SDW are proud to be the trusted partner of choice for a number of shipping, freight forwarding & logistics companies across the UK. As a client of SDW, you have access to a variety of different services & solutions to ensure that you successfully fill your vacancies, from our simple online advertising service erecruit or our traditional full recruitment service Delivering innovative recruitment solutions to the logistics industry 023 8033 6633 info@sdwrecruitment.co.uk sdwrec.co.uk
Welcome to SDW Recruitment Shipping, Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain & Logistics Recruitment Specialists Some of our valued customers include: The team at SDW have the expertise, exposure & network to solve your shipping & logistics recruitment challenges. SDW is proud to be the trusted recruitment partner of choice to the majority of key industry players within the shipping, freight, logistics & supply chain industries - delivering a consultative solution to ensure the future success of your company. We source the BEST candidates for your business & ensure you keep your competitive edge and maintain your service levels to your clients.
Why us? At SDW Recruitment we are proud to be different. We certainly do not operate a call centre environment, or are of the Wolf of Wall Street ilk. There are no ridiculous sales targets for our consultants to meet or bells to ring when we make a placement. Our focus is solely on delivering you a first-class, quality service, within your budget. One of the core principles of SDW, and one of the main reasons we are trusted by so many companies as their preferred recruitment partner, is that SDW has been built on the opposite of all that is not quite right within the recruitment industry. None of the team are from a recruitment agency background, and although many in our industry talk loosely about values, we live and breathe them in everything we do & every interaction we have. They are: transparency, always acting in the best interest of our clients & candidates, exceptional service and always looking for a better way of doing things, plus of course a passion for all things shipping & logistics, bordering on geeky. We genuinely love making a difference to people s lives and helping companies expand & grow. We really do provide a fresh approach to the recruit process. At SDW, we are so confident in our ability to identify the right fit for your company & role in terms of both experience & team fit, that we are prepared to put our money where our mouth is with our 100% rebate guarantee for clients utilising our full recruitment service. 94% of our candidates that we place are still in the role after 12 months
Our Full Recruitment Service Utilising our full recruitment services, allows you to outsource the whole recruitment process to the shipping & freight industry experts. In this very candidate short market, it is vital that you use an established specialist recruiter who is well respected within the industry who has a good reputation and who you can trust. Your dedicated consultant will take a full brief from you, so we fully understand the role, your company culture and the ideal team fit. We will then go to work, utilising our large database of active & passive candidates. We will also fully advertise the role on our very own optimised & popular website sdwrec.co.uk, reed.co.uk, CV Library and aggregators such as Indeed, to ensure that your vacancy gains full exposure. We also have a very strong network, in which many of our candidates are referred to us or use SDW exclusively as we have been highly recommended to them. We are often asked to recruit on a confidential basis, for commercially or internally sensitive roles. For many roles we are able to provide you with an instant shortlist of up to 5 candidates that meet your requirements. Our full recruitment service is very consultative, in which we meet candidates (location permitting) to fully understand their experience & motivators. We manage the full process from gaining feedback, addressing any concerns, salary negotiations, managing the resignation process and advising why they should not accept a counter offer plus lots more. With our full recruitment service we ask for a 450 commitment fee payable upfront, the remainder of our fee is then not payable until we successfully source & place a candidate with you and they commence employment. You are then fully covered by our 100% Rebate Guarantee.
erecruit (Advertising Solution) So, what is SDW erecruit? SDW erecruit is a new unique recruitment model for the shipping & logistics industry, based around online advertising using the leading job boards and online channels to maximise exposure, ensuring that your vacancy is seen by the right people. We truly believe that our erecruit service will transform the recruitment industry and make the hiring process fair, affordable and transparent. To keep it simple, we write you a compelling & fully optimised advert using our proven methodology. We then post it to all the leading job boards, we pro-actively search our own extensive database of industry professionals & that of the Job Boards. We heavily market your role for maximum exposure and provide you with full access to our simple, cloud based Candidate Management System. Our delivery system presents all of your candidates in once place in order of suitability, allowing you to manage the process at a click of a button 24/7 & on any device. Cut your recruitment costs by up to 85% compared to using a traditional recruitment agency.
erecruit (Advertising Solution) Why advertise online? Today s job seekers are actively looking for a new role using online job boards & social media networking sites. Recent Surveys from recruitment industry experts show that over 85% of active candidates are searching & applying for jobs online, with 74% of all online job related searches starting in Google. Statistics show that 80% of all successful placements in the UK comes from Job Boards fact. However, that said, the strongest candidates are the least committed to finding a new job and are only searching online for about 10 to 15 minutes, so you need to be advertising your vacancy in the right place, your advert needs to be fully optimised so it appears at the top of the job listings (ideally the top), you need to sell your company & the opportunity, ensure there is a clear call to action and above all you need to respond to all applicants, even the not so good ones so it s not as easy as just writing a couple of sentences, and posting it on a job board that you ve chosen at random. This is where our unique & innovative solution comes in SDW erecruit. Our erecruit advertising campaigns run for 28 days now 6 weeks and costs 750 per vacancy, and not per the number of candidates hired. This is reduced to 700 if you are one of our subscription customers. Add our Manual CV Screening for just 349 & your dedicated Account Manager will assess ALL responses, so you just review the best ones saving you valuable time For more information, download our brochure by clicking here, or call the team on 023 8033 6633 or email info@sdwrecruitment.co.uk
Additional Services Salary Guidance SDW Recruitment is constantly in communication with the industry, registering thousands of candidates a year so we are ideally placed to offer our advice and guidance on salary levels and trends. We are of course, also in constant contact with companies from the large top 4 through to smaller SMEs, so we know better than anyone what the market is paying for similar roles. Interview Facilities We appreciate that sometimes it can be difficult to hold interviews at your offices for whatever reason, or in a public place, so in order to ensure complete confidentiality SDW can offer interview facilities at their offices in Southampton. Short Term Contracts / Temps As part of our commitment to our clients we have identified the need for some of our customers to engage candidates on a temporary basis to cover busy periods, holiday / sickness cover, or to assist in short term projects, realizing that most of these type of enquiries are urgent and that you will need someone to start almost immediately. If your business ever has a need to engage a temporary candidate with the relevant shipping / forwarding / logistics experience, we can assist in a number of ways. Please contact one of the team to discuss the various options available.
Testimonials We have been utilising the services of SDW Recruitment since their inception in 2002. Having worked with numerous competitors of theirs over the years, SDW are now our sole service provider in the area of recruitment. The knowledge & professionalism that SDW consistently demonstrate is unsurpassed. This, along with SDW's ability to understand our requirements & tailor themselves to our needs, combines to create an overall level of service which no competitor has been able to get close to matching. I look forward to continuing this relationship in to the future. Branch Manager Allport Cargo Services Ltd DSV have utilised the services of SDW for almost 10 years now, in which time they have never failed to deliver an excellent service. SDW has a great understanding of the freight industry and the Consultants take the time not only to understand the role we are recruiting for but to get a good feel for our company and values. SDW ensures the suitability of all the candidates they present, and makes sure they meet our requirements. DSV look forward to working with SDW again in the future. Director DSV Air & Sea Southampton SDW Recruitment has an excellent understanding of the shipping industry, and provide a professional service, putting forward suitable applications of pre-interviewed candidates, who have the relevant experience we look for. SDW provides an extensive candidate profile with each application, in which is very helpful when selecting candidates for interview. SDW offers a very high level of customer service and they never fail to deliver. Director Toll Global Forwarding
MOL have utilised the services of SDW for many years now and they have just successfully filled a role that was proving very difficult to source candidates with the specific experience we required. SDW came in to our organisation and met the key personnel recruiting for the role, understood our requirements & company ethos fully and went to work, keeping us informed on all progress at all times. SDW only presented high calibre candidates who met our specific requirements in terms of experience, all of whom had been fully qualified and presented to us in an informative manner. We look forward to continuing our relationship with SDW whenever a need to recruit key personnel presents itself. HR Manager MOL (Europe) Ltd I have used SDW Recruitment for a number of years, since it's inception I believe. SDW are my first call when sourcing suitable candidates. Having worked in an operational role himself, Steve fully understands how diverse roles can be in this sector, and most importantly understands the terminology associated with the industry (very rare amongst recruitment agencies) therefore only submitting candidates with the suitable background for the relevant position. Local knowledge is also invaluable -It only takes a quick call. Operations Manager DHL Global Forwarding We are currently celebrating our 30 th year in business. Thank you for your support over the years we could have only achieved this with your help in finding some great staff for us. Chris MD Supreme Freight Services
Supporting good causes & charities The team at SDW Recruitment are very passionate about helping both the local & wider community, supporting as many charities and good causes as we can hopefully helping to make a difference to people s lives. This year (2017), we are celebrating our 15 th Anniversary and one of the ways we have chosen to celebrate this is by donating 50 to our 2 chosen charities for every placement we make. Our chosen charities for the year are the Piam Brown Ward in Southampton General Hospital & Alzheimer s Society. Piam Brown Ward Charity No: 1051543: Piam Brown Ward is the South s regional Children s Cancer Unit, based on the top floor of Southampton General Hospital. The ward cares for the children from a day old to 15 years of age, so demand on their resources is huge you can read more about the charity here Piam Brown Ward Profile Alzheimer s Society Charity No: 296645: Leading the fight against dementia. Dementia can happen to anyone and there is currently no cure. There are over 850,000 people with dementia in the UK and the number is set to rise considerably. Alzheimer s Society is the UK s leading dementia support and research charity for people living with dementia, their families and carers more info can be found here https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/ For every permanent placement made in Hampshire at full fee structure (non-discounted rates), 50 will be donated to the Piam Brown Ward, and for all permanent placements outside of Hampshire, 50 will be donated to Alzheimer s Society. A copy of the payment receipt will be available for the client to see upon request.
Contact us SDW Recruitment Ltd (Head Office) Unit 14 & 15 Freemantle Business Centre t: 023 8033 6633 Millbrook Road East e: info@sdwrecruitment.co.uk Southampton SO15 1JR Felixstowe / Ipswich Office t: 01394 330003 e: info@sdwrecruitment.co.uk www.sdwrec.co.uk