Managed Recruitment Services
In today’s very crowded labour market, successful recruitment campaigns must integrate elements of PR, effective advertising, slick referral and processing systems. These components, coupled with experienced skills/competence assessment staff, can then be targeted at engaging potential multi-stream candidate pools.

This unique approach towards providing integrated solutions has been professionally recognised and acclaimed by the Scottish IPA who awarded the company the 2005 award for best integrated campaign delivery.

At ITP, we have experience in providing bespoke recruitment services specifically tailored to individual needs, grounded in effective technology engagement systems, involving very highly experienced and qualified skills/competence assessment personnel.

All our services are quality assured through the application of the SQMS (Scottish Quality Management System) quality assurance system.

Typically, our services concentrate on Level 1 Staff (administrative, customer service and support staff) Provision of Managed Assessment Centre.

Services include:

  • PR, Advertising collation and placement (local press and local radio) all copy to be signed off by client
  • Provision of multi channel referral system ( text / web / 0800 )
  • Identification of potential recruit streams
  • First stage presentation/service over view
  • First stage assessment
  • Second stage interview
  • Second stage IT skills test
  • Reference checking
  • Third stage referrals to client (final interview)
  • Processing all rejected candidate correspondence

The above services are typically delivered using materials or assessment instruments designed by ITP or provided by clients. For audit purposes, all hard and electronic copies held by ITP are available for inspection.

Supervisory/Management Support Staff
ITP can structure and administer Managed Assessment Centres. Our model includes structuring an appropriate assessment centre around assessing initial applications and CV’s. Screened candidates are then invited to a one day event structured around an initial interview or management competence assessment which is then followed by involvement in a business case scenario (i.e. on an individual basis) completed through group involvement in an assessed group activity. The activity is run over a single day, with lunch supplied, and is managed and assessed by Rob Murray and Sandy Miller, both highly experience management assessors. Thereafter, candidate results will be collated and individual profiles created and forwarded to the client for consideration.

To aid the consideration process, Rob Murray will advise client decision makers. The assessment centre activities will therefore run over two days (inclusive of candidate rating/profiling and interaction with client decision makers.)

Model

  • Advertising collation and placement (local press). All copy to be signed off by client
  • Provision of multi-channel referral system (text/web/0800)
  • Previewing all received CV’s against client agreed competence criteria
  • Managing delivery of initial interviews
  • Managing delivery of management competence assessments
  • Managing delivery of assessed business case scenario
  • Managing delivery of assessed group led activity
  • Create candidate profiles
  • Refer/advise client
  • Deal with all rejection correspondence

The above service is delivered using materials/assessment instruments agreed with the client. For audit purposes, all hard and electronic copies are held by ITP and are available.

Management Recruitment
In today’s ever-increasing, competitive market, it is essential that staff recruited to senior management positions are capable of transferring their knowledge and understanding (usually evidenced by academic qualifications) into workplace competence. With extensive experience in the assessment of strategic and senior operations managers to MBA equivalence, ITP can structure and manage, via a similar model to the above, Managed Assessment Centres for senior staff with all assessments designed around National Standards of Management Competence.

Managed Redundancy Outplacement Progammes
ITP have considerable experience in providing managed outplacement solutions for redundancy situations. We believe that candidates under threat of redundancy need a coordinated, integrated developmental programme which addresses the situation for all involved, helping candidates develop a methodological job search strategy, assist candidates to determine training needs, manage/deliver training provision, provide IT skills updating, but also, and most importantly, help provide, through these interventions, a motivational input ie, that something structured is being seen to be delivered.

Experience in Pre-Redundancy Management
ITP have previously managed a major pre-redundancy situation at both Nigg and Ardersier Yards (Haliburton). In these situations, ITP conducted structured interviews to obtain skills information. This information was collated into a skills database and used to delivering a wide series of job-search/job-planning interviews. This exercise involved over 4,000 participants.

ITP have also managed pre-redundancy situations for the Bank of Scotland in Dingwall and Lighthouse of Scotland (both smaller scale yet involving approximately 25 staff in each situation). In both cases, the majority of staff involved found new employment quickly.

Our programme consists of the following proven modules:

  1. Initial one-to-one structured interviews
  2. Job search strategies
  3. After care
  4. Skills update – core and specialist e.g. IT, Payroll etc.(optional)

1. Face to face structured interviews
These interviews will concentrate on uncovering past skills, whilst identifying existing skills sets and skills gaps and also ascertaining whether candidates have formed any realistic approaches to both re-training and job-search strategies. This information will provide the baseline material that participants will develop in the supporting workshop activities.

All participants will generate an individual action plan, clearly sign posting development activities. Delivery will be coordinated on site, ie using a site office/room to facilitate interviews.

2. Group led 1-day job planning workshop/s.
This programme of linked modules is intended to assist candidate’s progress with their job search activities.

Sessions:

  • The Job market - assessing opportunities (includes agency information) and formulating an effective job search strategy. Making initial contact with potential employers and the employment application process.
  • CV’s, Current Training certificates, and Covering letters - a professional up to date CV and all supporting application letter templates will be prepared for all candidates
  • Pre-Interview preparation - The Interview process Alternative Career options - Career changing
  • Training involvement - LEC funded Training For Work opportunities and how to progress them (linked to one-to-one process and job search workshops)
  • We would also manage and coordinate inputs from Careers Scotland, Jobcentre Plus and all Inverness based recruitment agencies.

3. After-Care/Post Workshop Mentoring
ITP will provide a mentoring service to candidates, providing after-care up to the point when they officially leave the company. The after-care service would be delivered over 2 days per week and would involve support on all aspects of job searching (job suitability, fine tuning CV’s, assistance in progressing agreed job search strategy etc).

4. Core-skills Training e.g. IT, Payroll etc.(optional)
Some candidates may require updating on core skills (e.g. CV’s relative to targeted job opportunities). We can deliver, at our office in Inverness, one day sessions on the major Microsoft packages, ie Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook/Internet.