Experienced – Recruitrite MD and founder Melissa Coutts
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New service from Recruitrite gives clients more choice
When it comes to hiring staff , it can be hard to find the perfect match – which is why one North-East recruitment agency has taken the approach of focusing on quality , not quantity .
Recruitrite , which is based in Darlington , was set up by experienced recruiter Melissa Coutts in 2015 , with the aim of offering clients the right recruitment solutions at the right time .
She says : “ I always say that recruiting is easy , but recruiting right is the hard part . Too often , the focus is on sending the client dozens of potential candidates , but all that does is waste their time – we ’ re the experts , so we need to be sifting the hopefuls carefully before it even gets to that stage .
“ Our clients often tell us that they appreciate it that we don ’ t send them lots and lots of CVs , but rather we ’ ll recommend one candidate that hits the mark straight away – for us , recruitment is all about the consultative approach rather than transactional .
“ We pride ourselves on the level of background work that we do to ensure that only the very best hires are made . The unseen work , hours of research , networking and searching that we put in are key to our ethos – quality over quantity , every time . Sometimes it might be that we only send one or two CVs over , but these candidates will all be qualified , experienced and , above all , very interested in the company and the vacancy .
“ This process saves masses of time and resources for our clients and ensures an excellent application to offer ratio .”
Having specialised in recruitment for a number of years , Melissa ’ s latest innovation is all about the delivery of the actual hiring process for clients .
From her and the team ’ s vast experience , they understood that not every business wanted – or needed – a full end-to-end recruitment solution , and so Rite People was born .
Melissa says : “ The original concept for the Rite People offering came about during an informal meeting when the conversation turned to the product itself .
“ For too long , the industry has operated on a one-size-fits-all approach , when real
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