{"id":1215,"date":"2019-03-25T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.situ.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:48:15","slug":"situ-as-an-employer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staysitu.com\/blog\/situ-as-an-employer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glimpse into SITU’s Recruitment Process and Employee Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SITU attended a Careers Day at the University of Exeter in February.
Matt Furnell from SITU Marketing greeting students. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Recruitment and talent acquisition is the biggest challenge for most fast-growing companies and SITU is no exception. Our SITU People Department has been increasingly busy in the last two months, attending job fairs, hosting open events and introducing a new benefit scheme for the existing staff. We interviewed SITU Peoples Operations Manager Rachel MacLauchlan about news at SITU and general recruitment trends, as well as, changes and predictions for SEMs around the country. <\/p>\n\n\n

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SITU’s Peoples Operation Manager Rachel MacLauchlan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Q: SITU people had a busy couple of months. There are a lot of changes in the company. Can you tell us about all the news?<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Yes\u2026\u2026.busy and exciting! \nHighlights include being awarded the Silver accreditation in our Investors in\nPeople assessment, being ISO9001 and ISO 27001 certified, introducing a new\ncloud-based HR management system,  creating an e-learning training course,\nbeing shortlisted for Exeter College supportive employer of the year award,\nintroducing a new benefits package across the company, hosting our first\nrecruitment open evening, increasing the SITU team by almost 50% and we\u2019ve\nwelcomed our very own in-house tech team. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coming months are looking just as busy and exciting as we continue to work closely with colleges, universities and Further Education providers to source great talent. As a result, we are<\/g> hosting another recruitment open evening later this month, as well as introducing our SITU internship programme. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are also excited about working with the Department for Work and Pensions and becoming a disability confident employer, which will help us recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions for their skills and talent. Our Office Manager Jody Kennard is also working hard towards us achieving our ISO 14001 certification!   <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Dani Richards was shortlisted for the 2018 Apprentice of the Year Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Q: How does SITU position themselves as an employer and what is the strategy towards acquiring new talents?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We want to be an employer of\nchoice.  We want every team member to feel valued, have unrivalled\nopportunities for development and career progression whilst enjoying what they\ndo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our strategy is driven by the need to support the rapid growth of the company and we are busy focusing on enhancing our employer brand, with the help of our amazing marketing team. We want to create a positive candidate and employee experience (similar to that our customer clients receive) by constantly reviewing our career and development opportunities, continually reviewing our recruitment and retention practices and finally by recruiting a variety of talent including apprenticeships, interns and work experience students.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: SITU offers impressive perks for its employees, would you say that in the modern world workplace wellbeing and compensations beyond salary become even more important for attracting talanted employees? <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely! Simply offering a competitive salary isn\u2019t enough in today\u2019s job market. Attracting and retaining talent takes much more than this. Salary itself communicates very little about how we view our employees. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our tailored benefits such as private medical insurance, enhanced holiday allowance, enhanced employer pension contributions, monthly massages and personalised online benefits, including discounts on gym memberships and holidays, all help to show that we care and value our employees as individuals. In addition to this we, as a company, benefit from increased productivity, reduced levels of absence, staff loyalty, commitment and engagement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n