Why Choose Us?

We’re not recruiters, we’re consultants…..

Many recruiters act as CV factories, not interested in the people behind the paper, just getting the submission done and the fees at the end of the process.

Now we appreciate we’re not doing this for free, and we’re not a company who compete on price alone, but recruitment is very much an industry where you really do get what you pay for.

Given most of our client relationships are based with Blue-Chip companies across multiple sectors, including most of the market leaders, with relationships that have been established for many years, you can expect there’s good reason these companies choose to keep doing business with us and select us as their preferred recruitment partner.

In an industry much maligned, our key aim is to put the ‘Consultant’ back into ‘Recruitment Consultant’ and that goes for both sides of the process.

So what does this mean?

There are certain things you can use us for beyond that of finding you the perfect candidate. As you’re dealing with experienced professionals, you can expect things like informed market commentary and salary benchmarking, giving you the broader view of what’s going on in the recruitment eco-system.

We can provide you with valuable information to help you with manpower planning, guiding you on availability of talent to ensure you understand what is (and isn’t) out there, before you invest time and money in a pointless search exercise.

We’re professional but not a faceless corporate.

If you would prefer, you can have a dedicated account manager. A senior member of our team who will be your single point of contact. As your relationship develops, you will probably start to think of them like an external member of your own team. The person you brief on your vacancy will be the person working on it.

We’re here to solve problems, not create them.

We know from experience candidate duplications happen from time to time, it’s the number one complaint in an industry that’s obsessed with speed and clients operating a ‘first past the post’ process.

However we will never jeopardise our principals and ethics by sending you unscreened candidates. As an employer, we would hope you would want to know every candidate has been briefed on your role and are bought into the process, knowing they actually want to work for you.

So you can be 100% assured every candidate application you receive has been professionally screened against your specific vacancy and we’ve gained written consent to submit every candidate’s details to you prior to any submission happening. It’s a logical process every agency should follow as best practice, and assures you we’ve done our job correctly, professionally and ethically at all times.

If you select us as your recruitment partner, this is what you can expect……………

What do we do?

• Recruitment of both permanent and contract professionals across the UK and Europe
• Work with a broad range of companies from start-ups to global PLCs
• Manage requirements at all levels within our niche markets

How do we do it?

We don’t……

• rely solely on reactive advertising to do our jobs for us
• advise our clients to immediately spend money on mass market press advertising, it can be over-priced and ineffective
• provide a senior consultant to take the brief, only to have a junior member of staff actively work your requirement. The consultant you meet will be the consultant working with you.

We do…..

• Utilise a large, ever growing and unique database of professionals, which accounts for over 42% of all successful placements
• Utilise a variety of networking and headhunting techniques to identify the right person for your needs. These techniques account for another 25% of all successful placements
• Provide a unique route to market, leveraging established relationships within large networks of industry professionals. Gaining pro-active introductions and direct contact with the talent pools who never hit the open market. A further 18% of our placements come from referrals
• Utilise a variety of commercial CV databases to support our searches
• Promote your opportunity on some of the market leading industry specific careers sites, this acts as a support function to our proactive searches
• Constantly experiment with many other, non-conventional attraction models, leveraging emerging channels such as social media. This ensures we stay one step ahead of our competition in developing a unique and diverse pool of talent, and also often promotes cultural diversity.

By utilising this variety of tools, we strive to represent the very best talent ‘in’ rather than ‘on’ the market today.

How are we different?

‘Different’ is a word thrown around by many agencies, but few seem keen to specifically identify what makes them different. However, at Blue Pelican we believe it is important to provide clarity on how we define ourselves as ‘different’ from our competitors.

Delivery – This is the key to our success and your main reason to work with us. We will deliver to your needs as effectively and efficiently as possible. If for any reason there may be an issue, we will utilise our second point of difference….

Communication – you will have a dedicated account manager and single point of contact to manage your requirements. They will be on hand whenever you need and will give clear updates on searches and information on any challenges, working with you to indentify the best solutions. They will be ideally placed to do this because of our third point of difference…..

Vertical Specialists – each consultant operates within a dedicated vertical market. This focus enables each consultant to not only have a wealth of understanding about your sector, but also act as…..

Consultants – who undergo comprehensive and ongoing training programmes throughout their time with Blue Pelican. Every element of which is designed to make them the very best consultants possible for both our clients and candidates alike.