The Procura Christmas Party!

Friday was our annual sales awards and the Procura Christmas party bash all rolled in to one – What a day! With the annual sales awards kicking off early morning, our consultants were being recognised left right and center  Bradley Franks won Top Biller of the year and Morgan Frost cleaned up with most deals closed in a month, most growth within a quarter & highest weekly billing. After a few glasses of champagne to celebrate the guy’s success it was time to put the Procura brains to the test – The Procura Quiz! Hannah & Laura hosted 5 rounds of who’s who, lookalikes, general knowledge & a music round, with our brains exhausted it was time to test our physical strength….

After two extremely competitive games of laser quest the team were physically and mentally exhausted! It was time to relax and enjoy our Christmas Party with a few well-earned drinks and some delicious Thai cuisine…………….

Doing it for the kids..........

This year the Procura Team have decided to ditch the secret santa idea and do something a little bit more worthwhile so we have joined up with the Wood Street Mission Charity based in Manchester. Wood Street Mission is a registered children’s charity and their focus remains unchanged throughout their history. They are there to help alleviate the effects of poverty on local children and their families. So with this in mind everyone at Procura has donated a gift.

Kane has even volunteered to drop the presents off  at Woodstreet


If you would like to find out more or see how you can get involved with The Wood Street Mission Please visit:
www.woodstreet.planetcode.co.uk

 

Christmas Has Arrived!!

Christmas has definitely arrived at Procura HQ - This isn't any normal Christmas tree though - Through the festive season the consultants will be competing to win prizes! Deep in the branches there are hidden envelopes containing treats. Don't be fooled though..... we have also hidden some forfeits just to keep the team on their toes!!!

Graduate Trainee Recruitment Positions

We are now looking to recruit a number of Graduate Trainee Recruitment consultants across our permanent and contract teams to join our business to help us achieve our growth plans. 

Why are we different to other Recruitment Companies?

• Full Graduate Training Programme
• Fast Track Career Opportunities
• Achievable Uncapped Commission Scheme
• Aspirational and Inspirational Professional Environment
• Onsite Training and Coaching Team

Procura is a modern, fresh thinking recruitment business that has achieved substantial growth since our inception. We are an InDemand Talent specialist recruitment consultancy held in high regard for its success in making strategic middle to senior management placements across the cutting edge of industry.

Our strength is making leadership placements where clear measurable value is the expectation, usually when skills are required to transform a business, ensure delivery of a key project, or when a business is striving to become more efficient.

We specialise in: Governance, Risk & Compliance, Regulatory Change, Business Transformation & Project Services, IT & Technology Change, Risk Analytic s and Quantitative Risk

As a recruitment consultant your role is all about building excellent relationships with clients and candidates to generate business. The role requires intelligence as the people you will be working with are Senior Professionals within the Financial Services Industry, you will also have the ability to exceed expectations, you will be working in a mainly phone based environment and as such you must be able to demonstrate the ability to confidentially display strong communication skills.

To apply you will need to be an ambitious individual focused on achieving success in your career, you will be naturally competitive, be able to handle challenging situations and also be able to communicate to customers at all levels intelligently and effectively.

Our culture is one that is challenging, focused, but also fun and professional. We take personal development seriously therefore you will benefit from our 12 week training academy, hands on development programmes, one on one coaching and mentoring. You will also benefit from regular monthly action planning sessions to help you reach your goals, structured career development, and clear performance based promotion opportunities.

Financially we offer a very competitive commission scheme, with rewards for both placements and monthly revenue. In addition our reward package includes additional benefits which include holidays and lunch clubs to reward top performance. 

Salary £17,000 - £19,000 base salary (OTE £40k)

If this sounds like the role for you then please email your cv to g.twist@procuragroup.co.uk or call Gillian Twist on 0161 457 1157

The Story So Far..........

So our new starters have come on leaps and bounds since they graduated earlier this month. They have already managed to pull jobs, create some exciting pipeline for January, and build up hot leads. Looks like four weeks in the Procura Graduate Academy has paid off! So what now? Well with two more assessment days underway we are looking to be enrolling class 2 in the Procura Graduate Academy by early December. Not only have we managed to find exceptional graduate Talent for our internal recruitment we have the pleasure of welcoming an experienced member to the team in December also.

So apart from organising the Procura Christmas party extravaganza, training up new talent and pulling lots of jobs, what else have we been up? Well as you may of read earlier in the blog, we have been working hard on launching our new YouTube channel. Last Friday we finished filming some footage that is now in the process of being edited to perfection – so keep your eyes out for films uploaded soon………..

Developing New Talent

How Procura is investing in developing new recruitment talent

As a growing recruitment business with high values and standards we only want to employ the best talent we can find, whether that’s experienced recruiters with a high level of intelligence, integrity and knowledge, or someone who is brand new to recruitment but can demonstrate the drive, aptitude  and desire to work in a professional recruitment business.

Developing our own talent is one of Procura’s business values, we believe firmly in providing them with in depth market knowledge and solid training to ensure they are well equipped to represent our brand to the market. When a new recruit joins our business as a trainee, they spend their first 4 weeks working through our Graduate Academy, this ensures that we are instilling Procura’s values and level of service and also providing them with the best knowledge to be able to perform their jobs:-

Graduate Academy overview:-

Week 1

Classroom training based around Procura, focusing on our Market Sector and how we develop business relationships to a high standard within our core industry sector.

Week 2

Classroom based training based on how we identify the best InDemand Talent within our Industry vertical and how to develop business relationships to ensure we are providing a high level of service for candidates when they are looking for new opportunities.

Week 3

Supported Self Learning, we give new trainees the opportunity to investigate their niche market and understand the key drivers & strategies that effects business need whilst gaining valuable market knowledge.

Week 4

Classroom Training to develop skills in developing key client relationships to enable new recruits to provide the right level of service to their key client base within their niche market.

Once our new recruits have graduated from our Academy, we then provide constant on-going training, coaching and support to our new recruits and also more experienced members of our team ensuring that the level of service we offer to both our candidates and clients is consistently of a high level .

As our new group of new recruits are now in their 5th week of employment with ourselves and are doing fantastically well, we are starting the search again for 4 new trainees to get started in our Graduate Academy.

If you are interested in working at Procura and would like to have an informal confidential chat .about the opportunities we offer then please call our Head of Talent Gillian Twist on 07903 014178

We are Hiring

Procura is looking to fill 3 strategic Senior Recruitment Consultant positions in our Central Manchester Office.

We are looking for experienced Recruiters both Permanent and Contract who are looking to move their career towards Senior Manager level in a company that is growing and investing in itself. 

Procura is a modern, fresh thinking recruitment business that has achieved substantial growth since our inception. We bridge the gap between an organisation's change demands and skill shortages with an effective delivery focused recruitment solution. At the heart of our service proposition is adding value through the accurate delivery of the right talent for our customer's businesses.

We offer a competitive basic salary, with an above market rate commission scheme a warm client desk and the ability to work in an InDemand niche market with high value fees and rates. 

What we are also offering is the chance to move your career quickly forward through a management training programme in which we will provide you with an established client base in an investigated vertical market. You will be offered full training and support with realistic goals and targets to take you to the next stage in your career. 

We will also develop a team around you and this will be a mix of experienced recruiters and also trainees who will have worked through our 12 week Graduate Academy Training. Plus you will also have access to a number of unique and sophisticated resources to help you grow your business and team which include a dedicated Social Media Executive and an in house coaching and development team. 

We are looking for people who have vision and who don’t want to work for your average consultancy, maybe you are in one of the big companies and feel frustrated by the strict KPIs, maybe you work for a smaller or boutique agency who do not offer any more than a good billing desk and you want to progress. 

Procura is growing! These are not roles that have occurred by attrition, we have just moved into brand new offices in Manchester City Centre and we are investing heavily in Social Media and Training. We are looking at opening 2 new divisions by 2nd quarter of 2013 and need people to work with us to fulfil this. 

Please call Gillian Twist for a confidential chat on either 0161 457 1157 or 07903014178 or please email g.twist@procuragroup.co.ukare

The View From Procura HQ

Aren't we lucky!

Procura InDemand Talent Fresh Blood!

Procura would like to welcome our 4 new starters that joined the team on Monday. Amy, Alex, Curt & Ben have been working hard at The Procura InDemand Graduate Academy - Well done guys!

Amy

Ben

Alex

The Procura Club Lunch Incentive @ Jamie's Italian

Mmmmmm Jamie's Italian

Decisions Decisions...............

Celebrating with some bubbles

16oz Steak for the greedy Procura Boys

Trainee Recruitment Consultants

Why are we different to other Recruitment Companies?

• Long term Career Opportunities
• Achievable Uncapped Commission Scheme
• Full Graduate Training Programme
• Aspirational and Inspirational Environment
• Onsite Training and Coaching Team

Procura is a modern, fresh thinking recruitment business that has achieved substantial growth since our inception. We bridge the gap between an organisation's change demands and skill shortages with an effective delivery focused recruitment solution. At the heart of our service proposition is adding value through the accurate delivery of the right talent for our customer's businesses.

We are now looking to recruit a number of Trainee Recruitment consultants to join our business to help us achieve our growth plans. 

We are looking for a number of people and are interested in hearing from anyone who is interested in a career in recruitment, whether you are fresh from university or have a number of years in Direct Sales and are looking for a change then we really want to hear from you.

To apply you will need to be an ambitious individual focused on achieving success in your career, you will be naturally competitive, be able to handle challenging situations and also be able to communicate to customers at all levels intelligently and effectively.

This is a hands on sales role mainly phone based but with regular opportunity to meet clients in London, Edinburgh and Birmingham.

Our culture is one that is challenging, focused, but also fun and professional. We take personal development seriously therefore you will benefit from our 8 week training academy, hands on development programmes lead, one on one coaching and mentoring. You will also benefit from regular monthly action planning sessions to help you reach your goals, structured career development, and clear performance based promotion opportunities.

Financially we offer a very competitive commission scheme, with rewards for both placements and monthly revenue. In addition our reward package includes additional benefits which include holidays and lunch clubs to reward top performance. 

If this sounds like the role for you then please email your cv to g.twist@procuragroup.co.uk or call Gillian Twist on 0161 457 1157

Procura InDemand Talent LinkedIn Group

Come and join the Procura InDemand Talent group on LinkedIn for stimulating discussion and debate. We will also be hosting a series of webinars, new job postings and a chance to win prizes by entering our competitions.

You can also follow us on twitter - https://twitter.com/ProcuraInDemand

We look forward to welcoming you!

Kind regards

The Procura InDemand Talent Team

Team Work!

At Procura we like to look after our staff and believe hard work should be rewarded. Shaun & Simon here enjoying a champagne breakfast at the exclusive Lowry Hotel.

It’s been a great couple of weeks for our consultants here at Procura, we’ve seen placements on both the permanent and interim side and have a heck of a pipeline! Who says summer months are bad for recruitment businesses?

We’ve also had two celebrations closer to home, our very own, Hannah Gould who is our Senior Business Consultant has just returned from her time off as she has got married. And Andrew Tomlinson who is one of our specialised consultants, has just returned after his wife gave birth to a baby boy. Lots to celebrate and even more to look forward to.

If you are looking for a new position - whether it’s for an interim or permanent opportunity, please contact our specialised consultants now to see how we can support you. You can call us on 0845 070 2464 or send your CV to resumes@procuragroup.co.uk.

Please follow us on Twitter to hear about new opportunities www.twitter.com/ProcuraInDemand and Like us on Facebook for interesting debate and pictures of the team www.facebook.com/InDemandTalent  you can also find us on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4204196&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

What's going on?

Procura is a specialist recruitment consultancy for InDemand Talent. We have three specialist divisions; Business Change & Project Services, Governance Risk & Compliance, and Technology. Our value proposition is built upon our "InDemand Talent" model which in essence means we invest heavily in developing a sophisticated network of delivery professionals that are in short market supply. Our core strength is expert talent delivery where others have typically tried and failed.

Procura was founded in 2009 and initially focussed on recruiting interims for the insurance market. Having achieved ultimate success Kieran Maplesden, Owner and Director, decided in March to set up a permanent division for the same market. Noticeably a wise decision as this department is currently thriving.

The future looks bright for Procura as we see the headcount increase month on month. If you are interested in working for Procura as a specialist consultant please send your CV to resumes@procuragroup.co.uk or give us a call 0845 070 2464

You can also follow us at https://twitter.com/ProcuraInDemand, Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/InDemandTalent and find us on Linked in for industry news and discussion  http://www.linkedin.com/groups/InDemand-Talent.com