Placement of a Senior Digital Marketing Executive

Client: KFH
Sector: Real Estate
Website: kfh.co.uk
Services: Recruitment Services

KFH have an excellent internal recruitment team; however, despite this, the skills shortage in the digital space and lack of in-house expertise in the sector meant we could help them in finding suitable candidates with the right skill set for such a specialist role.

While skills and experience were essential qualities to KFH in filling this role, it was equally important that candidates shared their values and ethos. Our recruitment team spent time talking with the KFH marketing team to fully understand what they were looking for and ensure that all candidates had a passion for exceptional service and collaboration.

We were quickly able to promote the vacancy across our specialist networks.

Within a short time, our promotion of the role helped open discussions with some great candidates. Once candidates expressed interest, our team got to work speaking with them and completing pre-screening calls.

These screening calls included questions based on the job role and the client's values and ethos. The team were able to identify suitable candidates quickly due to their digital knowledge and experience recruiting in this sector. Post-screening, we provided a shortlist of talented candidates to review. Our talent-finding process saved KFH's in-house team valuable time by eliminating the need to screen these candidates themselves.

Our detailed screening information of each candidate helped KFH to understand each candidate's skills, experience and values before the interview stage.

Taking our advice, our client selected the top candidate for an interview, who went on to be successful. Our diligent screening meant the KFH team didn't waste time interviewing people that didn't quite hit the mark, as we provided candidates who were the correct match.

The support offered by us did not stop here, though. Once our candidate had started in the role, we set up several inductions with our specialist teams to onboard the successful candidate to our work for KFH and our ways of working. This helped to immediately integrate the new starter into our partnership with KFH and enable a continuous flow of workstreams and support.

Having had a good experience working with us previously, we were KFH's first port of call when they needed help recruiting in the digital sector again.

Taking time to understand our client's requirements for the role helped shape screening questions to find suitable candidates promptly. Our knowledge saved KFH time (and energy) and ensured we only put the best candidates in front of the digital team.

We achieved three critical outcomes when filling this role:

1. We provided an excellent client and candidate experience during the recruitment process.
2. We ensured candidates felt valued and their skills and expertise recognised by maintaining clear and honest communication throughout the selection process.
3. Active involvement in onboarding the successful candidate as part of the ongoing support we provide to KFH.

As we've recently rebuilt the website (which we launched in September 2022), our team has supported the candidate from a technical aspect and given him guidance regarding the tools he'll be using in his new role. Our support doesn't stop with the successful hire. We always want candidates we place to thrive and continue to develop. In this instance, the successful candidate will come to our offices to meet with our experts, providing a fully emersed experience. Ultimately, building relationships is a crucial factor in any new starter process.