Welcome to our online recruitment case study hub. Learn about some of the clients we have worked with over the years, how our relationships and recruitment solutions have differed for each client and read what they have to say about our recruitment process.
Ranked in the top 30 of the Fortune 500, Verizon is one of the largest communications technology companies in the world.
Verizon provides its clients with innovative technology products that help them make strides in their industries. Verizon believes in the power of graduate talent, making over 50 contractor hires with us to strengthen its various team.
Dentsu Aegis Network is the 4th largest media group in the world, comprised of 10 global network brands with over 40,000 employees across 145 countries.
Amplifi (the media investment division of Dentsu Aegis Network) approached us with the goal of making multiple hires for their graduate rotational scheme.
Having received few applications on their own job advertisements, Amplifi wanted 8 hires to join their graduate programme but did not have the large network of junior talent they required to do so.
We’ve now hired graduates in a range of different roles for Amplifi, from Developers and Engineers to Analysts.
Our solution was to build a custom careers microsite that would promote the opportunity to our vast database and wider student network. By embedding engaging video content on the homepage, candidates could get a deeper insight into the business. Not only was the site used to gather applications and provide ongoing support to candidates, but it also helped to enhance Amplifi’s EVP which enabled them to stand out from competitors.
With Amplifi’s unique requirements and hiring goals in mind, we wanted to come up with a solution that would make the right candidates want to apply for the opportunity. The aim was to simplify the hiring process for Amplifi, and provide constant support to candidates to ensure effective onboarding and minimise the drop-off rate.
Our solution was to build a custom careers microsite that would promote the opportunity to our vast database and wider student network. The content of the microsite would give candidates an insight into the business and the opportunity itself. The site would also be used to gather applications and provide a point of contact and ongoing support for candidates.
Once the microsite received applications, we would then arrange a 40-person assessment day, by screening, vetting and shortlisting the top candidates on behalf of Amplifi.
With Amplifi looking for such a quick turnaround, it was essential that we implemented a clear project plan for the site build, development and subsequent recruitment process.
Our creative team worked with Amplifi to build and deploy the microsite. We then assigned a dedicated Account Manager to the project, who handled the site day-to-day by responding to all applications, vetting the top candidates, and arranging the assessment day.
Following several rounds of feedback from the client, 40 well-matched candidates attended Amplifi’s assessment day. From these candidates, Amplifi successfully made 8 graduate hires onto their rotational scheme.
The microsites we create for clients can be further developed to advertise other roles and graduate programmes for the purpose of continued hiring in the future.
Jigsaw is a data visualiser for legal tech firms, helping businesses to visualise complex, intricate financial systems and processes.
We’ve worked with Jigsaw since its founding in 2020. We have helped to grow the Jigsaw team with hungry graduate talent across a variety of roles – many of these candidates have gone on to senior positions within the company.
We have also helped to place candidates in their Barcelona and Miami offices.
We kicked off our work with BAT with a large marketing campaign helping to get entries to their global Battle of Minds competition.
We combined email outreach, social media, web push notifications, university society connections, and webinars, and managed to encourage a record number of entries from UK graduates.
Following the success of this project, BAT approached us to take over their LinkedIn channel for the whole of the Northwestern Europe area.
We now continue to create unique content, post, run, and manage LinkedIn ads with weekly content, and job posts – amongst a number of other projects for BAT.
“The employer branding process has been fantastic so far. It has been a fun and interesting collaboration where we have been experimenting with different services and learning about what is working well so that we can continuously improve on our employer branding.
The team is responsive and enthusiastic, they make sure services are delivered within allocated timeframes, and are always happy to support us with whatever we need.”
– Zoe Wu , Junior HR Business Partner & Employer Branding Executive
Over the past 5 years, Cazoo has been one of the most disruptive automotive businesses in the fast moving consumer goods industry.
Since its founding in 2018, Cazoo has worked to transform the way the consumers buy, sell, and trade used cars.
Since 2019, we have helped it to scale rapidly. By hiring a 250 grads of the highest calibre, Cazoo have been able to expand across the country as their reputation grows in the industry.
Dext have been working closely with us since 2011, when we placed a candidate for the team on an intern basis. This graduate went on to later become Country Manager – Australia, and eventually to Director of Strategic Partnerships.
In this decade-long collaboration, we have supported Dext in 100 hires, helping them to expand 4 different teams.
Hiring across marketing, sales, finance, and tech, Dext have tapped into the full range of our dynamic and diverse database.
Kene Partners
A bespoke, UK-based tech consultancy, Diegesis supports companies seeking to develop, upgrade, or consolidate their IT. It helps organisations release the full potential of their business-critical legacy systems, giving their infrastructure a new lease of life alongside cloud migration for a sustainable future.
Diegesis were looking for exceptional graduate talent, and were interested in hiring candidates that came from a range of academic disciplines. It was becoming very difficult to find the right calibre at the right quantity, and was therefore hard to develop lasting relationships with other recruiters.
Ultimately, Diegesis wanted a way to get into contact with candidates straight out of university. The goal was to champion bright, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals, who were looking to begin a career in technology, but didn’t know where to start. This is where we stepped in.
Read the story from Nick’s perspective over on our success story blog.
Our then Recruitment Consultant (and now Client Lead & Key Account Manager) Joe Goddard, was tasked with helping Nick fulfil these hiring ambitions. Nick and Joe worked together to establish what success looks like for Diegesis and to create a clear recruitment strategy.
Over the past 3 years, this strategy has excelled, and Joe has helped Diegesis to hire 54 exceptional graduates. Our work has helped the team cement their growth plans, continue to develop even during COVID, and successfully launch new products in 2022.
And in the process, the Diegesis team have developed a productive and comfortable relationship with Joe. As a result, Joe has built a second-to-none understanding of Diegesis as a business, brand, and group of people. And through Joe, Diegesis were able to communicate with some of the country’s best graduate talent, right after leaving university.
Joe provided insider knowledge of the graduate market to ensure that Nick hired software developers who were right for the culture and working style of Diegesis. As we realised the term “software developer” was too narrow we have now evolved our role to “software engineer” and at interview we explain that this means people who want to gain a broad and diverse set of skills across the SFIA+ framework, not just someone who codes.
This two-way relationship is fundamental to businesses, like Diegesis, that want to scale their hiring.
