"Does working on a retained basis mean you guarantee to fill our vacancy?"

No.

"No?"

I guarantee to do the work. The outcome of which is completing 95% of retained projects, and 100% over the last couple of years.

"What do you mean by work? An advert and some linkedinning?"

Those are a couple of avenues I'll go down, if appropriate and as part of a custom-multichannel approach - there's a lot more to it both in execution and what happens around that.

Outside of the finding people part, the work starts before you've confirmed your job description and runs all the way through after your new employee has settled in. In agreement with you.

The point being to get your recruitment right, reduce your risk, save you hassle and employ the right person that delivers long-term. As it's a critical vacancy, I do everything needed to get the right outcome.

I plan to do it well so that you want me to recruit for you again.

Happy to chat through my process in as much, or as little detail, as you need. I like detail, though I appreciate you might just want results.

Just DM me, and we can get cracking.

"But we just need CVs, that's how we normally work"

Working on a partnership basis isn't right for everyone. If you've got everything right at your end and it's a straightforward vacancy, you don't need me - I'll see if I can recommend a more transactional recruiter.

Although... didn't you say this was a problem vacancy?

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