Due to structural changes the London based HR Manager of this investment house found herself needing to re-establish relationships between HR and the line at the same time as managing a large number of urgent vacancies.  Ideally she wanted to be able to outsource a large campaign, without releasing control of the delivery

The need

The investment administration campaign required 14 administrators,

2 specialists and 3 managers and the client company knew that it’s salary levels and

image didn’t place it in the “premier division”

of investment houses.

What we did

We worked through the HR manager to set up and run a campaign to recruit nearly 20 staff for the Investment Administration team, utilising advertising, search and agencies.

We identified some key differentiators for the client’s organisation and used open evenings

to present these benefits to potential candidates and conduct appropriate ability testing.

Following the open evenings and initial screening we conducted all first phase interviewing in the client’s prestigious

London offices. 

What we achieved

The recruitment was completed successfully, bringing a number of high calibre candidates into the investment industry.

The relationship between the line and the HR teams was considerably strengthened.

The business ’bottom line’ improved as the administration was now fully resourced.

The recruitment budget and target cost per head were met.

Referee – Head of HR.

We are happy to supply contact details once we have spoken to our client

Best Practice

• By working in partnership we were able to help the HR team to strengthen their relationships with the line.
• We established the open evening process as a successful solution for this client.
• By looking outside the normal market to source people we were able to hit our targets and attract people who would be more likely to be loyal.
• By speaking to a number of the client’s team we were able to establish a very strong brief enabling us to operate in the specialist world of investment recruitment.