HR & Training Director – Plc Listed Multi-Site Leisure Group

A leading and highly progressive multi site leisure business had been seeking to recruit an HR & Training Director over a period of 9 months. One of the UK’s primary search firms had been retained on this assignment in September 2003, but had been unsuccessful and by June of this year our client was still looking to appoint this key director.

Capitis Partners was then instructed to pick up on this search - our first piece of work for the client. The first task was to map out the population of companies where a generalist HR professional (but with extensive learning/development knowledge) could be sourced. Working closely with the Customer Services Director, Capitis compiled a comprehensive Assignment Briefing Pack, which furnished possible candidates with all the relevant information required for the role. This list was then discussed and agreed with the client who combined it with the original long-list ensuring that there was no ‘doubling–up’.

The search was concluded in less than eight weeks from its inception (despite taking place in the peak holiday time of July and August). The Customer Services Director concluded that all of the candidates that were seen through Capitis were better than all of those previously seen through the headline search firm initially retained.

As a result of this successful search Capitis Partners have cemented their relationship with this client and are now a preferred recruitment partner.