Summary of Services Delivered to them
- Contract IT Recruitment Solutions
- Permanent IT Recruitment Solutions
- Continual support around salary survey benchmarking
The story – what we delivered, what they experienced
Calor are a leading supplier of LPG Gas, with offices in Warwick in the Midlands. Prior to working with Big Red Calor’s IT department had been using a multiple agency approach to recruitment. It was in 2008 that the recruitment process for a particular senior development was not only unsuccessful but had become particularly chaotic, the hiring manager finding himself completely inundated with poorly qualified CVs, that Calor came to Big Red. Big Red put in place their project managed process and actually brought to light a candidate that had already been put forward during the original campaign, but had been lost in the ‘noise’ of the multiple competing agencies and piles of CVs. Big Red were therefore unable to invoice for this particular placement, but it was more than worth it to prove the value of our process! We now fill all of the requirements into Calor’s IT team, and have vastly reduced the amount of management time needed for hiring new staff.
Skills Delivered
- Application Support Analysts
- Business Process Analysts
- Support Analysts
- Systems Developers
- Web Developers
- Graduates
- ERP Analysts
- Project Managers
- Business Analysts
Big Red provided a friendly and professional service throughout the recruitment process. After the initial meeting, they fully understood how our business works and what type of candidate we were looking for. Using the project plan was very useful and very well organised, we had frequent catch up calls and meetings throughout the process which meant we built up a good working relationship. The suitability of the candidates was good, and yielded the two successes for our vacant positions. The communication throughout the whole process between Big Red, the candidates, and us was first class. I can thoroughly recommend Big Red. Kam Gakhal, Systems Process Manager, Calor Gas Calor Gas have recently started working with Big Red Recruitment, this is a depart from our usual method of recruitment which was to use a variety of different suppliers in tandem. We are now working with Big Red on a project by project basis giving them exclusivity and therefore accountability for our recruitment. We have found that they are honest and easy to deal with, giving regular feedback and appraisals of the market as well as well qualified and committed candidates. The key to the relationship is having an open line of communication where we feel we are getting sensible advice. I would recommend Big Red to any organisation who would like a refreshing approach to recruitment. I hope Big Red continue to deliver the right candidates to us as I will then have no reason to go back to a multi supplier method which was eating into both mine and my managers time. Simon Went, IT Systems and Development Director, Calor Gas
