RECRUITMENT SERVICE IN KENYA, TANZANIA, UGANDA AND RWANDA.
Recruitment agencies.
Recruitment Agencies and consultants can bring a high level of expertise to the task of finding the best person for a vacancy. These organizations can assist in attracting candidates, either by using their existing databases of personnel or by advertising under their banner in areas for which they specialize.
Recruiting areas can be relieved of undertaking a considerable amount of administrative/organizational work, as the recruitment company will provide resources to concentrate on the recruitment task.
The responsibility for making the final selection recommendation will always be with a selection committee and the decision to appoint will also remain with the University delegated authority.
On the other hand, charges will vary considerably depending on the agency chosen and the level of support required.
Agencies will probably seek to charge a certain percentage of the remuneration package (including base salary and all other benefits and allowances including bonuses, motor vehicles etc). These fees are usually exclusive of advertising and travel expenses. Charges for executive searches may be higher.
How to hire more productive employees.
The hiring process is one of the most crucial aspects of an organization, because the employees hired will determine the productivity, efficiency, and ingenuity of the team, and the company in the long run. So to make sure you’re hiring a self-motivated individual who doesn’t need your supervision on making sure things are done well and on time, this are what should be asked during the interview.
- Evaluate attitude before skills
It is important to screening potential employees not only on their professional skills and experience, but also on their attitude. Are they likely to fit into your company’s culture? Technical skills and expertise can be upgraded through training and coaching, but the right attitude, that would make him/her a valuable addition, cannot be taught. This refers to approach to work, interaction with colleagues, his productivity, efficiency, and leadership capabilities, and general work ethic. All of these factors determine how an employee functions and how well he/she would fit into the organization. - Know how they handle their failures
While most people ask potential employees about their professional achievements and successes, very few ask them about their failures and setbacks. Some recruiters say, how people handles failures and hurdles, using them to learn, grow, and advance their skills is arguably more important than how they handle success. In a high stress, high performance environment an employee needs to be resilient and determined enough to bounce back from even the most debilitating of setbacks, and utilize them to his/her advantage. A successful organization needs employees they can depend on, ones who won’t break under pressure, and inspire fellow colleagues to do the same. - Find out how they would handle specific scenarios with the organization.
Apart from the usual set of scripted questions and tests that are designed to evaluate their capabilities, an efficient way of evaluating potential employees is by giving them a few hypothetical situations and ask them what they’d do in that situation. You can design the questions based on past issues, and problems the company has faced, using real, high stress scenarios to test their decision-making capabilities, out of the box thinking, and ability to not crack under pressure. This helps you figure how they think, their depth of knowledge, as well as their suitability for the job. - Ask about new skills picked up recently
In today’s world, complacency is one of the most harmful vices, and employee complacency can ruin even the simplest of projects. With technological innovations and breakthroughs taking place every other day, it is imperative that employees constantly keep upgrading their skills and expertise, adding new feathers to their cap every now and then. Therefore, in order to understand whether potential employees are driven to excel and understands the need to constantly upgrade their skills, ask them new skills they have picked up recently, in the last year or so. This will help you understand whether the employee would be a valuable addition to the organisation in the long run, and how well he/she would be able to contribute to its growth. - Find Out of any extracurricular activities
These skills tend to be personal in nature and can relate to time management, loyalty, responsibility, being a team player, leadership skills, etc. These are all vital competencies that can be learnt from experiences and extracurricular activities and transferred to the work environment. Therefore, it is an excellent practice to ask candidates about their participation in activities outside work to judge what attributes they have picked up as well as gauge their personality and see if they’re a good fit for the job
RECRUITMENT SERVICES.
Our Recruitment Services Include:-
- Contingent Recruitment- Given our database which is rich with good talents, we endeavor to fill each position as it comes and payment is made only after the position is filled and the candidate has reported to work. We undertake an end to end recruitment process to include shortlisting, interviewing, administering skills tests, background checks and referees’ checks.
- Executive Search- Headhunting- We have head-hunted the best talents in Kenya for C-level positions and below and you can consider us as the best headhunting company in Nairobi, Kenya given our experience and expertise. Our experts will identify the candidates, appeal to them and bring them on board. We conduct preliminary reference checks on a candidate before presenting them to the client.
- Mass Recruitment- We have undertaken major recruitment projects in Kenya and acting as recruitment agency for Middle East and other African companies. We possess the tools and capacity required to attract and process a significant number of recruits selected from our own internal database of pre-qualified candidates. We have the capacity to hire a large number of employees within a very short period of time and deliver quality, skilled and experienced talents.
- Contracting- Are you looking for short term contracted employees in Nairobi, Kenya? Brites will undertake short term recruitment assignments. We have a rich database of data entry clerks, Administration staffs, drivers, riders, cleaners, office messengers etc.
- Labour Outsourcing: Career Options Africa is the leading best labour/ casual outsourcing company in Nairobi, Kenya and the other East African Countries. We are a team of qualified HR professionals with excellent management skills in Outsourced Labour force Management. Our experience in Outsourced Labour force Management and the commitment with which we serve our clients will assist the clients meet their goals and objectives as they concentrate on their core business and leave the management of casuals to us.
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We defined executive search and selection broadly as an entire process beginning with conducting an organizational needs assessment and defining job and candidate requirements, to candidate pools, the decision-making process, managing the executive once on board. Executive search firms in Kenya Uganda Tanzania and Rwanda are specialized recruitment services that find top-level candidates for senior, executive, or other highly specialized positions for clients. Many clients use them to find candidates that may not be immediately identifiable in the market and, essentially, avoid the cost of a bad hire. They have offices in Nairobi, Kampala Dar es Salaam and Kigali Executive search firms act as consultants to their clients, meaning that they are separate entities from the company that is hiring. ... When working with an executive search firm, the hiring manager will only receive pre-screened candidates that meet the requirements of the position. An executive search can take anywhere from four to ten times that long, if not longer. Whether you are on the hiring or candidate side, the longer it takes, the greater the pain you might feel Executive Selection is best where the vacancy could be filled by a candidate who could come from any number of career backgrounds. ... Executive Search is the most effective method of recruiting board directors and senior management, executives and non-executives. Career Options Africa is one of the leading Executive Search..
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Head Hunting
Ever asked yourself how did they know my name or how do they know me? This is a question that many professional people ask themselves whenever they are called for a high ranged position within a certain company after being head hunted by a headhunting consultant. Worry no more. This is called head hunting services where by the head hunting company or agency know exactly where and how to find the right candidate for a specific position through different connection and networks. This are the ways the head hunters come to know of their potential candidates. This is through making an effort to be visible and social through going to forums, lunchtime seminars or conferences in your industry and simply talk to people. Ensure that you participate in this forum and also make sure your name, title and organization are on all of the attendance lists of events. Many head-hunters scan these for contacts. Exchange of card freely Swapping of cards freely at functions enlarges your social network. Do a follow up on the networking maxim; if you give something out it may come back in a different way. Give Referee of another person once approached by one head-hunter about a role, that doesn’t interest you. That way one makes a future ally of someone professionally useful in the long term when he or she is contacted by a recruitment..
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OUTSOURCED PAYROLL SERVICES IN…
enables businesses to focus on their core processes and hence cut down unnecessary costs and attain sustainable growth. is currently trending as it’s not only embraced by small organizations but also the large companies. Among the HR outsourcing solutions, is cited as one of the most outsourced HR administrative burdens. It is one of the most labor and time intensive tasks in any business organization. Hence outsourced payroll management is one service that most business owners would embrace cheerfully. Some main reasons why organizations turn to payroll processing companies could be to save on time and cost, embrace security, avoid unnecessary mistakes, and ensure compliance. Payroll management process outsourced only is not always a breakthrough. This is because you’re left behind with numerous reports to prepare for your payroll service provider, which is equally tedious as when you handle your payroll in-house. The best solution is to involve an integrated HR outsourcing service provider who will put in place a strong HR administration system, which includes time and labor tracking. Career options Africa Ltd is a leading provider of integrated HR outsourcing solutions in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda which includes payroll processing services and salary outsource service among other services. We provide flexible corporate payroll services that improve the quality of payroll management process for employers of all sizes. We handle the time consuming tasks of payroll processing and..
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OUR RECRUITMENT SERVICES IN…
Increasingly, organizations and businesses rely in recruitment agencies to recruit top talent for many reasons including; Reach – ability of specialized recruitment agencies to reach more potential candidates Ease of contact –where head hunting is needed, it may be seen as improper for an employer to contact the employee of a competitor directly Professionalism and independence – the need to ensure the recruitment process is professionally conducted without vested interests, bias or favoritism When such need arises, the client may require the recruitment consultant, recruitment consultancy firm/agency or head hunter to do any of the following tasks; Recruit –get a pool of qualified candidates only and leave the client to do the shortlisting and selection Recruit and Shortlist hence send list of shortlisted candidates for the client to do the selection proper Recruitment and selection hence send only the best two or three candidates per position The following are the commonly used approaches that recruitment agencies use identify the best candidates; Oral Interview only Oral interview combined with written tests Oral Interview combined with psychometric or aptitude tests Assessment center where the recruitment agency or firm consultant uses a variety of methods specifically selected to assess specific competencies essential to the job. A good assessment center must be job specific. The range of assessment methods to choose from include In tray tasks Simulated team discussion Technical presentation by candidates on..
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Mar 30, 2018
GLOBAL OUTSOURCING SERVICES FOR…
This article explore benefits of outsourcing business, HR , Payroll and Marketing services for global companies with specific reference to East Africa Outsourcing payroll services in a new market. (East Africa) Payroll outsourcing is the fastest-growing segment of the global human resource outsourcing (HRO) market. Organizations are rapidly adopting outsourced payroll services to achieve cost reduction, service quality and accountability. They either outsource a single process or the entire services to enhance the existing function. Managing payroll in-house involves high costs. Organizations that maintain an in-house team for tasks such as payroll, time and attendance, workforce administration, and benefits administration spend more time and human resource than organizations that outsource the same functions. Human Resource and Payroll Outsourcing is no longer seen as just a cost-cutting tactic for organisations, it is now being considered as a strategic solution. Why you should outsource payroll services? There are mainly three reasons as to why you should consider outsourcing your payroll services now and in the years to ahead; 1. Cost management. This is the first reason that comes to every business especially companies with global operations, many businesses look to save money in whichever ways they can, and expanding internationally is expensive. It goes without saying that organisations can’t afford to build up necessary Human Resource and Payroll everywhere they operate. Combined with the savings which come from consolidation and automation, and..
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