On behalf of the team at Direct Response Employment Services, we want to congratulate 11 local candidates who have been in a temporary role for 3 months and have been offered permanent roles on Monday. This is not only a fantastic opportunity for them, but how encouraging during times like this, that we are able to celebrate growth in a local company too. Great achievement for all involved!
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Workers Rights Checklist
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Pay rate guidance April 2021
National Minimum & Living Wage increase as From April 2021
| Apprentices | Age 16-17 Years | Age 18 – 20 Years | Age 21 to 22 years | Age 23 + |
| £4.30 | £4.62 | £6.56 | £8.36 | £8.91 |
Preventing Illegal Working
We have been busy in the office today with the team completing their RRT training on preventing illegal working, keeping up to date and to ensure we are at the top of our game with compliance.
It ensures we are fully up together with the correct right to work checks and ensuring we know how to spot fraudulent documentation as well as ensuring we know what routes workers can take, understating the EU settlement scheme and work permits.
If you are unsure and want to have a chat with us about responsible recruitment and ensuring you are doing the right checks on your employees, please give us a call for a chat.
Competition Time!
We are pleased to announce we have released another competition just in time for Valentine’s day.
This time you have a chance to win some prosecco and some yummy chocolates for you to share with your loved ones or simply keep them all to yourself, the choice is yours.
All you need to so to enter is head over to the Direct Response Employment Services Facebook pages and tell us your cheesiest chat up lines.
A winner will be selected this Friday 12th of Feb, so be in it to win it.
We look forward to reading your comments.
Team Success – Keeping up to date with Responsible Recruitment.
The team at Direct Response had a fantastic training session on responsible recruitment which drives ethical and professional recruitment services which are good for both clients and candidates.
This ensures the team are fully up to speed with all compliance, legislation and ethical working within the recruitment sector and ensures we are on hand to offer the best professional service and at the top of our game when it comes to supporting clients and candidates.
Well done team and here’s to our next upcoming training session.
What to look for in a CV
Looking through CV’s and applications can be time consuming and a lengthy process which is why a lot of companies when recruiting opt to use a recruitment agency who can manage applications and handle the recruitment process for you, saving you a lot of time in the long run.
However, if you are finding yourself having to spend time looking through application and CV’s it is important to ensure you do not rush as you would not want to miss any suitable candidates for the role.
Take time to review candidate’s CV’s, focusing on grammar or spelling is not essential and I think we can all be guilty of the odd spelling mistake so try not to read to much into these minor errors but focus more on their experience and skill set for the role.
Any candidates who are not suitable, make sure you go back to them politely to give feedback on why they are not successful to ensure a positive experience with candidates through your recruitment process.
It is also to remember that CV’s are only a snip it of the candidate’s skills and experience and can not always tell you if that candidate is right or not, so bare this in mind when selecting CV’s and if you are unsure, having a brief telephone chat with the candidate may help.
Job Advertising Tips
A Job Description and a Job Advert often get mistaken as being the same but they are different in many ways, with a job description showing the duties and responsibilities of the job role whereas a Job Advert should focus on attracting candidates with the right skills and experience to that job and your company.
It is important to ensure your Job advert includes the below.
- Key Responsibilities and Duties:
You want to ensure you give an overview of the job duties so bullet points of the key day to day duties of the role is a must as a minimum. Remember you don’t want the advert to be to long but its important to let candidates know what the job entails so they conclude if it’s the right position for them and to ensure you are attracting the right skill set for the role.
- Overview / Introduction of the company:
Giving a brief overview of your company gives candidates a real insight into what it may be like working for you so include some general information about what the company do, include any information on any plans to expand or maybe how-to company has won awards for being a good company to work for etc. Let candidates know what a positive and great place your company is to work at and a feel for the working environment.
- Salary:
You are more likely to attract more candidates by advertising the salary, on a recent survey 76% of job seekers missed applying for a job role due to the advert not detailing salary information.
- Benefits and Hours:
Include information on the hours needed to work for the role, any flexibility in hours or remote working, holiday information and any other benefits such as discounts, Perks, cash back health plans or insurance. This may seem trivial, but benefits play a crucial part in candidates deciding whether the company is right for them or not.
It is also important to ensure you include any information about development and career progression opportunities and ensure grammar and spelling are checked before posting.
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