A big impact in a small business: how SF Recruitment made flexible working work in an SME
Flexible working makes a good business case, promising to deliver better engagement, productivity and staff retention. But these benefits can sometimes be seen as the preserve of big corporations, perceived to have the resources needed to make flexible working a success.
Slalom – Finalist 2023, Best for flexible recruitment
Slalom puts flexible working front and centre of the recruitment process, as a way to celebrate individuality and attract the best talent that represents diverse communities with which they work.
Grant Thornton – Finalist 2023, Best Flexible Recruitment
Grant Thornton’s belief in agile and flexible working is clear throughout each stage of the recruitment process, with hiring manager support and education key to both communicating their flexible ethos and bringing it to fruition.
British Society for Rheumatology – Winner 2023, Best for flexible recruitment
The British Society for Rheumatology puts people at the heart of their recruitment process. Their practices reflect their dedication to flexible working, threading it through job design and interviews, with clearly effective results.
SenseOn Tech – Finalist 2022, Best Small Employer
Since its launch in 2017, SenseOn has enabled flexible working practices, empowering employees to take ownership of where, when and how they work to boost productivity and grow the business.
SF Recruitment – Finalist 2022, Best Flexible Recruitment
SF Recruitment’s clear commitment to flexibility is communicated throughout their recruitment process, helping to attract and retain the best talent.
Slalom – Commended 2022, Best Flexible Recruitment
Slalom recognises that offering flexibility enables them to tap into a diverse pool of talent, which in turn helps them address their clients’ diverse challenges.
Hill Dickinson LLP – Winner 2022, Best Flexible Recruitment
With a focus on flexibility and inclusivity, Hill Dickinson’s recruitment strategy makes a career in law more accessible.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Winner 2022, Best for All Families
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield strive to reflect the dynamism and diversity of the communities within which they operate and have put measures in place to achieve the best possible balance between work and home life for their employees.
Incremental Group – Winner 2020 – Scottish Top Employer Awards (Flexible Recruitment)
Incremental Group firmly believes that work is a thing you do and not a place you go.
Scout’s Scotland – Winner 2020 – Scottish Top Employers Awards (Third Sector)
Scout’s Scotland understands that people need to be able to balance work and life at home in a healthy way.
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure – Winner 2019, Best for Embedded Flexibility
Incorporating greater flexibility to job roles and regularly communicating the benefits of flexible working to staff means more than 60 per cent of employees now work flexibly, and job applications have increased by 38 per cent.