ATS enables you to quickly view, rate, shortlist and communicate with applicants. This is a fantastic tool which is designed to be extremely user friendly whilst offering intelligent functionality that will significantly reduce your recruitment admin time and allow you to be in full control of your recruitment campaigns at every step of the process.

You simply login to the portal via the internet where you will find your recruitment campaigns and applications all in one place, so no more spreadsheets to manage and applications clogging up your inbox!