Relationship 

IRS Recruitment have built an enviable reputation in the recruitment industry and are proud to be one of the UK’s leading independent recruiters and talent acquisition specialists. We consistently strive to exceed clients’ and candidates’ expectations and lead the way when it comes to socially conscious business practices.

With over 30 years’ experience in delivering specialist recruitment services, we work closely with a growing list of innovative and forward-thinking companies within the Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Construction, Rail, Manufacturing, Utility and Commerce sectors as well as with the Public Sector.

We work collaboratively in an open, honest and transparent way. By having common objectives, it makes the relationship easier as we are all heading in the same direction. We do not wait for review meetings to raise issues or concerns – we do this in real-time – no party likes surprises.

Experience

As a recruitment agency, we understand that getting the right people that are the right fit for your business is a difficult and time-consuming task. However, with our extensive recruitment expertise and robust search and selection process, our clients can have full peace of mind that we can fill a position in a cost and time effective way.

We keep a database of specialists and their capabilities. This enables our team to source candidates efficiently, particularly if there is a need for a specialist or there is a challenging position to fill, e.g. geotechnical, biodiversity, asbestos removal.

Working to REC best practice, we have extensive experience in finding and placing the right candidates in the right roles and operate to the highest standards in areas such as customer service, client management, staff development and professional service delivery.

Advertising

We work closely with you to develop a strategic advertising campaign - the focus will be on featuring adverts through the most effective medium (i.e. job boards, social media, etc.), reaching the right people, with a resonating message and at the right time.IRS Recruitment have a great understanding of how best to portray requirements in a job description and associated person specifications (JD/PS). 

We take time to fully understand the JD/PS for your vacancies. We don’t just look at the job description and specific skill, qualification or experience requirements; we also factor in the performance objectives for the role. This will include getting as much information on performance expectations, and what challenges or issues the individual will likely face in doing the job.

Quality 

100% ‘Quality of Hire’ is our goal – but we also track “Time to Hire” as a useful metric to indicate process efficiency, however, we never compromise quality in pursuit of shorter timescales.

We have measures for pre-and post-placement that provides feedback on the quality of placements, enabling us to take action to address any shortfalls in processes, work-methods, and techniques.

Process

We will deal with all responses to the advertisements and shortlist interested candidates. We will ensure that these candidates are definitely suitable before we upload them to our hiring portal, where you can review their CVs and decide if you want to interview, hire or decline these candidates.