What it means to you as a candidate -
You may have heard IT recruitment consultants using the phrase “contingency recruitment”. Generally it means “event led” recruitment - ie clients work with us on an as needed basis to source suitable candidates for their permanent and contract IT roles. It also usually means clients rely on our network of candidates and extensive database to source suitable people for their positions rather than us advertising the position in the press on their behalf and managing the responses.
It is from contingency relationships that some of our contract and permanent IT roles come from. The rest usually come from companies that we work with on an exclusive/retained basis or on a managed service basis. Our contingency clients range from start-ups to international blue-chips throughout the UK and Europe and we work on the full range of IT roles for them.
Where we have a contingency role, we do all the initial work – advertising, searching, screening and short-listing – and then the client chooses who they want to interview. Our focus is to make sure our clients spend as little time as possible interviewing unsuitable candidates and that you spend as little time as possible attending unsuitable interviews.
This means that if we contact you we will ask quite a lot of questions to find out as much as we can about you and what you personally want to achieve from your next move. This is the only way of making sure that we do not waste your time with any opportunities that would not suit you.
We manage the whole process from initial contact, through interviews, offers and rate/salary negotiation up until the completion of your contract or until you are settled in your new permanent role.
We are justly proud of our service to our clients but we never forget that without you we do not have a business at all. In an industry where too often candidates and contractors are treated as commodities, we work very hard to remember we are dealing with one of the most important aspects of your life – your career.
Please see the table below for the results of a candidate satisfaction survey we did in 2005.
% of candidates who responded with a score of “Excellent” or “Very Good" to the following questions over a six month period in 2005:
| Preferred’s promptness in responding to your CV |
100% |
| Preferred’s understanding of your requirements and match to suitable positions. |
100% |
| Preferred’s clarity in explaining positions and organizations |
97% |
| Preferred’s arranging of interviews and logistics |
97% |
| Preferred’s understanding of recruitment and procedures |
97% |
| Preferred’s quality of client feedback after interview |
95% |
| Preferred’s negotiation of contracts and terms |
95% |
| Preferred’s provision of industry advice and support. |
92% |
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Preferred IT – IT’s a people thing
There is no such thing as a typical IT professional. Preferred IT is asked to find resource for all levels of experience and all types of skills.
Whatever your speciality and whether you seek permanent or contract work, leave IT to us.
- Planning & Analysis
- Programme & Project Management
- Design & Development
- Testing & Support
Plus many more
Please find below a selection of some of the placements made by Preferred IT in the last month:
- Project Manager – Prince
- Change Business Analyst
- Group Business Manager for Testing
- Senior VB.Net Developer
- Technical Author
- Entry Level 1st Line Support
- Web Based Business Systems Analyst
- Desktop Support – Microsoft
- Senior Network Engineer – Cisco/Checkpoint
- Service Infrastructure Project Manager
- Delivery Manager
Plus many more.
Our only speciality is IT. From Graduate Trainees to IT Directors, from C# Developers to Programme Managers, from Helpdesk Analysts to Infrastructure Architects – we have experience recruiting for the full range of IT people.
If you are looking for a new contract or permanent IT opportunity then contact us to discuss our available roles.
Preferred IT – consider IT done |
