Recruitment with a conscience www.aspirerecruitment.org.uk
Specialists in: Commercial (Admin/Secretarial) Business support services (HR/Payroll/Finance/Accounts) Hospitality Construction Customer Service and Sales Welfare to Work and Skills
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Introduction Aspire Recruitment is an award-winning, not-for-profit, ethical agency based in the heart of Greater Manchester, which has been matching businesses to individuals for over 10 years. Our knowledgeable local team pride themselves on guiding you through the recruitment process – whether you’re looking to secure an outstanding employee or want to land that dream role. With us you’ll never be just another number, we put your needs at the heart of what we do, and together we’ll help you aim higher and achieve greater. We invest our time and passion into our candidates and clients and reinvest our profits back into the local community.
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Our service to our client companies We know that any recruitment process can be costly and time-intensive, which is why we’re proud to be different. Staffing and recruitment costs make up the vast majority of a business’s overheads and yet can cause the most problems and stress. However finding the right people who really fit with your business vision can make all the difference not just to the working environment but also the bottom line.
“Firstly, as a not for profit organisation, they are both competitive and are doing their part for the local community. Secondly, their coordination and management is slick and efficient. Finally and most importantly, they find good people in need of work and who will deliver and in our case have delivered.” Paul Brown The National Institute for Health Research
This is why we provide a 360 degree consultative process which enables us to provide you with the candidates that truly match your needs. Aspire has a history of meeting temporary, permanent and “temporary to permanent” recruitment needs for a range of companies and public sector agencies across Greater Manchester. Our services include: ⊲ Flexible Payment Plans - i.e. offering a ‘split fee’ option ⊲ A unique temp-to-perm recruitment service with the option to employ permanently after 12 weeks with no additional temp-to-perm fees ⊲ Temporary, Permanent and Temp-to-Perm recruitment ⊲ Consultation and assistance in job role analysis, production of Job Descriptions and Person Specifications and recruitment processes
“I have found them to be readily available to discuss my recruitment criteria, they have listened and interpreted well, and the standard of personnel they have put forward have been excellent. I would have no hesitation in recommending Aspire in all aspects of recruitment.” Ann Teader Amalgamated Ltd
⊲ Vacancy handling, advertising and selection ⊲ Payroll, HR and contracts services ⊲ Full aftercare and ‘peace of mind’ rebate facility Our knowledgeable and highly experienced recruitment team can work with you on everything from creating a Job Description and advertisements through to candidate assessments and pre-interviews, meaning you are free to run your business safe in the knowledge that we will find you the perfect match. Our social and ethical stance means that whilst you will receive the skills and experience of any high street agency, you will not be left with a huge bill at the end. We are performance rather than profit driven, which not only means we are extremely competitive we are also incredibly passionate about matching the right candidates with the right role, saving you both time and money in the short and long term. Our ability to provide training and pre recruitment courses enables new employees to be ‘job ready’ from the off, increasing productivity and reducing down time. Our ability to offer both temporary and permanent candidates gives you true business flexibility. As a not-for-profit organisation, we charge very competitive rates for our high quality services with any profits made being reinvested back into the local community and the growth of Greater Manchester.
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“Aspire took the time to understand our business needs. This helped them to carefully select candidates who would fit well within our company. Would recommend them to anyone, they took away the headache of finding the right staff allowing us to continue to build the business.” Ishrat McLevey KRSS
Our service to our candidates At Aspire, we believe that candidates are also valued customers to our business. Our aim is to find you the right person with the right skills, experience and personality to fit your business, your team and your vacancies. After a pre-screen on the phone, and if we feel they match your criteria, we interview EVERY candidate face to face in branch to ascertain their suitability for your position. Once selected for interview, we will support you and the candidate through the interview process. When they start with you, we will ensure we look after you and them to ensure the placement is a successful one (for both parties). We regularly hold ‘temp surgeries’ where we come out to see our temporary candidates and ensure the assignment is running smoothly. This gives our candidates and you an opportunity to speak to us face to face about any concerns or discuss pay, timesheets or any other part of our process. In a candidate driven market, it is imperative that we look after our candidates. We work with you to ensure that all candidates receive a good rate of pay, receive a minimum of 28 days holiday pay (inclusive of bank holidays) and are paid weekly. We endeavour to have a bank of candidates with certain skill sets available for instant submission but will never ask candidates to ‘register for the sake of registering’. We are pro-active on behalf of our candidates; if they are unsuccessful with yourselves we will make every effort to find them additional opportunities. Attracting good people can be difficult but we have a variety of jobs boards available to us (reducing hiring costs to yourself) and an existing database of live candidates. We can use social media and headhunting methods if needed and have a recommend a friend scheme in place to entice people to work for Aspire and for you.
“I would thoroughly recommend signing up with Aspire. It’s so refreshing to work through an agency with ethics at the heart of their service. I always felt assured that I had a degree of job safety, despite working on a temporary basis.” R Moore
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for getting me work so quickly in my hour of need! I really appreciate all of your help with the interview techniques and paperwork, and especially appreciate your friendly, positive attitude. I have seen a fair few recruiters in Manchester but coming Aspire was by far the best experience I’ve had and I’m very glad I came in.” J Goymour
Our Ethical Initiatives As a social and ethical not-for-profit agency, Aspire Recruitment regularly give back to the local community. Our biggest initiative, The Works, is an employer-led one-stop-shop supporting local people to find jobs, develop skills and access training courses and financial advice. The Works is a partnership between The University of Manchester, The Work Company and Aspire Recruitment, who have common objectives of supporting local people into work and training, and providing opportunities for the local community.
“I’ve always been able to contact them to ask for advice and all the staff are always more than helpful. I will never go to another Agency because Aspire are the best and I am very happy in my job. No other agency goes out of their way like Aspire does.” M Rollins
The Works offer the following services: ⊲ Access to vacancies ⊲ Training ⊲ Advice ⊲ Financial Services
To find out more, visit www.theworksmanchester.co.uk or call a member of the team on the number below. The Works Moss Side Address: 130 Alexandra Road, Moss Side, Manchester M16 7WD. Tel: 0161 359 3388
“I cannot thank Frank highly enough for helping me find work, and not just any work but being a General Manager at a high end Restaurant in Liverpool. Having dealt with various recruitment companies before, I found the majority of them to be all talk and no action but with Frank and Aspire he spoke to me at length and then followed it up by giving you detailed information on what jobs he had put you forward.....I go back to. Thanks once again.” G Gray
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To discuss our services further either as an employer or a candidate, please contact: Tel. 0161 245 4942 Email. info@aspirerecruitment.org.uk www.aspirerecruitment.org.uk
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