Our Services
Temporary / Casual & Contract Placements
For many clients, an effective option for short to medium-term projects or long-term assignments is the employment of a temporary and flexible workforce.
We have an extensive database of skilled, unskilled and professional people covering a range of disciplines and industries, including administration, banking and finance, sales, construction, manufacturing, engineering, mining and industrial, and more.
To ensure we recommend the most suitable candidate with the right skills and capacity to undertake your assignment, we conduct:
- telephone screening
- personal interviews
- comprehensive background checking
- thorough reference checking
- computer skills’ testing (where applicable)
- psychometric testing (where applicable)
South West Personnel manages all the administration and statutory requirements associated with this service.
For the duration of the assignment, the contractor or temporary worker remains the employee of South West Personnel. All rates and charges incurred in employing the candidate are covered by South West Personnel and invoiced to the client weekly.
Permanent Placements
At South West Personnel, success stories are what we do best. We aim to match the most suitable person to your business and vacancy needs. Just as importantly, we ensure the position is matched to the candidate’s own career aspirations.
To do this, we focus on getting to know you and your business, prior to commencing the selection process. We aim to understand your vision, along with the culture, ethics and operation of your business.
Our services for the recruitment of permanent candidates include:
- Comprehensive job description and employee specification collated on client visit.
- Database searches of existing candidates.
- Preparation and coordination of advertising, as required.
- Review of all resumes received.
- Screening of suitable applicants.
- Interviewing of suitable applicants.
- Psychometric Assessments, as required.
- Comprehensive background checking.
- Thorough reference checking.
- Shortlisting of most suitable applicants.
- Collation of resumes for shortlisted candidates.
- Candidate reporting.
- Coordination of interviews.
- Debriefing of candidates.
- Advising successful and unsuccessful candidates.
- Regular follow-ups with the appointed candidate and client to ensure continuing progress.
Psychometric Assessments
As part of the permanent placement process, South West Personnel offers Psychometric Assessments to provide clients with a comprehensive candidate evaluation. These assessments are also available to any business as a separate service, at a fee.
We utilise SHL products for this testing and have accredited personnel to manage associated administration and report writing.