A proven process, adding confidence and certainty
Obviously, hiring the right professional for your organisation is critical. You’d also like the top-5% of the skillset, high achievers who’ll still be ‘knocking it out the park’ in 2-3 years' time.
You also know the high cost of a mis-hire…
For a scaling & ambitious Company, talent acquisition can feel like a game of chance and uncertainty, often limiting your strategic go-to-market plan. This is where VitalSparx can make a real difference.
Our expertise brings market insight and visionary thinking alongside a rigorous process to add confidence and certainty to recruiting your next high performer.
We have developed a thorough process that’s designed to enable efficiency & time-savings. Above all, a process that can be flexed according to your individual requirements.
1. Client & Terms
An initial discussion on the requirements, the business & position objectives, company culture & employer value proposition, goals & plans along with desired timelines for the search. Mutual agreement on the search parameters & the terms of business.
2. Vacancy brief
In-depth briefing with all stakeholders to understand the full job specification, including the ideal candidate profile, candidate value & career proposition, main & sub skills criteria.
3. Report & Align
Our detailed understanding of the vacancy including company positioning & likely source companies, the exact role including all skills required & key responsibilities & likely industry backgrounds. Gain client agreement to proceed the search.
4. Strategy & Campaign Plan
Our deep-dive, analysis & mapping of the target market including competitors & specific source companies. Begin the building of candidate long-list.
5. Candidate Processing
Continued mapping, research & building of the candidate long-list including initial discussions with prospects & referrals. Its not uncommon at this stage to have over 150 high-level conversations screening ideal candidates.
6. Screen & Assess
Shortlisting of our prospect candidates against the search criteria and detailed interviewing & assessment to evaluate core competencies, personality & interest in the opportunity.
7. Shortlist & Submission
Final shortlist of candidates shared with our client including full CV/resume as well our detailed interview notes, test results & video profile. Notes will highlight the candidates suitability, strengths & and any areas for attention along with our recommendations.
8. Client Interviews
We manage the entire scheduling process & liaison to best maintain momentum of the process. Our detailed post-interview & analysis of candidate feedback is crucial in assessing interest & likely success of any offer.
9. Offers & Acceptance
Before final offers, we have worked with you to assess each ideal candidate against their individual merits & suitability against the original brief. Key consideration given to likely success of any offer while maintaining contact with back-up candidates. We present & manage offer negotiations through to acceptance of the position plus diplomatically reject unsuccessful candidates.
10. Onboard & Support
After the successful close of the recruiting process we maintain contact with the placed candidate to ensure a seamless & successful start of their new job. We continue to support, offer counsel & provide constructive feedback to both parties.