Closing the Deal

Once the rate has been agreed, obtain a start date from the Manager and relay this to the candidate, ensure that this works for both parties involved.

Send contract to the manager for authorisation and confirm the pay rate to the candidate via email

Obtain from manager the location of placement (it may be different to where the interview is) parking, time of arrival, if they need to bring anything on their first day.

• Once you have placed successfully with a Manager, you have a better chance of them giving you more jobs to fill.
• If they don’t have any vacancies in their own team, do they know if other Team Managers require staff?

Make sure you keep regular contact with the candidate to ensure that they don’t pull out, continue to build up the rapport

If you feel the candidate is having doubts always throw in some comments that could make it more difficult to pull out

“the manager is very excited about you starting”

“They have your desk ready, with you equipment, mousemat etc”

“They have set you up their systems and everything is ready for you to start”

Make sure you add the deal to Bullhorn with the pay and bill rate

• Make sure that we have confirm with the candidate how they will be paid, and the reasons for this.
• Obtain their Umbrella or Limited Company if not within IR35 (ensure they are FCSA accredited), if not ensure that you send the Umbrella company the questionnaire.