Working with Spark
Gone are the days when IT recruitment was as simple as uploading an ad onto ‘Seek’. In today’s highly competitive and fast-paced labour market, businesses don’t have time to trawl through candidates who are often incompatible.
To save precious time and serve you better, Spark has developed seven streamlined steps, ensuring we deliver the right employee for your business.
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Nailing the brief
- Understand the nuances of the business and the role, including technical requirements and organisational fit
- Gather all the relevant information we need from you to fill a position successfully
- Consult on position-specific market trends, conditions and drivers
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Sourcing candidates
- Conduct a targeted search of our comprehensive ICT professional database
- Manage and filter advertising responses
- Source referrals and leverage our specialist ICT networks
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Uncovering that indefinable spark
- Interview potential candidates to establish role fit and role motivation
- Employ our Hybrid Interview Technique that combines technical skill questions and behavioural-based interviewing that best gauges a candidate’s personality and experience
- Provide insight into a candidates personality with our innovative Your Spark™ profile
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Providing a quality shortlist
- Send you a select number of great candidates
- Ensure quality (interviews you request), not quantity (resumes we send you)
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Managing the interview
- Oversee the entire interview process
- Explore candidates’ motivations and set expectations to negotiate a successful outcome
- Protect your employment brand with tact and sensitivity
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Verifying and securing your next employee
- Provide two reference checks from previous line managers
- Sensitively offer and manage negotiations to secure your preferred candidate
- Provide insight into handling both competitive offers and counter-offers
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Post-placement follow-up
- Conduct regular, ongoing contact with all parties to ensure a smooth transition into the new role
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‘Mix & match’ recruitment services
Spark can custom-build a recruitment services package tailored to suit your business size and needs. ‘Mix and match’ from the unbundled services we provide including:
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□ Job advertising and shortlisting
□ Managing and attending interviews
□ Candidate screening
□ Reference checking
□ Role validation |
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□ Organisational benchmarking
□ Salary and industry trends
□ Recruitment training
□ Contractor management: payroll,
□ Invoice consolidation, e-timesheeting
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