Case Study | Permanent Recruitment - Central Bedfordshire Council
Posted on April 2024
In July 2023, Central Bedfordshire Council approached us to provide innovative solutions and strategic guidance to successfully execute a compelling recruitment campaign for their Deputy Monitoring Officer position.
The council's initial advertising campaign had not attracted the high-calibre applicants needed. As a result, our expertise in the governance and legal sector of the local government market was crucial to revitalizing the campaign and ensuring a successful outcome.
Our solution:
Reviewed their specification and package against market trends and our recent campaigns conducted for other authorities
Created a revised requirement brief that would satisfy the balance needed between budget and desired experience
Targeted passive and emerging talent who would not have been reached by the previous campaign
Expanded the search radius to engage with candidates outside the local area, whose requirements aligned with the flexible hybrid work structure
The outcome:
Engaging with our active talent network enabled us to further refine the shortlisting criterium before approaching passive talent
Our strategic and informed approach opened the role to new talent and facilitated our provision of three appointable candidates
Managing all aspects of this campaign ensured time and talent was not lost, and our successful candidate was in situ and adding value six months after our requisition
“We chose to use Venn Group after the response from our own adverts had been underwhelming. The number of quality candidates presented by Venn Group was far superior to the response to our adverts and surpassed my expectations of market availability.
The communication from the team at Venn Group throughout the process was exactly right, at times we at the council needed pushing to ensure the recruitment continued at pace and at other times candidates needed cajoling to meet the tight schedules of the council’s panel. Venn Group managed that just right; there are fine margins between being “pushy and overbearing”, but Venn found the perfect balance.
At the end of the process, we have appointed an excellent candidate in a timeframe that works perfectly for us. Overall, I could not be happier with the outcome and the service provided by Venn Group.”
Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer at Central Bedfordshire Council
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