Junior Positions
Instead of eliminating someone because of their lack of experience, our recruitment process gives us the advantage of identifying previously disadvantaged potential talent who, with additional training and coaching will thrive. So if you’re looking to develop junior staff or graduates, we have an excellent talent pool.

Only the Best Candidates
You will not be bombarded with tons of CV’s – only those of candidates who fit the profile and who can and will add value to your environment. Professionally presented CV’s are emailed to you.

• Advertising
• Response handling, screening and referencing
• ITC credit checks, Criminal bureau checks and Qualification Checks
• Excellent interviewing methodologies and referencing
• Dedicated account management
• Database development and maintenance
• Labour legislation compliance

How we differentiate from other recruiters:

Totally Upfront Whether We Can Help or Not
We have a clear idea on current salary trends and the level of applicants we are positioned to attract. If we feel that what you are offering is not a good match for our services, we’ll advise you immediately instead of wasting your time and ours. We do not work on “commission based only” positions. As we offer far more than general recruiting and invest in our profiling, our fees are non-negotiable until we have placed at least 3 candidates with you!

Advertising
We design and place ads on the web and in various newspapers or specialist publications. We attract candidates that are currently in the market.

Intensive CV Screening
We receive on average 50 to 60 applicants per position. We carefully screen CV’s to ensure that we do not waste your time with interviewing applicants who do not meet your requirements.

Telephonic Interviews and Screening
We further screen candidates to assess their competencies, experience, self confidence, telephonic manner, salary expectations, history of employment etc.

Face to Face Interviews by Our IPSC (Affiliated member of APSO) Recruitment Consultants
Our recruitment consultants are all well qualified to interview potential candidates. We interrogate CVs, check employment history, verify achievements, etc. In other words we interview as if they were joining our team. This is when we use the info gathered at our visit to your premises to make sure there will be a perfect fit.

Only the Best Candidates
You will not be bombarded with tons of CV’s – only those of candidates who fit the profile and who can and will add value to your environment. Professionally presented CV’s are emailed to you.

Reference, Credit and Criminal Checks
We have a standard rule of at least two telephonic reference checks to accompany each CV. Credit, criminal and qualification checks are done (upon Clients request)

As soon as we have successfully completed our full screening and recruitment process, up to the face-to-face interview stage, we then list your CV onto our Candidate Database, ready for placing when the right opportunity comes up.

Yes, it may take a while for us to find you the right opportunity, but rest assured, when the right opportunity arises, you’ll be the first to know.  You then decide if you would like to move on.

Please note: Once we have placed you at a company, our ethical code ofconduct prevents us from finding you another position. If for whatever reason you decide you would like to move on i.e. you decide that you and the manager don’t get on after all, we may then consider finding another position for you if and only if it is clear that the company we placed you with has not met their obligations to you. We will never approach you whilst in their employ, simply because we are committed to ethical business practices.  Our reputation is worth far more.

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Many companies these days make use of recruitment agencies when hiring new staff members.
In the same way that you would make an effort to impress when meeting a potential employer,
you should make the same effort when attending an interview with a recruitment consultant.
The consultant is expected to interview a range of candidates on the client’s behalf and will be
responsible for short-listing candidates to be submitted to the client for consideration. Whilst skill
set and experience are most important, candidates should remember that soft skills are equally
important. If you don’t look or act the part then you may be over looked at the short-listing
process.

Recruitment agencies will have their own specific requirements when it comes to what they
expect of the candidates who are interviewed by them. However, it is important to note that you
have specific rights, as a candidate, and that you should choose to deal with APSO registered
agencies that practice recruitment in a legal and ethical manner.

What Recruiters expect of their candidates:

• Punctuality – it is never acceptable to be more than 10 minutes late for an appointment
  and it is especially rude to not turn up at all! If you’re running late, or need to reschedule
  your appointment, simply call the agency and inform them. Recruiters automatically
  become very nervous about candidates who are tardy because they become afraid that
  you’ll be late for their client’s appointment too.
• Presentation – you should attend an interview with a recruiter dressed as neatly as you
  would when interviewed by a potential employer. Whilst it is not always necessary to
  wear a suit, you should ALWAYS be neatly dressed, washed and wear clothing that is
  appropriate for your particular industry. Untidy hair, dirty fingernails, bad breath and body
  odour are always noticed and could be detrimental to career opportunities.
• Preparation – despite already submitting your CV to the agency you should always
  attend an interview with neat copies of your CV, your ID and any reference letters and
  certificates. In addition, the recruitment consultant will ask you for the names and contact
  numbers for at least 2 references – ensure that you have this information available.
• Honesty – it is NEVER acceptable to embellish your CV or to lead the recruitment
  consultant to believe that you have skills that you don’t. In some cases the agency will
  require you to undertake a variety of tests including typing, computer literacy and
  bookkeeping ability. It never pays to lie and you will always be caught out!
• Communication – the recruitment consultant cannot guarantee to find you a job but they
  will certainly market you effectively to their clients when they have a vacancy that meets
  your skill set. In order to assist the consultant in her job you should be sure to keep her
  informed of any other positions under consideration, tell her if you’ve already been
  submitted for this particular position already so that she can respect your right to use
  other agencies too, changes in your requirements or details. Without an open channel of
  communication the recruitment consultant cannot possibly be expected to assist you
  finding alternative employment.

Recruitment Consultants are primarily employed by companies to assist in finding staff but they
are responsible to their candidates as well. You should always expect, especially from an APSO
registered agency, respect and confidentiality in terms of your personal details. A recruiter is
required to get your express permission for each vacancy they would like to submit your CV for,
this includes giving you the name of the company, the position, the salary on offer and other
relevant details of the position. You can also expect feedback whether you’re successful or not.

Should you not receive this level of service you should make a point of expressing your concern
with the consultant, agency management or with APSO directly. You can find more details on the
APSO website.

• Pay attention to detail in terms of layout and spelling of all names and products
• Make it easy to read with bullet points and neat paragraphs
• Read the advert properly first if you are responding to a particular advert for a position
• Put your contact details clearly on the front page in the header/footer of the document
• Add your email address to your CV, indicating if it is yours or a colleague’s
• Keep it small, file size wise – a 4 or 5 MB download is not acceptable
• Use a simple clean font – 10pt Arial, Verdana or similar
• Include a small professional photo of yourself if you have one, it’s great to put a face to the CV!
• Mention specific work related targets, achievements, awards, etc
• Include details of all types of work related training that you have attended
• Add contactable references of previous or current employers, whom you have reported directly to, their designations and contact numbers
• Add details of your salary requirements
• Add the reason for leaving on all positions listed on your CV.

Don’t …

• Cut and paste a standard introduction off a CV template you found – we can spot it a mile away
• Cut and paste your current 3-page job description to your CV (Tell us what you actually do)
• Send a blanket email to 50 recruiting agencies with your CV attached – do it individually
• Ask a friend to email your CV to every single position advertised
• Use clipart, graphics or squiggly borders on each page
• Save and send each page separately as a jpeg file
• Add three paragraphs about your passion for bird-watching and only a one-liner about your work related awards, achievements, etc.

We have high standards and expect the best of our candidates, just as you would expect the best from us.

Here are a few ideas on what we require from you:

1. Take the time to send a detailed CV that has been carefully laid out and check for spelling, grammar, accurate dates (including months), etc.
2. Disclose all relevant information relating to past and current employment – what you consider negative may not necessarily be the case in our view
3. Keep us informed about any other job prospects you are currently looking at
4. Always keep in mind that we’ll only contact you WHEN the right opportunity becomes available
5. First impressions count. Your interview with our recruitment consultant is just as important as your interview with a potential employer. Be appropriately dressed and have clean copies of all your supporting documents, including driver’s license and ID as requested
6. View our Consultant as your top client. We’re assessing your personal style of communication from the minute you make contact with any of our staff members because it reflects on how you would interact with our clients