HEYWOOD, Lancashire – 26 January 2009 – Arras People are a niche project management recruitment agency founded in 2002 with the aim of providing a service that overturned the perception of the recruitment industry.
The founders of Arras People are project staff with experience of recruitment agencies both as client and candidate.
Their experiences mirrored those of current UK job seekers who report an impenetrable industry where the flow of information is all one way.
UK job seekers report feeling undervalued, frustrated and ignored by recruitment agencies where:
- Applications are not acknowledged
- Candidates are seldom informed of progress. Even notification of unsuitability would be appreciated
- Recruiters do not list e-mail addresses or phone number
- Vacancies are advertised so loosely they are meaningless
Since its inception, Arras People has strived to overturn this perception of recruitment agencies by offering our candidates a service where they are valued as highly as our clients.
Our latest improvement is to individually appraise all CVs received from candidates who wish to register with us and provide feedback within 2 working days. CVs are read on a daily basis by a recruiter who assesses them in accordance with the following criteria:
- Does level of project experience meet the criteria typically demanded by our clients?
- Is the CV a well produced, competitively pitched representation of the individual’s career?
- Is geographical location workable?
Candidates are then issued with an e-mail advising them whether their application to register has been accepted. CVs of accepted candidates are added to our database to be matched with vacancies.
Candidates who we feel unable to help secure their next role are directed to the comprehensive resources on our website for assistance. These include a 16-page document assessing project management qualifications, CV writing advice and a suggested template and a project management entrance guides for graduates & career changers. All the above are free of charge and require no personal details to download.
Candidates who wish to go a step further can pay £30 for a 30 minute phone call with one of our recruiters who will evaluate their CV, discuss career options and provide one to one, honest advice on how best the candidate can pitch themselves in an increasingly competitive market place. Candidates can sign up for one of our Project Management Careers Clinics.
John Thorpe, Managing Director of Arras People, says: “Managing the expectations of our candidates and increasing the accessibility of recruiters to help job seekers improve their competitive edge is an ongoing concern for recruitment agencies keen to be in contact with the cream of the candidate pool”.
About Arras People
Arras People is a Project Management company that is predominantly working in the Recruitment and Resourcing areas of Programme and Project Management where they bring Programme and Project knowledge and experience to the marketplace. Arras People works with some of the Top 20 project management consultancies in the UK, public sector (central and local government), IT, engineering, marketing and media organizations, not for profit and charities placing Permanent, Interim and Temporary Project Professionals.
