All too often recruiters can be heard saying ‘on paper, they are the perfect candidate’ – but have they really got to know and understand that candidate enough to ensure their personality and the culture fit they want from a future employer is actually suited?
PUTTING CANDIDATES FIRST AT GK RECRUITMENT
One thing that certainly makes GK Recruitment stand out from the recruitment crowd is its ethos.
It’s not a case of simply filling roles for Gary Keay and his team; it’s about the candidate and
getting the candidate the very best fit in their role and chosen career.
THE CHALLENGE
THE UNIQUE APPROACH
It was this USP that jobhunter, Seb Graham, recognised in Gary Keay from GK Recruitment and what prompted him to make contact having watched Gary’s content on social media platforms when it came to finding his next employer.
Seb said: “In my last role I was responsible for recruitment, selecting the agencies we used, vetting CVs and interviewing so I know all too well why some agencies get a bad name for themselves and I can understand Teledata’s views on using them! It was refreshing to see and hear how Gary’s approach
to recruitment was a far cry from some of the horror stories I have seen.
“GK Recruitment was altogether different; they wanted to get to know me, my aspirations, my skillset and the type of culture and working environment I wanted for my next role. They certainly didn’t hit send with my CV attached to every man and his dog – it is a very strategic, thoughtful and tactical approach and for me this paid dividends in securing an introduction to my new employer within just 7 minutes of Gary being in contact with them!”
THE RESULTS?
Having got under the skin of Seb’s experience with his personable approach, GK Recruitment’s outreach to selected companies and introducing Seb based on his background achievements, skills and aspirations led to Matt Edgley, Director at Teledata, one of the UK’s leading data centre firms making immediate contact. Having admired Seb’s background and strong technical IT credentials combined with his more recent commercial career success, Matt actually created a role which was offered within 1 week of introduction.
Anna Nicholls, Head of Marketing at Teledata said:
“Matt has always been averse to using agencies but something about Gary’s approach and ability to
perfectly match candidates with employers struck a chord and Seb has already proven that this instinct to trust GK Recruitment was the right one.”
“What we do here at Teledata is niche and we are growing at pace; so much so that we are about to open our fourth data centre so we really needed the fit to be right from the outset. We are a Tier 3 data centre that operates with stringent, robust standards and it was critical that the position was filled with the right candidate.”
“Thankfully, Gary and his team at GK Recruitment didn’t let us down; in fact we were so impressed we even created a Commercial Development Manager role that allows Seb to utilise his full technical knowledge and expertise as well as his business and sales acumen.”
“Teledata provides premium colocation, cloud hosting and data centre services to businesses across the UK. Delivering the highest levels of service and support, they put people at the heart of their technology, building secure, resilient solutions that are designed to help optimise business performance and help facilitate growth.”
Gary Keay added:
“Working with Teledata and to be able to place the perfect candidate with them is going to allow Matt to pursue his ambitious growth plans for the business. Our consultative approach and partnership to fully understand the customer brief has once again served us well and we wish Seb all the very best in his new role and future career with such a forward thinking company.”
