๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ: One of the largest regional accounting firms in Australia
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Senior Tax Consultant – $150k+
๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐:
The client had engaged 2 other agencies in the local area to find them someone suitable. The role was for a highly technical tax consultant in a very remote/regional area – so the likelihood of finding someone like that is very small. Over a period of 6 months – neither of the 2 agencies were able to present any suitable candidates.ย
๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ: RecruitmentExpert gets Involved.The client called us to discuss the role, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ – ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก. The issue was that none of the other agencies were specialists in Public Practice so they didn’t understand the nuances of Tax Consulting – that itโs a very different skillset to the typical business services/tax skillset. Nor did they have a network all over the country to be able to discover such a person.ย
Michael Edelsteinย (Director ofย Recruitment Expert) having taken a very detailed brief of the role and using his extensive network of Partners and staff in Accounting Firms all over the country was able to ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ 15+ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ despite both of them being in a small regional area.ย
The candidate was convinced to attend an exploratory interview despite being very loyal to her previous employer and the client was strategically advised exactly what to do and say to ensure they secure the services of the candidate and at what salary level to make an offer – something that would not have been possible if they approached the candidate directly because:ย
- They would be uncomfortable headhunting form their competitor in a small town where everyone knows each other and itโs a small community, and
- Without understanding the aspirations of what the candidate is looking for they would not have been able to secure their services.ย
๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐:ย After 6 months of searching and using other agencies plus their own internal HR team, in less than a week they finally got the perfect candidate that was living in the local area – they were in total disbelief that it was done so quickly and effortlessly. They have retained us for multiple other roles since then. Many years later the candidate is still grateful for the opportunity and has referred multiple other people to us.