Having the right talent in your business is essential for success, which is why recruitment is so important to get right, and why effective recruitment is so powerful.
When you engage us as your recruitment partner, we become an integrated part of your business.
Bringing our years of expertise and market knowledge, we will be your trusted outsourced advisor, with the feel of an internal recruitment team. In this way we are able to fully understand the needs of your business and deliver great results.
Our recruitment specialists have the breadth of knowledge and experience to be able to deliver our partnership recruitment across all industries, sectors and role types.
We’ll support you with everything from screening applicants, to communicating to candidates after the interview, to reference checks. We provide best practice attraction and sourcing tactics to bring your ideal candidates from the market, to your door, and we’ll enhance and protect your employment brand throughout the process.
The service we provide is bespoke each and every time to suit your preference on the level of support you want, and the requirements of the vacant role.
Our unique pricing model reflects our partnership approach. While a partnership approach is recommended for long-term positive results, we are also able to offer our boutique recruitment services for one-off roles; please contact us to discuss how we may be able to help.
The People Place offers a specialist Leadership Recruitment service, thoughtfully designed to source and select the best leadership talent for your business.
It’s more than ‘just’ recruitment, providing a personalised recruitment service from our Managing Consultant, and delivering great fit, enhanced retention, excellent value—competitive pricing.
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Reuben Bijl, Managing Director, Smudge
Jason Snashall, Director, Orakei Marina
Daniel Stanners, General Manager, Auto Transform
Please don’t hesitate to give us a call or email us, whether you have an question, or would like to know more about how we may be able to help your business. Alternatively, feel free to fill out the contact form to the right, and one of our friendly team will be in touch within the working day.
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