Recruitment
“Ford & Stanley have had the pleasure of working closely with Donna Baker throughout 2015 since her permanent appointment as Operations Support and Internal Recruitment Manager at Lloyd's Register Rail in late 2014.
Donna, having moved "in house" from a recruitment consultancy herself has a strong appreciation for recruitment suppliers and sets the standard in the way she engages with her supply chain and PSL.
Our nomination is based on not a singular success but a list of achievements which include:
- Hosting and coordinating the YRP/Young Lloyd's Register Rail International Exchange drinks reception
- Creating a graduate selection, job fair and recruitment programme and successfully recruited LRR's first two graduate engineers
- Developed a thorough yet swift recruitment process which has enabled LRR to interview, secure and retain the top engineering talent providing the company to become highly competitive in a skills short candidate market
The tremendous success we have shared with Lloyd's Register Rail this year is a direct reflection of Donna’s proactive approach, the way she sees the value in close working partnerships and her appreciation of how tough it is to secure talent from a very skills short candidate market. This along with the above listed achievements we feel makes Donna deserving of recognition, if not the award itself.“
“Since joining us Donna has made a massive difference to our recruitment effort. She has efficiently managed our supply chain of recruitment consultants for both permanent and contract staff and has introduced new procedures to make the recruitment process and efficient as possible.
Donna has also done a lot of work in developing the candidate experience from preparing candidate for interview through to offer and on-boarding.
The result of all this effort is that we have exceeded our recruitment targets for last year and have started the new financial year and our transition to Ricardo in good shape.“
“Donna has assisted in our recent recruitment drive and improved the success rate we have achieved. We have a seen an increasing level of applications from both permanent and contract staff in a widespread range of application domains.
Internally, she has adapted and improved recruitment procedures and provided assistance to staff involved in the interviewing process to make them aware of their responsibilities under current legislation.
Additionally, our induction process are now clearly defined and efficient which means that successful candidates are smoothly integrated into the business with the minimum fuss.“
“Brilliant recruiter, well organised, recruited over 20 staff this year, organiser of interviews, contracts, great personality well liked, fun to be with.“
“Both myself and my girlfriend had a really good time at Sandals in Jamaica. Thank you to the RailStaff team!”
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