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One door closes, others open

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I’ve been working on quite a tricky project for a few months now and it is coming to an end very soon. I’ve enjoyed the work and am pleased with my own outcomes and learnings from it, but it has meant a lot of time away from home and a lot of travel.

It’s going to be great over the next few days to take stock of how far I’ve come and how much work there is in front of me and Katherine as a team as we build our business, St John, from here on.

Other doors always open when you make space and I’m looking forward to this space being filled very soon.

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Ian Mountford is a global recruitment expert and strategy coach providing motivation and guidance to entrepreneurs, wannabe or fully-fledged. He draws from his own experience of building businesses from the ground up and spending many years helping clients to consistently achieve their goals and aspirations. Ian works with clients face-to-face and internationally.

Big10 and what it can do for your business

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(This is a blog post written for my new business and I wanted to share it here, too, in case there is any interest.)

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For many businesses, recruitment is something that is seen as a necessary evil and also an expensive one. If you do it yourself or have an in-house team, there is the time it takes to make your new hires and the cost of running the team and all of its own associated costs. If you use an agency, you are also going to be looking at a bill and its size will depend on the deal you have made with your agent. You’ve also got to make sure your candidates get a great experience when they interact with you and your team and that all of your team are ready for the interview process and know the part they are supposed to play. Add to this the need to hire a new team in a couple of weeks or a decision to hit the graduate market and things can get rather busy!

This is where Big10 comes in. It is a strategic analysis tool that has been designed to assess the relative strength of your company’s recruitment process and practice and help you to find your optimum solution with a focus on cost, quality, efficiency and effectiveness. It has been designed by someone who has been in the position of using budgets both large and small to get the best recruitment results and who has experienced the range of issues faced when looking at recruitment as a strategic tool. Clients who have used Big10 have saved huge amounts of time and money with some refinement of their own strategy while still making great hires.

As the name suggests, Big 10 has ten areas of focus that have a direct effect on the results of your hiring activity. They range from attraction methodologies and assessment and selection to supplier management and the source of candidates, whatever that may be. Every element is included in the analysis and we take the time to understand how and why you do what you do. At St John, we are driven by the need to make your recruitment capability truly deliver and our success becomes your strength in the war for talent. Big10 is a great way to ensure you are doing everything you can to be successful in all of your recruitment activities so put us to the test today and see where we can take you.

http://www.sjrec.com