Recruitment

Riviera Travel have used Blues Point on a number of occasions to fulfil IT employment within the business. Blues Point have a much higher interview to employment conversion rate with us than other agencies due to their careful selection processes and screening techniques. It’s refreshing to work with a partner who listens to our requirements and delivers both technical and commercially driven skilled individuals. We will continue to use Blues Point as our primary source of IT staff and come recommended by Riviera.

We have recently implemented a training plan for all IT staff with the help of Blues Point. The training involved individual assessments focusing on motivation with the team. The assessments ran by PPA and Thomas provided us with both the validation and tools to keep the team highly motivated and identify not only individuals that need help but also the specifics about why they may not be currently motivated. It improved self-awareness within the team and also gave an element of self-fulfilment with the individuals as they are now aware of what motivates them and what they need to stay focused.

All team members agreed that the results were accurate and that it has certainly had a benefit in their general outlook. I would recommend the assessment to any team and having BluesPoint manage and facilitate the training made the process effortless.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Vicky and all at Blues Point for this opportunity and the excellent service you provided me. I had no single complaint or problem.

We engaged Blues Point having tried working with other recruitment agencies without much success. We were finding that a candidate looked great on paper but didn’t have the behaviours that Prima Solutions need for business success. A lot of time was wasted by our senior management team interviewing candidates, so we wanted to partner with a recruitment business that could manage the whole process, allowing our managers to get on with their day-today responsibilities.

The PPA allowed us to ensure that people joining the business were able to build relationships with our customers and the GIA helped us to understand how the individual would be able to handle the intensive training and onboarding that a new starter needs to take part in, and how they would cope with the fast pace of our environment.

I am pleased to say that all of the 10 people that Blues Point placed with us are still in their positions nearly 12 months later, and are already adding value to our business.

I engaged Blues Point after they were recommended to me by a colleague in the industry. They came over to talk about our situation and it was clear that they understood not only our technical requirements, but the business implications of what we were trying to achieve as well.

They suggested using the Thomas PPA assessments as part of the process, and I believe that this holistic approach contributed to the eventual success of the recruitment project. IT people are still people and understanding the person we needed as well as the technical skill set was what made this such an impressive service.

Blues Point ensured that we hired the right person for our business, who was both technically strong, but more importantly, has the right behaviours to lead and motivate the development team.

Sourcing the right candidate within a short timeframe, Blues Point were hands-down the best recruitment company I have dealt with and provided me with an excellent service.”

Potter Clarkson will be using Blues Point to source and deliver more IT people within the business.

If anyone wants to use a reputable and credible IT recruitment agency I would highly recommend Blues Point.

We recruit technical roles through Blues Point, and all candidates now take the appropriate test before we interview them. The tests definitely add something to the process and they are a good indicator of a candidate’s actual technical ablility. We have also benchmarked some of our support team using them and it’s been a good way of identifying internal training needs.

We incorporated the IKM TeckChek tests into our recruitment process in order to validate a candidate’s technical skill set. The tests were easy to implement and results were delivered quickly, allowing the Hiring Managers to reduce risk and confirm the technical skills of the candidates leading to quick and successful recruitment.

Alex provided an excellent service when I needed to recruit permanent software developers with a specific skill-set. He was able to provide a lot of added value, for example by performing some first round interviews using Competency Based Interview techniques. One of Alex’s key strengths is that he is low-key and definitely not your typical pushy recruiter – he is there when you need him, but not “in your face” all the time.

I’ve had a lot of experiences of agencies over the years, mostly from a recruiter perspective, rather than recruitee.

Blues Point exceeded my experience of recruitment agencies. They contacted me about a single job, which was a perfect match for my experience.

A short telephone interview confirmed that both the company and I were a good match for each other.

Blues Point ensured that I was kept informed of the progress of the recruitment process at all stages.

I have already recommended Blues Point to friends and colleagues and will continue to do so. Both for those recruiting and those in search of new opportunities.

I highly recommend Alex and Blues Point as a recruiter. Out of the many recruiters I approached whilst looking for a new role, Blues Point and particularly Alex stood out as the most professional and most likely to find me a role that best matched my skills and requirements.

I received a personal service, including an interview to help me with my interview technique prior to my first job interview, and was kept informed of my progress from submitting my CV, through to accepting my new job. Alex has also helped other ex-colleagues find new roles and I would recommend his services to anyone.