How does Deerfoot identify IT candidates?

We have full and unfettered access to all the leading subscriber based dedicated national IT CV databases and all sector CV databases from which to source appropriate IT work-seekers. Added to this is a very refined and well maintained 'opt-in' internal IT candidate CV database of just over 100,000 individuals. We advertise all vacancies on all the leading niche IT and all-industry job portals (taking time and great care to produce jobs advertisements that are legally correct, factual, interesting and Boolean search friendly). All adverts are refreshed very frequently (in advance of expiry date) to ensure high positioning. We advertise on our own site too of course.

As an established agency (now in our 13th year) pre-dating the advent of job boards, we continue to draw candidates to us due to our visibility in the marketplace, our marketing methods and a strong referral programme. (We reward individuals for successful referrals with gift vouchers and charitable donations).

We operate a strong referral programme which generates 'sleeping' candidates - For every successful candidate referral we place we give the referrer 5% of our fee in gift vouchers and donate a further 5% to charity. For every 5 candidate CVs we present to a client, we donate £1 to charity.

Our approach to prospective candidates is always gentle, informative, respectful and supportive. Our approach lacks any element of 'sales' which we feel unfortunately is endemic in our industry. Our method of approach builds trust and generates positive results.

We have developed our own recruitment software in house for our exclusive use. Our system tracks and logs every out-going communication (be it email, SMS or phone conversation) and links this communication to the relevant candidate and vacancy. Our system acts as a 'super-memory' for our Recruitment Consultants, ensuring good candidates are not forgotten about and can be tracked easily. Over time our system also builds a unique talent pool peculiar to each individual client's skill set.