Find out how The Royal Parks has benefitted from working with Webrecruit!
The Organisation
Royal Parks helps protect, conserve, maintain and care for The Royal Parks, including their natural and designed landscapes and built environment, to a high standard consistent with their historical, horticultural, environmental and architectural importance.
The Challenge
We met with Cicely Holmes, HR & Recruitment Advisor at Royal Parks, to find out how Webrecruit’s advertising solutions have supported Royal Parks in their hiring efforts.
“I inherited the partnership with Webrecruit from my predecessor, and it has been such a relief to do so.
In previous roles before joining Royal Parks, all the advertising was done in-house, which meant I’d spend a lot of my day creating and promoting job advertisements and processing invoices, instead of doing my other jobs.
My average day would look so different without Webrecruit; I can rely on them for quality and speedy recruitment advertising support, which lets me get on with other things.
Also, last year [2022] was a tough year for recruitment in general, and finding candidates for anyone was a challenge, so the advice we got during the time, and the guidance we’ve been getting this year, has been fantastic.”
Cicely Holmes, HR & Recruitment Advisor at The Royal Parks
The Solution
What has Webrecruit done to support Royal Parks with their hiring needs?
“The thing that really stands out to me is the advice on which job boards are best for which roles; there has been a number of occasions where the Webrecruit team advised on which job boards were the best place to promote a vacancy, and it tends to deliver the results we want! It’s clear that Webrecruit’s charity sector specialists are experienced in attracting the right candidates to our roles.
I’m also thankful for their copywriting team, as I prefer to do something other than write a job advertisement! Webrecruit has been able to turn job advertisement copy around quickly for when a new job vacancy comes around and has been good at ensuring ads are written to our standards. “
Cicely Holmes, HR & Recruitment Advisor at The Royal Parks
The Results
What results has Royal Parks enjoyed since partnering with Webrecruit?
“Webrecruit provide a straightforward service that lets us get good advertisements out to candidates.
We’ve had feedback from people complimenting our adverts’ tone, saying they’re really friendly and welcoming, which aligns with the brand we want to be presented [thank you, copywriting team].
Recruitment campaigns this year have been successful, with a steady number of applicants each time we run job advertisements. Even last year [2022], when recruitment was difficult, we only had to re-run a couple of adverts; most of the time, the campaigns provided the needed results, so we’ve been happy with the number of applications we’ve gotten.”
Cicely Holmes, HR & Recruitment Advisor at Royal Parks
Final Words
“If I were to summarise my experience with Webrecruit, it would be in three phrases; really helpful, responsive and time-saving.
Really helpful because the team are all very knowledgeable when it comes to running recruitment campaigns.
Responsive because they’re always quick to respond to me when needed.
Time-saving because I can do so much more with my day now. I don’t have to worry about the advertising aspect of hiring campaigns.”
Cicely Holmes, HR & Recruitment Advisor at Royal Parks
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