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Home Group Case Study: 60+ UK Placements

Nigel Wright Group
Nigel Wright Group

In 2011, Home Group established a PSL for recruitment, seeking five specialist agencies to partner with UK wide. The PSL would guarantee preferential rates for permanent and contract staff, releasing revenue for infrastructure improvements. It outlined recruitment of multiple senior leadership roles across IT, Finance, HR and Operations. Nigel Wright joined the PSL for an initial three years, identifying rare skills across multiple disciplines for various 'difficult to fill' positions. Using a combination of extensive search and networking as well as targeted advertising and marketing, Nigel Wright was instrumental in identifying outstanding talent for all of the assigned roles within the agreed timeframes. Nigel Wright's partnership was extended to five years with over 60 placements having been made to date.

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Case Study: Home Group High volume recruitment assignment www.nigelwright.com ABOUT THE CLIENT Home Group is a social enterprise and charity established in 1935; With 55,000 homes across 200+ local authority areas, it is one of the largest UK housing and housing services providers; The organisation houses over 120,000 people every year; It employs over 3000 people across the UK and has a turnover of 贈351m. BACKGROUND In 2011 Home Group established a PSL for recruitment, seeking five specialist agencies to partner with UK wide; The PSL would guarantee preferential rates for permanent and contract staff, releasing revenue for infrastructure improvements; It outlined recruitment of multiple senior leadership roles across IT, Finance, HR and Operations; Nigel Wright joined the PSL for an initial three years. THE CHALLENGE Managing Home Groups reputation in the market following a period of high attrition; Delivering high volume recruitment over a prolonged period; Identifying rare skills across multiple disciplines for various difficult to fill positions. NIGEL WRIGHT SOLUTION Our solution was threefold and involved extensive search and networking supported by targeted advertising and marketing; Nigel Wright met all relevant Home Group departments and agreed on regular meetings with key personnel; KPIs and a traffic-light approach were implemented allowing Home Group to assess where performance was (or was not) achieving agreed objectives; An account manager was appointed to keep delivery teams informed of their performance for each role; Weekly reports detailing the number of applications, rejections, interviews and projected costs were compiled and shared with all relevant parties; For senior appointment assessments, we provided long list reports and scoring matrices; As this was a three-year contract, Nigel Wrights research team were tasked with continuously searching for appropriate candidates, ensuring a constant talent pipeline; Target advertising on relevant job boards was complemented by email marketing and social media campaigns, using concentrated bursts of activity to promote vacancies; Nigel Wright was instrumental in identifying outstanding talent for all of the assigned roles within the agreed timeframes; Nigel Wrights partnership was extended to five years. To date, over 60 placements have been made. Client testimonial from David Redpath, Director of IS at Home Group: >> Home Group has benefited from Nigel Wrights services for a number of years. The candidates that weve hired following a Nigel Wright led recruitment process have always been the right type. I refer here to their technical competencies, as well as cultural and organisational fit. Nigel Wright is extremely good at understanding our needs.

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Home Group Case Study: 60+ UK Placements

  • 1. Case Study: Home Group High volume recruitment assignment www.nigelwright.com ABOUT THE CLIENT Home Group is a social enterprise and charity established in 1935; With 55,000 homes across 200+ local authority areas, it is one of the largest UK housing and housing services providers; The organisation houses over 120,000 people every year; It employs over 3000 people across the UK and has a turnover of 贈351m. BACKGROUND In 2011 Home Group established a PSL for recruitment, seeking five specialist agencies to partner with UK wide; The PSL would guarantee preferential rates for permanent and contract staff, releasing revenue for infrastructure improvements; It outlined recruitment of multiple senior leadership roles across IT, Finance, HR and Operations; Nigel Wright joined the PSL for an initial three years. THE CHALLENGE Managing Home Groups reputation in the market following a period of high attrition; Delivering high volume recruitment over a prolonged period; Identifying rare skills across multiple disciplines for various difficult to fill positions. NIGEL WRIGHT SOLUTION Our solution was threefold and involved extensive search and networking supported by targeted advertising and marketing; Nigel Wright met all relevant Home Group departments and agreed on regular meetings with key personnel; KPIs and a traffic-light approach were implemented allowing Home Group to assess where performance was (or was not) achieving agreed objectives; An account manager was appointed to keep delivery teams informed of their performance for each role; Weekly reports detailing the number of applications, rejections, interviews and projected costs were compiled and shared with all relevant parties; For senior appointment assessments, we provided long list reports and scoring matrices; As this was a three-year contract, Nigel Wrights research team were tasked with continuously searching for appropriate candidates, ensuring a constant talent pipeline; Target advertising on relevant job boards was complemented by email marketing and social media campaigns, using concentrated bursts of activity to promote vacancies; Nigel Wright was instrumental in identifying outstanding talent for all of the assigned roles within the agreed timeframes; Nigel Wrights partnership was extended to five years. To date, over 60 placements have been made. Client testimonial from David Redpath, Director of IS at Home Group: >> Home Group has benefited from Nigel Wrights services for a number of years. The candidates that weve hired following a Nigel Wright led recruitment process have always been the right type. I refer here to their technical competencies, as well as cultural and organisational fit. Nigel Wright is extremely good at understanding our needs.