Investment: £10k-£20k
Franchise Focus The natural selection
A Select Appointments franchise makes it easier to run your own successful recruitment agency
INVESTMENT LEVEL: FROM £19,995 S
elect Appointments is a national recruitment agency franchise with an unrivalled back-offi ce support and training package that allows ambitious professionals to build
successful recruitment businesses of their own in opportunity-rich territories. To give you an idea of its heritage, Select has been off ering both temporary and permanent placements to a wide variety of white-collar sectors since 1980 and the company opened its fi rst franchised offi ce in 1992. There are currently 38 franchised territories in the UK, stretching from Glasgow to Bristol. Suzie McCaff erty, Select Appointments’ managing director, says: “Ask any of our owners what their competitive advantage is, and they’ll tell you it’s the door-opening power of such a well-established brand. “They’ll also tell you, perhaps most importantly, it’s the fact our head offi ce support team and back-offi ce systems take away all the stresses and strains of being a self-employed recruitment professional, such as dealing with payroll, invoicing, HR, legal issues, IT and marketing.
“One of the greatest benefi ts to being part of a larger franchise network is the sharing of best practice”
“You don’t have to come from a
recruitment background to enjoy signifi cant success with Select Appointments. We have many case studies of franchisees that have joined us from non recruitment backgrounds, such as HR, accountancy, retail and marketing, and who are enjoying strong year-on-year business growth and profi t.”
In fact, some of the network’s most
impressive franchisees, in terms of speed of growth and the impact they are having in their local markets, are among the newest to join. Very few of them had any recruitment experience beforehand, so have stuck rigidly to the system
and embraced all the training and local marketing off ered to them.
The ethos behind the franchise model is straightforward. Select has created a franchise system that lets creative businesspeople from any background follow a proven structure that helps them build their own successful recruitment agency. They will recruit for both temporary and permanent positions across most white-collar sectors, but often owners have at least one sector in which they have particular expertise. They will use their knowledge and connections in this sector to grow their business in the early days. Thanks to Select’s comprehensive training academy, however, it’s not long before they are confi dent in branching out to each and every sector that is represented in their local area. Suzie says: “One of the greatest benefi ts to being part of a larger franchise network is the sharing of best practice. All our owners are at diff erent stages of their businesses development and have come to Select with a wide variety of skills and experience. They are not in competition with each other, so there is a genuine culture of sharing and support across the company.
“Of course, this is often a big part of what leads people to buy a franchise in the fi rst place – proper training and support
from a great brand and an experienced network that allows them to get out there and build their business quickly. “Our model, Offi ce Plus, is based on franchisees working from a small offi ce and hiring two consultants to begin with. Together, the entire team will drive the business forward, winning new clients and building solid relationships with the major local employers, while fi nding and matching the very best candidates. “The model doesn’t require you to have a high-street retail offi ce with all the expensive associated costs, just somewhere comfortable, accessible to candidates, and with the potential to accommodate a few more consultants and staff members when the time is right.” Select is one of only 15 recruitment training providers accredited by the Recruitment Employment Confederation, as well as a member of the British Franchise Association. It conducts all training in-house for every new member of staff as they come on board.
Select Appointments Recruitment
www.selectfranchising.co.uk franchiseteam@select.co.uk 0115 828 1263
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