Case Study: Property Development & Investment

SENIOR TEAM RECRUITMENT

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT

OBSERVATIONS

Warm, inclusive and supportive culture and environment

Achievement of high standards

Each business unit and its marketing seems completely bespoke

Small and efficient core team to manage a large business

Collaborative working and team-orientation

Continuous learning and growing

As well as assisting with this role – CORE would be able to assist with multiple other areas

Good longevity and previous common companies in senior leadership team

COREcruitment

ABOUT US

International recruitment consultancy with hubs in London (UK), Vancouver (The Americas), Montpellier (France) , Amsterdam (the Netherlands & Europe), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (Middle East and the Far East).

We are currently working on assignments in North America, Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

We have a team of 45 consultants covering retail, leisure, hospitality property, FMCG and specialist roles and an “exec” team of 8 covering leadership role.

Internal pre-screened candidate database of 635,000 candidates identified from previous searches, referrals, networking, and recommendations.

Robust recruitment and screening process.

National and international candidate reach.

Psychometric tests

Members of multiple international trade bodies and networking. Current groups for LGBT and Female Leadership – developing groups for minority leaders and neurodiversity.

Aim for leadership recruitment that at least a third of candidates submitted will be diverse

Social media is important – but there is no substitute for meeting someone face-to-face

Our recruitment process & methodology

COREcruitment have a multi-layered attraction method but our basic screening philosophy is very simple

1/3 Technical Ability

1/3 Culture Fit

1/3 Motivation

MOTIVATION

Is there a clear incentive for the candidate to do well in the role?

Is the role and company in line with the candidate’s career aspirations?

Does the travel/logistics / demands of the role match with the candidates needs and wants?

Where possible we build our methodology into the recruitment process. A four-stage approach involving business planning as well as interviewing to test a candidate’s motivation for a role as well as their ability.

CULTURE FIT

How does the candidate conduct themselves?

Which have been their most successful relationships?

What is their perceived / actual management style?

Does their style match with that of the business and does it have to?

How will the relationships work at a senior level within the business?

Does the candidate have a technical background?

Is the individual “high potential” with a solid track record?

TECHNICAL ABILITY

We can screen and reference technical ability. It will exclude 99.9% of the population from most roles. What have they achieved in their current role?

COREcruitment will look at multiple sectors and markets to identify top performing companies with synergies with your business and will identify the individuals there-in who have cultivated their success.

PROPERTY-LED APPOINTMENT MANDATES

COO – Flexible Office Provider – Salary £150,000 (neg)

B-Corp business with strengths existing in Founder team to include, Legal. Finance and Design. What was lacking was a true Operator. The Client was keen to meet candidates with proven Hospitality Operations leadership and / or those coming from a workspace environment who could scale a business.

Incoming candidate would be joining a small leadership team, so culture fit was of the utmost importance.

Director

of Workplace Operations

– Facilities

Services

Group – Salary £200,000 (neg )

A truly unique proposition to deliver exceptional workplace services to global financial services client – annual contract value £500M+

Client was keen to look outside of sector (FM) at high-performing individuals with a proven track record of large-scale, complex delivery. Exposure to global matrix organisation and exceptional commercial acumen were required. The role would support a multi-million pound investment to re-model a global corporate real estate portfolio into a more intuitive, colleague-led, campus style environment.

Commercial Director – Mixed Used Asset Owner / Developer – Salary £130,000

Client is the owner developer of trophy assets globally, this role would focus on UK / London

Incoming candidate should have prior knowledge of a number of contract types across construction, development and investment. Joining an entrepreneurial business meant that an agile mindset, coupled with superior financial skills would be required. New developments would include a number of co-working spaces, so candidates with an understanding of critical time-lines and reasonable costs within the sector would be preferred.

Global

Unique selling points: Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

DE&I is something that is very close to our hearts at COREcruitment.

We are very proactive in supporting and encouraging applications from minority groups.

We have partnered and organised events with organisations and personalities such as:

Albert Kennedy Trust (akt)

Pride London (Krishnan Doyle is an advisor)

UK Black Pride

Linda Riley, Publisher at DIVA Magazine

Keegan Hirst

Mark Foster

Amazin LeThi

Lady Phyll

Stonewall

Diversity Role Models etc…

We have also been working with a Google initiative called “I AM Remarkable” and hosted over 700 people on workshops so far this year and continue to hold them

Consultants at COREcruitment have had unconscious bias training and also taken part in workshops to look at how to strengthen their candidate pools. We have an internal target that 25% of our shortlists for senior management searches will come from minority groups.

We focus around four key points and culture: A GLOBAL MINDSET DIVERSITY OF TALENT INCLUSION EQUALITY

COREcruitment DE&I pillars:

Ambition

Mission

Identical opportunities

A clear approach

Commitments

Responsibility

Our clients

Krishnan Doyle founded COREcruitment in 2005 after an international career in luxury hotels management.

COREcruitment has grown over the years to become a leading international recruitment consultancy with hubs in the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.

COREcruitment's specialist consultants are experts in the hospitality, catering, leisure, retail, food management and service industry sectors, providing both permanent and interim management recruitment solutions.

Hollie has been with COREcruitment since 2015, taking both my hospitality management experience and my industry knowledge to recruit within the service industry. After several years heading up our executive search division, I have stepped in for our favourite finance recruiter, Oliwia as she went on maternity leave. I've polished my calculator and am excited to announce I will be supporting candidates searching for their next finance position and clients looking for top finance talent, alongside specialist executive search projects. I focus on supporting candidates and clients from the hospitality, retail and service sectors and thoroughly enjoy detailed focused, purpose lead recruitment projects

KRISHNAN DOYLE

0207 790 2666– krishnan@corecruitment.com

HOLLIE JACKSON

0207 539 5596 – hollie@corecruitment.com