Case Studies

The Challenge

Areera Recycling faced a significant challenge in meeting their volume requirement of temporary to permanent placement recycling operatives. Despite engaging with four different suppliers, Areera struggled with the quantity and quality of candidates provided, leading to severe understaffing, excessive overtime costs, and pressure on the permanent workforce to meet customer demand. Additionally, poor candidate reliability, high attrition rates, lack of agency representation on-site, and communication issues posed significant hurdles.

Our Approach

To address Areera Recycling's recruitment challenges comprehensively, TaskMaster adopted a strategic
approach:

• Conducted a full site tour to understand all roles and requirements.
• Held meetings with hiring managers and shift managers to establish a detailed recruitment profile.
• Provided marketplace research information to inform decisions on the employee value proposition.
• Evaluated the existing candidate database and qualified potential candidates.
• Created compelling advertising campaigns across multiple social media platforms.
• Agreed on an intake schedule for smaller, more frequent candidate pools.
• Attended all inductions to facilitate communication and engagement.
• Acted as brand ambassadors to demonstrate the quality of opportunities to candidates. 

The Results

Within one week of candidate attraction activity, staged inductions successfully brought in 16 prospective candidates. and a total of 26 operatives were recruited within four weeks. The recruitment drive went on to be completed with 30 operatives within eight weeks of the initial site visit, whilst TaskMaster's hybrid on-site solution reduced Areera's management time and improved communication and engagement. Finally, all of Areera's permanent headcount requirements were filled through TaskMaster's solution, offering long-term career opportunities, and we now collaborate with their sister company across two other UK sites as part of a national agreement aimed at delivering greater quality standards and cost efficiencies.

What The Client Said:

“Temporary staff suppliers are not in shortage it seems nowadays but what is not common is one that actively listens to the details in clients’ requirements. Charlotte and TaskMaster did that when we brought them in to support existing suppliers on-site. TM did not only deliver, but they also became the sole supplier in record time by achieving targets. The staff are of high calibre, and several have been offered a permanent position in our business. Their tenacity to fulfil our requirement of such numbers in a short time is unparalleled” - Josh Clement - Operations Manager

“Working with Taskmaster has taken all the hard work of recruitment away from my busy team. We are supported fully through the initial process of matching our requirements through to site walk-rounds and daily staff management. The staff Taskmaster are supplying are appropriate to our needs, hardworking and dedicated. We were previously working with 3 other agencies simultaneously; however, Taskmaster took away the need to do this and provided their expertise in a one-stop shop. We tried the rest, with no comparison. Taskmaster are now our main supplier” - Nigel Hunt - Shift Manager