Permanent HR Recruitment

To choose the right recruitment package for your business needs, consider the following:

• Identify: Ideal if you need to fill a clearly defined role quickly. This package is suited for businesses with an existing HR framework, a clear job description, and familiarity with HR functions. It’s perfect for hiring replacements, backfills, or temporary cover where the hire is straightforward, and time is a priority.

• Enhance: Best if you’re making your first HR hire or a more nuanced one without a well-defined role. This package supports businesses needing guidance on role definition, job description, and understanding necessary skill sets. It’s recommended for companies that value a tailored approach and are open to a slower process to secure the right fit.

• Elevate: Designed for senior, highly specialised, or impactful hires. This package is for businesses prioritising a “wow” factor experience for both candidates and internal stakeholders, with a strong focus on a highly selective and customised process. Ideal if you’re hiring for a complex, high-stakes role where extensive candidate assessment, including psychometric testing and executive coaching, is essential.

The average tenure of an HR professional in a UK business is generally around 3 to 5 years. Factors such as career growth opportunities, the desire for new challenges, and work-life balance are significant influences on HR professionals’ decisions to stay or leave their roles.

Retention strategies, such as offering career development opportunities and improving company culture, are crucial for retaining HR professionals and reducing turnover rates. Ultimately, ensuring you assess and recruit the right person initially is going to have a significant bearing on the length of time your permanent HR hire remains in your business.

The placement guarantee covers the option to replace a candidate if they leave within a specified period, or to receive a partial refund. Here’s how it works for each package:

• Identify: Offers a 2-month replacement guarantee, allowing you to choose a replacement candidate within two months if the initial hire doesn’t work out.

• Enhance: Extends the replacement period to 3 months, giving additional security for hires that may need more time to settle in.

• Elevate: Provides a 6-month replacement guarantee, ideal for senior or complex roles where a longer onboarding and adjustment period is expected.

Alternatively, if a candidate leaves within the first 10 weeks, Peeq also offers a sliding scale rebate, which provides a partial refund that decreases over this 10-week period. This flexibility allows you to choose the option that best suits your hiring needs.

The average timeline for finding a mid-level HR professional is approximately 45 days from when the role is posted to when an offer is accepted, though this may extend with notice periods, typically 3 months for mid-level roles. For senior-level HR roles, the process can take longer—often closer to 2-3 months or even up to 6-9 months, depending on factors such as role complexity, required expertise, and the number of stakeholders involved in the decision-making process.

The “time to hire” can be influenced by several factors, including the speed of CV screenings, the number of interview stages, and the promptness of feedback to candidates. Senior-level hires often require more robust assessment, including additional interviews, psychometric testing, and more in-depth background checks, all of which can extend the timeline. While thorough vetting is crucial, balancing it with efficiency helps retain top candidates and avoids the risk of them accepting other offers.

After a candidate is hired, Peeq remains committed to supporting both the new hire and your business to ensure a smooth transition and long-term success. Here’s how we continue to add value post-hire:

• Executive Coaching: For senior hires, such as those through our Elevate package, we include executive coaching sessions to support the candidate’s development and help them navigate the unique challenges of their role. This coaching fosters early success and deeper alignment with your company’s objectives.

• Follow-Up and Check-Ins: Peeq conducts regular check-ins with both you and the new hire during the initial months, addressing any early questions or challenges. This feedback loop allows us to support adjustments if needed and helps ensure both parties are fully satisfied.

• Replacement Guarantee: Should the hire not work out within the agreed timeframe (2, 3, or 6 months depending on your package), we offer a replacement guarantee, meaning we’ll conduct a new search at no additional cost. This provides peace of mind and a commitment to finding the right fit for your team.

• Ongoing Support and Market Insights: We remain available to answer questions, provide HR market insights, and offer recruitment advice as needed, ensuring you feel supported long after the placement.

Yes, Peeq can assist with multi-hire HR projects. This approach is designed to efficiently manage the recruitment of multiple HR positions simultaneously, offering several key benefits:

• Economies of Scale: By consolidating your HR hiring needs into a single project, you benefit from a preferential fee structure, providing more value for your investment.

• Consistent Hiring Process: We ensure a uniform and exceptional experience for both you and your candidates throughout the recruitment process, maintaining consistency across all roles.

• Single Point of Contact: Simplify communication by working with one dedicated Peeq consultant, eliminating the complexities of coordinating with multiple agencies or recruiters.

Making a permanent HR hire can present several challenges, including matching the right skills and experience, competing for talent in a competitive market and ensuring cultural fit. This is particularly important when hiring an HR Manager / Head of HR or someone in a talent acquisition role, as they will ultimately be the custodian of your company’s culture / employer brand. It’s therefore hugely important that they embody the values and ethos of the business to ensure it continues to grow and thrive in the desired way.

• Clearly outlining job requirements, company culture, and specific qualifications to help the agency match candidates effectively
• Selecting a recruitment agency that specialises in the role you’re hiring
• Building a collaborative relationship with the agency through regular communication and feedback
• Utilising the agency’s market knowledge for insights on salary benchmarks, hiring trends, and candidate availability
• Providing prompt and detailed feedback on candidates to refine the search process, and ensure a positive candidate experience
• Ensuring your internal hiring process is efficient to avoid candidates dropping out of the process

This process can be made easier by working with recruitment consultants who specialise in finding HR talent and placing them in a suitable business.

Companies must also align candidate and company expectations to prevent dissatisfaction and turnover. Effective onboarding and integration are crucial to avoid early attrition, while ongoing engagement and professional development are essential for retention.

Addressing these challenges requires a strategic approach that includes thorough recruitment processes, supportive onboarding programmes, and growth opportunities for HR professionals​.

If you’re thinking of making a start in your HR journey, see our prices to see what works for you, and get in touch today.