Recruitment Agencies: More than just a last resort!

Don't forget us pandas! How many times have you contacted a recruitment agency when a hiring process isn’t going quite to plan? If the answer is never, hooray! However, even if you only said once, you will want to read on! We are keen to show you that recruitment agencies are not just a last resort when a recruitment process goes awry.

Whether it’s taking too long, the right candidates aren’t coming forward or no one is applying at all, there are many things ready to stress you out during a hiring process. Of course, approaching a recruitment agency when the going gets tough is nothing to be embarrassed about. Ultimately, you want the best for your team and company so getting that new hire on is of utmost importance. Instead of being embarrassed, why not talk to an embarrassment instead? ‘What are you talking about?’ we hear you ask! An embarrassment is the collective noun for pandas…there’s a fun fact for you!

Jokes aside, we want to show you that having a chat with a recruitment agency doesn’t have to be just about hiring a new employee.

Here are a few things cranberry panda like to offer the people we talk to, recruitment partners or not…

Specialist expertise

Between us, the pandas have over 50 years’ experience working within ecommerce! Our founders, Jonathan & Joe, built and developed brands like eibDigital and BuyAGift.com! That’s not all – our ecommerce specialisms allow us to offer not only a personalised recruitment experience, but knowledge that goes beyond recruitment. In fact, some of our consultants focus on specialisms that they themselves worked in within the ecommerce industry. So, even if you’re just looking for specialist advice, we are here to help with open paws!

Exclusive insights

We believe offering helpful market research is something we excel at – we don’t only know what’s going on in the industry, but we work hard to gather insights that might not be available anywhere else. Introducing our 2018 ecommerce salary survey & insights report! If you haven’t heard about our report before, we run this annually and send our questionnaire out to hundreds of ecommerce professionals. Questions cover salaries, the gender pay gap, work-life balance, team challenges and so much more – and because we love sharing these insights, our report is completely free to download! Why do we do this? We want to be able to share salary benchmarks, employee motivations and more so that ecommerce brands can make their employees happy. If you want to chat about these in detail, give us a call – we promise it won’t descend into a typical sales pitch!

Unmissable events

We love to say hello to fellow ecommerce fans – so we make sure that we not only attend the hottest events, but also that we host or sponsor events you will love. We host breakfast seminars, Web Analytics Wednesday and of course our #PandaPounds launch party! We also get involved in CRAP Talks, and love to attend fantastic conferences from Commerce Futures too!

Do you want your team to get more involved in events?

Perhaps you want to yourself?

Keep an eye on our events page or get in touch…we would love to have a catch up at our next event! The pandas are here to help As the title of this blog suggests, we are more than a last resort. Whether you need help with hiring or not, we simply enjoy talking about the industry and offering our knowledge. Contact the pandas today for a quick chat!