I have worked with ecruit for over 5 years, they save us a lot of time and are helpful and quick to respond. The main benefit has been the cost savings, and candidate attraction has improved, especially for more difficult-to-fill roles. I have already recommended them to several other businesses.
Human Resources Advisor, SPIE Energy
Saved in recruitment costs
Increase in relevant applicants
Average cost per hire
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SPIE Energy is a leading energy solutions provider, offering a wide range of services to clients within the energy sector.
As part of the SPIE Group, the company specializes in industrial engineering and technology solutions, focusing on critical energy infrastructure.
The energy sector has been experiencing significant growth, which led to SPIE Energy facing challenges in recruitment. The company had been heavily reliant on expensive recruitment agencies and struggled to manage fluctuating job flows.
As competition for skilled professionals grew, SPIE Energy found it increasingly difficult to fill positions quickly and efficiently.
They needed an innovative solution to streamline their recruitment process, lower agency spend, and free up their talent acquisition team to focus on hiring.
SPIE Energy has partnered with ecruit for over 5 years to tackle these recruitment challenges. ecruit provided a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable recruitment advertising and sourcing service that became a vital extension of SPIE Energy’s internal hiring team. ecruit helped manage the job flow, delivering the right candidates for hard-to-fill positions and improving the efficiency of the hiring process.
The solution included:
Streamlined vacancy advertising, with professional job adverts optimized for performance and maximized visibility across over 100 platforms.
A proactive candidate sourcing strategy, including competitor and market mapping and LinkedIn search, to target hard-to-find talent.
A free Applicant Tracking System (ATS) where all CVs were collected via a “1-click apply” feature, making the recruitment process easier and more efficient.
Candidates were hand-scored for suitability, ensuring the best-fit candidates were identified quickly without the need for time-consuming CV sifting.
The partnership with ecruit delivered impressive results for SPIE Energy, with several key benefits:
Over £500,000 saved in recruitment agency fees over 5 years.
40% improvement in the relevance of job advert applications.
1,000+ hours saved annually on administrative tasks, allowing the HR team to focus more on strategic hiring.
Cost per hire reduced to under £500.
All candidates scored for suitability, ensuring SPIE Energy could focus on the best candidates first.
Key roles ecruit helped fill included Project Engineers, Heads of Energy, Sustainability Advisors, HR Business Partners, and various engineering and technical positions.
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