Client: | Large Petrochemical Company |
Challenge: | To review all existing recruitment practices across three very different divisions, and make recommendations for improvement or RPO. |
Approach: | Identified an additional $5.2 million of “unseen” spend, highlighted 20 “suppliers” who were not on the official panel. Put forward 13 key recommendations for improvement, with potential cost savings of 56% on temp fees and on costs, a saving of $892K. Tighter cost controls, improved standards & increased cross divisional efficiencies. |
Impact: | Full Recruitment Audit Undertaken over a three week period. |
Client: | National Retail Chain of Stores |
Challenge: | To help create a centralised recruitment team, to provide centralised, national support for local store managers by helping select a new Master Vendor for all retail recruitment. |
Approach: | Acted as neutral independent consultant, working as part of Project Team with HR & Lines Managers to draft tender document, vet tenders submitted, attend vendor site visits, question viability of models proposed & check capabilities of vendors. |
Impact: | Lead to thorough, prompt, successful selection of new Vendor. |
Client: | Multinational Health & Pest Control Company |
Challenge: | Extremely high turnover of staff, particularly in the sales force. Wished to know why and what could be done to change such a trend. Most people leaving in the first three months. |
Approach: | Recruitment Audit Undertaken over a four week period, including analysis of hiring practices, salary packages and targets, staff focus groups and exit interview data. |
Impact: | Reduced Turnover, improved selection practices and advertising standards nationally. Reviewed salary packages and proposed new “warm welcome” induction process. |
Client: | Top 100 Australian Company |
Challenge: | To cost out all RPO options, include do nothing, full RPO or in-house specialist team scenarios. |
Approach: | Working with HR, Finance and Procurement to pull together matrix of options, costs, benefits and risks. |
Impact: | Provided Leadership team with business case, clear options, costs, savings and business impacts plus scoped the risks of each option affecting an $11.2 million budget. |
Client: | Large Petrochemical Company |
Challenge: | To assist implement of new RPO model and Vendor. Act as project Manager working with both client and supplier to ensure smooth integration of systems & personnel. |
Approach: | Assist with Initial Vendor Selection & Tender process, justification business case, provided project framework and project management skills for implementation & to embed new processes & partner. |
Impact: | Ongoing |
Client: | Large National Resources Company |
Challenge: | To reduce 52 recruitment suppliers down to a panel of 9. |
Approach: | Act as neutral independent consultant, working with HR and Procurement on tender document creation, tender review, supplier review, rate negotiation, contract negotiation on a win:win basis with vendors. |
Impact: | Reduced average rates from 22% to 17% agency fees and produced annual cost savings realised of approximately $268K cost savings (a 22.8% reduction in costs). |
Client: | Multi National Insurance Giant |
Challenge: | Moving from a decentralised recruitment model (owned by each state GM) to a National, Best Practice, EEO compliant model, providing value adds and support for hiring managers. |
Approach: | Developed an online tool kit for hiring Managers; including Interview packs, interview question bank, Competency Framework, policy and procedures and best practice guidelines. Provided HR & Line Managers with Interview Skills Training. |
Impact: | Improved internal efficiencies on time and cost to hire. Enhanced internal skill base. Provided one central point of recruitment tools, resources and advice for line managers. |