Precision Search appoints new Head of Practice to enhance growth plans.  Precision Search, part of specialist Recruitment Consultancy Precision People, adds Sandy Seta to  its Executive Search Team, as Head of Practice. Sandy, a former Business Development Director at ATA Recruitment, has over 20 years of experience, successfully placing senior-level critical appointments. Sandy’s remit is to lead the team with the Precision Search brand, which is already well established in the Senior Appointments market and drive company growth in the key sectors of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, and Support Services. Phil Walker Managing Director of Precision People,  commented on the appointment:  “Sandy is a significant hire for us. She possesses a wealth of experience and brings a great deal of value to the Executive Search team. Sandy and the team will make solid steps in growing our manufacturing market specialisms and by increasing our headcount. This in turn then grows our client base in the UK, US and German markets where we are getting more and more traction every quarter. “ Sandy who has previously held senior leadership roles within PLC and SME recruitment organisations, commented on her new appointment:-  “I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to join the Executive team at such an exciting time and lead its already remarkable Executive Search offering.” She continued,  “My aim is to enhance our excellent reputation across our existing client footprint in the UK whilst offering a market-leading experience to our professional senior-level candidates.” Precision People recently celebrated fifteen years in business and continues to grow from strength to strength.  Notes to Editors Precision People is an established specialist Recruitment business providing recruitment services in three key areas under three sub-brands;-  Precision Search - specialising in management and director level search within manufacturing, Technical Engineering, and supply chain management sectors. Precision Recruitment, specialising in engineering, technical and sales roles across the UK. Precision Consultancy - bespoke recruitment training packages for businesses to improve their return on investment before or after hiring talent. Founded by Director Phil Walker in 2004, and in its fifteenth year, Precision People employs a  growing team of twenty-three who prides itself on its passion and integrity to listen to its clients and deliver tailor-made solutions. Precision People are based at the Meridian Business Park near the M1 Junction 21 in Leicester and operate both nationwide and Internationally. Precision People are Members of Apsco (Association of Professional Staffing Companies.) and were finalists in 2014 in the Leicester Mercury Business Awards. For more information please contact Marketing Director Jo Walker on 0116 254 5411 or email jo@precision-people.uk.  Find out more about Sandy Seta here and Phil Walker here. 

Are you struggling to find the right kind of candidates for your senior or director level positions? Do you know who you want, but just can’t seem to secure the hire? Issues like these could be down to a number of factors, including stale self-promoting job adverts and poor engagement with your hiring process. If you find that you recognise one or more of the following red flags, it’s time to consult with a professional executive search firm. 1. Your job adverts don’t talk the talk It’s all well and good having a conventional advert - candidate requirements, role responsibilities, expected salary etc. - in fact nowadays they form the backbone of almost all conventional recruitment campaigns. All a bit 1980s to be honest. The problem is that even when these adverts are hosted on sites like Jobsite and Indeed, how can you be sure they’re speaking to the right people? A lot of clients enlist the help of our talent resourcing specialists when their job adverts either aren’t gaining a response or are attracting the wrong calibre of candidates altogether. By adopting a method that attracts the right people whilst adding some "yes" gates we connect with the right people in a way to gain their confidence in calling. 2. You just don’t know where to look When you’re recruiting for a senior position within your company, either managerial or directorial, the chances are that your ideal candidate will probably fall into the passive category of job seekers, meaning they’re happy in their current role. As opposed to standard recruitment circumstances, this often means that there isn't a ‘bank’ of candidates with the relevant experience ready to apply. Executive search firms make use of a wealth of referrals within your industry to identify and target the key figures occupying senior positions. As these candidates aren’t normally active job seekers, they don’t typically respond to marketing or job adverts, which is why the integral expertise and connections of professional talent resourcing firm gets the results you need. 3. You’re struggling to secure the candidates you really want to hire  Even if you’ve managed to accurately identify and contact the appropriate candidates for your open senior management positions, you’ll quickly realise that convincing them to leave their current job is a wholly different battle in itself. You can leave yourself in a position that will be based on monetary reward rather than be a career opportunity. That method is very costly and one of the weakest methods to hire, it's based on cash rather than commitment. This also makes it easy for the person to be counter offered, which we know is likely for senior hires that control the success of a company or division. Obviously, as a senior member of an existing company, they probably enjoy a number of financial benefits and privileges that come with the position - so how can your company compete? As professional executive search consultants, sales and marketing is a large part of our skill set; we specialise in first assessing whether the person would be interested in having a conversation about your potential opportunity, never selling your position to the candidate until we know that your need is their ambition. When we are on the same page with the candidate we can them align them with what you could offer, of course, if they are successful in the hiring process. We then know if your offer package is truly valued by them. When it comes to managerial recruitment, spending a lot of time and resources trying to source candidates internally can often come to outweigh the financial investment incurred by consulting with an executive search firm. Whilst you are trawling LinkedIn no one is steering your company to success, whilst outsourcing to a junior manager is an option, it's less likely that a potential senior hire will show interest. Our talent resourcing team specialise in streamlining the process of recruiting for senior manufacturing positions, identifying and shortlisting the appropriate candidates and presenting you with THE top talent to grow your business.  Precision Search Looking to hire an executive search firm? Find out more here: Senior roles within Manufacturing or contact Head of Practice Sandy Seta on LinkedIn here, or email  sandys@precisionsearch.uk or finally call her on 0116 254 5488 today.