FINDING THE BESTRECRUITS

Stand Out recruitment was created by Directors Penny Smee and Martin Jones following their own experiences of recruiting staff within the financial services sector.

Over a period of 20 years, it became clear to them that most recruitment agencies had no real understanding of the industry and the legislation that governed it.

As a result, it became increasingly difficult to recruit for more senior roles, in areas such as risk and compliance, or heads of departments.

Over the years, they tried numerous agencies, many who specialised in financial services. However, the truth is, if you haven’t worked in financial services and recruited as a client, you really can’t understand fully a client’s needs or identify their perfect candidate.

Stand Out understands your market place. We have experience in mortgages, secured loans, bridging, commercial, risk and compliance. We are CeMap qualified and have held several controlling functions.

Our wealth of experience and industry knowledge will give you access to the best talent in the market. We will help you find people who meet your criteria and suit your culture – the right people, who are capable of driving your business forward.

What makes us different?

We don’t believe in charging extortionate fees for our services. Our average fee is 12% rising to 15% for senior roles. Free replacement to our clients in the first 12 weeks if, for whatever reason, it doesn’t work out with your new member of staff.

Outstanding services levels, offering a truly consultative approach to your recruitment requirements. Fully vetted candidates. We speak to every candidate that applies to us, so that you don’t have to.

You can contact us 24 hours a day seven days a week and you will have one point of contact.

Customer satisfaction

24-7

• In most cases, we will confirm the offer in to the candidate on behalf of the client.

• Although we will telephone the candidate, where possible we ask for their job acceptance in writing.

• During the period between offer and start date, we will stay in contact with the candidate to ensure outside influences do not affect the process and impact the commencement of employment.

• After the first day at work, we will check all is well and feed back any negatives. We will continue weekly for the first 12 weeks.

Sourcing the candidate

Pre-screening

Interviewing

First 12 weeks of employment

• Advertise roles• Contact through the passive candidate market• Social Networking• Recommendations• Referrals

• We, unlike many agencies, speak to every candidate that applies to us. Why? Because there is more to a person than a CV and, from experience, quite a few good candidates are missed by agencies due to skimming CVs Likewise, some candidates have extremely impressive CVs but not always the attributes they describe on them.

• We will interview the candidate and match their skills and experience, and evaluate if they will have a cultural fit in your business.

• We will only forward the CV to you for consideration if we are satisfied they are a potential recruit.

Dynamic candidates, thoroughly vetted • We will liaise with both parties to agree a date,

time and location for the interview.

• We will ensure that the candidate is aware of the objectives of the interview.

• The candidate will also be fully aware of the responsibilities of the role and the full job description. We will spend time running through this with them.

• We will be in contact with the candidate straight after the interview to gain a thorough understanding of their thoughts on the position and their interest in moving forward.

Martin Jones National Sales Director

My background has always been in starting up new businesses and new divisions of existing companies. Having worked in a variety of industries over the years, the one thing that doesn’t change is that your company is only as good as the staff you employ.

Having been instrumental in creating a highly successful mortgage broker / packager, I understand the importance of getting this right from day one. Where we are different at Stand Out is that we have been in your shoes and are able to use our experience to understand your business and therefore understand your staffing needs.

Recently I have had experience in the Interim market and so I truly understand, from firsthand experience, the frustrations felt by a candidate when they apply for a job then never get any feedback other than the dreaded automated email. I assure you, that will never happen at Stand Out.

In any industry, customer service is everything, but in recruitment we have both the company and candidate as our client and we will offer both a stand out service that is second to none.

T: 02380 403464M: 07900 953947E: martin@standoutrecruitment.co.uk

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Penny Smee Director

My background is as a Director of sales in the financial services industry running multiple call centres, including off-shore. I have been lucky enough to start a call centre from nothing and take it to a turnover in excess of £15 million.

I understand how difficult it is to find agencies that understand the business you are in and then transfer that knowledge to recruiting staff that are a company, cultural and ability fit. Unfortunately, many agencies just send endless CV’s through in the hope one of them will fit your needs, which wastes yours and the candidates’ time.

Stand Out is my brainchild. I want to provide an agency that actually has the knowledge to understand your business and transfer those skills into providing the best candidates. Allowing minimum effort from you but giving you the maximum results.

I have no doubt you will be impressed by our service and our different approach to recruiting. Call us and find out why we really do stand out from the crowd.

T: 02380 403464M: 07557 411067E: penny@standoutrecruitment.co.uk

Rob McInallyBusiness Development Manager

My background has been primarily sales / sales management and project management. I have diversified from the automotive industry to maritime and then most recently facilities management.

Customer experience has always been paramount to me throughout my career. Whether B2C or B2B the people that you employ need to project your abilities and deliver a service that provides incredibly good value.

The selection and engagement of the right personnel to enable your business objectives to be met is paramount. Building a business that delivers its objectives with sustainability is a business that has excellent staff and customer retention.

Standout recruitment has the ability to partner with companies to make sure they have all the support they need to establish the foundations of a great business, with great people within it.

M: 07960 694572E: rob@standoutrecruitment.co.uk

www.standoutrecruitment.co.uk