Starting a Recruitment Business from Home

Hello Marcusg71

where do i start - this inst as easy as working for a firm!

you need to firstly negotiate with a job board to get CV's as you will no longer have the leads generated by a company brand. (Total Jobs is good for public sector although expensive at around £350 per month)

Next find a good accountant - James? In this forum could be a good start.

Next dont spend any money on advertising - optimise your website instead.

REC qualification isnt going to help - releationships are the key.

Start talking to old clients ASAP

is this a one man band? If so keep overheads to a minimum - cars and fancy lunches have to wait until your safe

But the plus side is - if you make money and your overheads should be low and you can enjoy a good living - though stressful

good luck
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Damian George MBA
Senior Dealer
Corporate FX
Tel +44 (0)207 959 6929
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Damian

Thank you very much for your advice. Sorry you didn't have much to go on there, I will try and give you some more detail.

It will be based at home with just myself as the only employee, so your right overheads will be low to start with. I need to develop a professional website, within a tight budget, and to try the job boards.

You said that Total Jobs is excellent for the Public Sector, but I would like to get out of the Public Sector. I don't have the contacts to take with me, but I am realistic and realise that I need to hit the phone hard to get anything and to grow the business that way. I am trying to get into the Sales Recruitment arena as that is what I know and know of people working in that area.

Can anyone offer advice regarding the website and any other advice will be greatly appreciated.

Marcus

Hi Marcus,

Not a problem - regardless of sector you have a hard slog - best of luck as you are aiming to sell to sale people

www.future-interactive.net did our website and was very reasonable, we even got short listed by REC for best new small firms web site.

Graham Newman is the contact.

you can have a look at www.ggrecruitment.co.uk
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Damian George MBA
Senior Dealer
Corporate FX
Tel +44 (0)207 959 6929
Mob +44 (0)7869 150 578
damian@tri-fx.com

www.tri-fx.com

www.imsfx.org

www.voltrexfx.com

www.ggrecruitment.com

Hi

I am thinking of starting my own recruitment company in the care services ( care agency). I have worked in care for 2 1/2 years and understand everything that needs to be done by my staff. I am thinking of starting freelance to start with and then employing people this will keep costs low. The things I dont understand are what insurances I need, time sheets, recipts to give to company and what I should charge. I will be working from home. If anybody have any ideas of where I should start. (e.g) Step 1.....Step 2. Please get in contact I have started a website.. www.chrisaston.co.uk you can email me with info at info@chrisaston.co.uk or reply on here..

Thank you so much!

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Hi, all the new recruiters!

You might find it useful to visit another web-site for advice - they are dedicated to Recruiters http://www.ukrecruiter.co.uk/forum/index.htm
Also, I understand what you mean about not wanting to carry on in public sector as you don't have the contacts to take with you - but why not requalify?? You have the experience in that sector - target a small sector within public sector or something like that? You have all the experience and there is a lot of competition within recruitment sector!

You will need a good plan for getting the 'word out' for your services - use every possible chance you have to advertise for free, get PR, even offer your services for free if it gets a good mention or a good case study. You might want to use some direct marketing, but select carefully what you want to do and what areas/sectors to target as you can spend too much on this. Some market research might be good, some telemarketing, mail and e-mailing, etc. If you want help with direct marketing -let us know - I run a telemarketing agency and we offer good rates for start-ups!
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Director
Anna Shaw Associates
0845 003 4267
info@annashawassociates.co.uk

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