22 Positions Filled in 12 Months: Helping a UK Financial Services Company Expand Their Business Across the UK

“The difference with Claire is that she has invested a lot of time in getting to know our business very well including the variants across different branches so she is able to send exactly the right type of candidates across all our locations. She is supported by a knowledgeable team and they have successfully worked many of our biggest recruitment initiatives, filling some of our most difficult vacancies. She is very experienced in the financial services sector and is able to offer guidance and support beyond finding high quality candidates.”

– Talent Acquisition Manager

• High volume of recruitment across UK branch network.
• Used mostly high street agencies and didn’t have true industry specialists.
• Struggling to recruit excellent talent with financial services experience.
• Introduced to Dobson Welch by recommendation to help fill a very difficult vacancy that had been open for more than 6 months.

• Difficult vacancy was filled in just 2 weeks.
• After this, Dobson Welch was added to Financial Services Company’s PSL (Preferred Suppliers List) and became a recruitment partner for all open vacancies.
• Worked closely with HR and recruitment teams to hone the job descriptions which were not positioned properly for attracting top talent.
• Filled 22 roles across the business in first year of partnership assisting the company to expand their team across the UK.
• Long-term client of 12+ years.

1. Advertise the roles on multiple platforms.
2. Engaged other members of the team to assist me.
3. Prioritised most urgent roles first and used resourcing team to assist with the volume of vacancies and applications.
4. Kept in very close contact with HR & Recruitment Team and engaged in regular catch-up meetings.
5. Worked with the Financial Services Company to improve retention rate of staff members after hires were made.