Oliver King Consulting

Is your current advert working for you?        We partnered with a Sheffield based business to craft a job advert for their recruitment process.     The outcome? An influx of applications!        Creating the perfect job advert is no different to how you market your business to prospects, it's important to achieve a balance of info that will pique the candidate's interest enough to apply.      If you’re hiring and having trouble crafting the perfect advert, get in touch and see how we can support you!  recruitment@oliverkingconsulting.com    #recruitment #sheffieldbusiness #sheffieldjobs #jobadverts   

Are your employees providing your business with a competitive advantage?      If they aren’t leaving reviews about your business, then no!      Employee reviews can improve your reputation and have other benefits for your company.     So many candidates are telling us they chose the company they’d applied to due to the reviews left by the employees.      As an SME, candidates will research the company when searching for a role and part of this will include seeking out employee reviews.      In some case they may not find any!      We recommend that you keep your employee reviews up to date and as recent as possible to reflect what it’s actually like right now to work at your company.     How do you get your employees to write reviews?     Our top tip for this, is to share your employee review link with each new starter after they've been with you for a period of time. You've a couple of options including Glassdoor and Indeed.      If you'd like us to conduct an audit of your online information as if we were a candidate, or if you don't know where to start with setting up your employee review profiles, get in touch!     #sheffieldjobs #recruitmenttips #hiringtips   

Are you interested in attracting more candidates?      If so then you may want to read our insight that outlines effective strategies to attract the right candidates.         This insight involves:         ⭐ how to make your employer brand stand out   ⭐ the use of social media in the recruitment process   ⭐ sustainable recruitment processes         https://lnkd.in/eU7pvnNu       #recruitment #sheffieldbusiness 

Did you know that we’re the only recruitment consultancy in Sheffield that partners with SMEs to recruit sustainably?      Since Oliver King Consulting was established in 2020, we’ve partnered with over 45 organisations, usually family-owned, owner-managed or people-first businesses, delivering on project after project our sustainable recruitment methodology.    But what is a sustainable recruitment methodology?    The first stage is to fully understand how we can support a business.  Each partnership starts with a meeting on site, lots of questions about the role, but also about the organisation, your future plans and what it’s like to work there. These meetings often involve lots of advice about the best course of action for your business from a recruitment perspective!    Crafting an advert that truly reflects who you are is the next step. The alignment of company and candidate, candidate and company starts at the attraction stage.    Recruiting sustainably places a focus on where your ideal candidates are located and we ensure that the advert and your organisation are presented to the local community to give you the best chance of recruiting someone that’s already part of the local community.    Finally – our methodology supports an ongoing conversation with candidates that builds over the process. Sustainable recruitment has at the heart of it a process of matching what the candidate wants and needs with what an organisation can provide and offer.    Are you confident that you’re hiring sustainably?   If you’re not sure you are, get in touch with us!   https://lnkd.in/ePGG3ERn #sheffieldbusiness #recruitmentconsultant #recruitment 

Are you truly ready to recruit?         If you’re considering hiring, here are some points to work through as you make this critical business decision:        1. Before you hire, you need to decide which part of your business needs support. It’s probably the part that you or someone else is spending too much time on, not enjoying, or it’s not your skill set!        2. The financial side of a hire is crucial. Plan out beforehand if it’s affordable and sustainable.         3. Is this a short-term fix or a long-term solution? Take time to decide if you need the role to be full-time or part-time, is a freelancer an option instead?        4. Do they need to be in the office with you? Depending on the role, the successful candidate could be remote, and this will affect how you approach your recruitment process, their induction into the company and your longer term communication plan / how you work with them.        5. What experience is needed? Analyse the role and decide if you want someone with years of experience or potentially an apprentice or someone with limited experience that can learn as they work.         #recruitmenttips #recruitment #sheffieldbusiness       

Have you thought about what you'd like your new team member to achieve in the first 6-12 months in their role?    When you're recruiting, alongside the creation of a job description, it's useful to reflect on what specific projects you'd like this new starter to achieve.    Detailing 3-5 objectives that this person will be responsible for, can help you highlight during the recruitment process, who is the best person to join you.    As an example, you may be recruiting an executive assistant, with a typical EA job description, but because it's a brand new role, this new recruit is going to be leading on a few projects in their first 12 months such as:    🔹 Review our current admin processes and suggest 3 improvements to aid productivity.    🔹 Review our current office supplies contracts (last count 9!), analyse spend and reduce the no of key suppliers achieving savings of 15% across the year    If you've just had someone hand in their notice, before you start your candidate attraction project to replace them, take a look at the key achievements you'll be looking for from this new recruit and share that info through the recruitment process.    #hiringtips #recruitmentstrategy #sheffieldjobs  

If you're currently recruiting, are you posting your job advert in all of the places where your ideal candidate might see it?    Take a look at our list and see if there are options that you've not yet explored!   ⭐ Facebook - posting in different job group or community groups in your given area will help extend the word locally ⭐ Indeed - job boards are great, and this is one of the most popular which means anyone looking for work usually searches on there ⭐ LinkedIn - have you and the team created a post sharing information about the role? Have you utilised the free job posting on your profile?   ⭐ Instagram – this is a great platform to post your role on, be sure to add the location so that job seekers can easily find it like this #sheffieldjobs ⭐ Handshake – an idea platform if your role would be suitable for graduates ⭐ Nextdoor – a local community platform   Don’t forget to ask your candidates where they saw the job advert, so you know next time what works well for you and your business!    If you’re in need of recruitment support, get in touch for a chat to see how we can support you and your business. recruitment@oliverkingconsulting.com   #recruitmenttips #recruitmentconsultant #outsourcedrecruitment

Did you know we’re the only recruitment consultancy in Sheffield that works solely with owner managed or family-business SMEs from any sector?      Oliver King Consulting was founded in 2020 by Sam Sargent after she was made redundant from her role of Head of Talent for a marine company based in the Dearne Valley.      Since then, we've helped 47 local SMEs find their next hire using our unique, sustainable recruitment process.      What most of our clients do, is fully outsource their recruitment requirements to us so that they can continue with the day-to-day running of their business.    More recently we've offered an alternative way of working, that involves recruitment consultancy by the hour and we've found that this has worked well where an organisation has someone internally that has scope to manage some of the elements of the recruitment process.      If you're a Sheffield based SME that's looking for an alternative approach to recruitment this year, let's have a chat now to share with you how we work!      We're the only recruitment consultancy with 58 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews in Sheffield that works solely with owner managed or family-business SMEs from any sector!      #sheffieldbusiness #sustainablerecruitment #recruitmentconsultancy   

Today we said a 'See you Soon!' to Yolanda Khumalo, Recruitment Assistant at Oliver King Consulting. Yolanda and her family are relocating to Birmingham following the birth of their son. Sad times for us, but amazing news for her wider Birmingham based family. From the team at Oliver King, we wish you all the best! Your energy will be missed!

Friday saw the Oliver King Consulting team return to the Treehouse board game café on Boston Street in the heart of Sheffield as the venue for their monthly team activity. Was lovely to catch up with Yolanda Khumalo and her beautiful son! Thank you to Amelia Stokes for organising her first event since joining us 2 weeks ago. It's clear to see that Amy W. has been practicing with 'Block Party', since last time! If you're looking for an activity with a difference, highly recommend The Treehouse! #teamevent #sheffield