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People who know peopleNorthern Recruitment Group

People who know people

HR and Recruitment for RapidlyGrowing Companies

Iain McCullochSenior Scientific Consultant

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'Small' to 'Medium'

EU Definition:

Category Headcount Turnover

Medium

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Human Resources

Definition: implementation of strategies and policies pertainingto the management of individuals

Recruitment and Selection (Resourcing) Organizational design and development. Business transformation and change management Performance, conduct and behaviour management Industrial and employee relations Human resources (or workforce) analysis and the management ofworkforce personal data Compensation, rewards and Benefits management Training & development (Learning management)

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Why HR is important

When you get it right:

Recruitment conducted effectively right staff

Clear understanding of progression and development Succession management Reinforced brand People retention Clear mode of integrating new starters into the company

When you get it wrong:

Poor staff retentionAverage cost of a tribunal to employer: >7k (CIPD)

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Initial HR Tasks for growing

companies

Strategic- People mapping- Succession planning

- Recruitment strategy- Brand- Training and development

Operational- Policies and procedures (discipline, internet, appraisal)- Job descriptions- Offer letters- Return to work- Recruitment interview structure, psychometrics

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HR Current trends suggest that dedicated, full-time HRresource is necessary when a company reaches ahead-count c. 30-35

Prior to that, functions are usually subsumed intoanother position (eg office manager, finance manager)

At that stage, HR Officer required (20-25k)

HR Manager required when staff levels reach ~100

How to address HR start-up needs? Interim resource, strategies and systems

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Recruitment effective

recruitmentWhy is it important to recruit the right people?

Businesses develop and grow through their people

Especially important for start-up businesses

Establish your business on a firm footingAdding right people to business can enable you tomeet funding milestones

Who is the right person?

Has the right technical skills Culture fit Understands what they can do for your businessAnd vice versa

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Recruitment

Understanding yourpotential candidates

Job description key

Technical skills relatively easy to specify Soft skills take a look at your company and decide how youwant it to be Location local? Not local? Necessity dictates Someone that can do the job straight away, or someone todevelop Experience where do you want this person to come from Flexibility?

Does this lead to a realistic candidate profile?

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Recruitment candidatevs the market

Is your ideal candidate profile achievable within:

- the salary you want to pay?- the timeframe within which you need to recruit?

What is attractive to candidates?

- Salary- Benefits- Working conditions- Your company- Location- How you can help their career

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Recruitment

internal recruitment Recruit through your own network

+ Known quantity+ Can be useful to access technically relevant candidates

- Limited by the reach of your own network- Can sometimes lack structure?

Conduct your own campaign

+ Full control over process

- Time consuming- Expensive- Legal issues even at this stage!

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Recruitment - outsourcingRecruitment agencies conduct recruitment campaigns on yourbehalf, to your specifications, timescales and brief

Advantages:

Most laborious parts of process are outsourced application handling, siftingAccess to candidate market Market knowledge salary benchmarking Cast a much wider/narrower netAdvice on attraction strategies how do you tempt the right people in? Portray your organisation to the market

Disadvantages...?

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Recruitment - outsourcing

What you should expect from a recruitment agency

Consultation - disagreeAn understanding of your business, and your marketAn understanding of your technology

An understanding of your timescales

Recruiting specialist disciplines

Scientific

Engineering

HR

Finance

IT

Different skills

Different market

Different consultants

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Recruitment - outsourcing

Flexibility

Temporary payroll by agency

Interim/fixed term contract

Temp to perm try before you buy

Replacement

Ideal build a relationship with your

recruiter

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R&D Scientist

R&D Manager

R&DDirector

Time Salary

0-5

yrs

5-10

yrs

10yrs+

17-30k

30-50k

55k+

Theoreticalunderstanding

Bench skills

Reporting

Technical

expertise

P&L

Purchasing

CAPEX

Strategy

Recruitment

Management

Planning

Client liaison

Budgeting

M&A

Field visits