DRAKE solves your recruitment headaches

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1951 IN CANADA, DRAKE HAS BEEN A LEADING PROVIDER OF RECRUITMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS. TODAY, DRAKE IS REPRESENTED ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AND SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY WITH AN OFFICE LOCATED ON THE STRAND.

Drake has nearly 50 years’ experience in New Zealand, freeing up customers’ time by sourcing high-quality candidates to fill those important temporary or permanent positions. This formula has allowed Drake’s customers to focus on what they do best – their core business. Whether the need for temporary staff is because of company expansion, maternity/paternity cover, or just a really busy period, Drake’s expertise spans across a range of different industries and sectors.

Adapting to a flexible (temporary) staffing strategy during peak periods gives your business the agility to succeed. Drake has proven itself as one of the most trusted names in this area of human resources. The benefits can include:

• Access to a large pool of screened staff at short notice.
• Greater cost efficiencies: paying only for the hours worked.
• A thorough screening process, including reference and background checks.
• Reducing overheads associated with hiring permanent staff.
• And importantly, a 24-hour, 7 day-a-week after-hours service, which means if you have staff calling in sick at 2am, Drake can organise coverage while you get back to sleep!

Drake recruits for both white collar and blue collar roles. Blue collar roles include forklift drivers/operators, pickers/packers, warehouse managers/supervisors or labourers. White collar roles include account clerks, data entry specialists, administrators/EAs, customer service, sales staff, or office managers, etc.

Drake can also help their customers with permanent staffing solutions. Finding staff who generate long-term value for your organisation cannot be left to chance. Before any candidate is presented, your Drake Recruitment Consultant has already performed a series of interviews and indicative tests to predict and evaluate performance, behaviours and the likelihood of their success in the role, including Drake’s own Behavioural Assessment testing. (Industry feedback indicates that over 85% of employees leave an organisation due to a personality or culture clash. DrakeP3 is a multi-purpose behavioural assessment tool that allows Drake to find, select, manage, motivate and retain top performers with the right ‘fit’ for their customers’ organisation).

If you want to get the best out of your recruiter, where you can, give them the role exclusively. Try and avoid farming-out this important hire to numerous agencies. While you might get a flurry of activity in the first instance, agencies are more likely to spend time filling roles for customers who are partnering with them and where they are not competing with other recruiters in town. It can also be confusing for the potential candidates and is not a good look for your company either – you are looking for the best candidate and often that takes time.

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