Wates Appoints New Resourcing Partner to Win the War for Talent

As the construction industry begins to see signs of recovery, attention will turn to how the construction sector meets a growing skills shortage. How construction companies attract, recruit and retain talent will be more critical than ever for meeting their growth plans. Mark Boorman, Head of HR Operations at Wates, explains:       

“In the past our approach to attracting talent has been reactive and heavily reliant on third party recruitment agencies as well as our own personal networks. This has meant that we have sometimes struggled to compete in the ‘war for talent’ in an industry where skills are highly sought after by many of the competition.

To enable our business to recruit quicker, better and smarter, we have partnered with Resource Management - experts in providing recruitment solutions and services that help companies to attract and recruit the best talent at reduced cost through developing their employer brand.

Over the past three months, Resource Management has been working closely with the Wates’ HR Leadership Team and HR Operations to design a service that will bring a number of benefits and cost savings. As part of the new partnership, Resource Management will provide a dedicated recruitment function that will take ownership for acquiring new talent and remove a lot of the burden of recruitment from hiring managers and HR.

The service, officially launched in April this year, will raise the profile of Wates as an Employer of Choice, maximising exposure and use of the Wates employment brand, and will fully embrace new channels such as LinkedIn and Twitter to attract the right people to our organisation.”

Will Chitty, Recruitment Business Partner, Resource Management comments: “My role will allow Wates’ hiring managers to focus on their core business while I manage the process of securing the best talent available in the marketplace. I am particularly excited about using my social media expertise and witnessing the benefits of utilising various social media platforms effectively to establish a strong position for the Wates brand.” 

Gocompare.com Appoints Its First Resourcing Partner

Resource Management (RM) has been awarded the contract to provide a full end-to-end recruitment solution for price comparison website Gocompare.com.

Following a rigorous selection process, the national recruitment outsourcing and talent management provider, which is part of Resource Solutions Group, is now providing a recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) solution for permanent and fixed term roles at Gocompare.com.

Gocompare.com is a UK financial services comparison website for a variety of insurance products, such as car, home and pet insurance; breakdown cover; utilities; and financial products. It was the first such site in the UK to focus on policy details, rather than purely listing them according to their price.

Chris Buckingham, Head of Practice & Implementation, at Resource Management, explains: “This is the first time that Gocompare.com has engaged a partner for its recruitment and we’re very pleased to have been awarded the contract. Our on-site presence will help to build an even stronger relationship with Gocompare.com.

Our scalable solution will enable their HR function to focus on strategic initiatives and harness the power of Gocompare.com’s brand to source candidates directly and improve the quality of employees.”

Martin Spencer, HR and OD Director, Gocompare.com, said: “We are really pleased to be working with RM. We hope that our partnership is going to help us achieve our goal of attracting the best talent to come and work at Gocompare.com, which will enable the company to flourish in the coming years.

Having a permanent member of RM staff based here at Gocompare.com, working so closely with us, is already paying dividends. That direct contact with managers is ensuring that we really are getting the right people for the right jobs.”