ACR is moving to Lynch Wood

It’s been a busy three months for the team and I as we have been preparing for our upcoming office move.

Now I am delighted to announce that we will be operating from our new offices at 25 Commerce Road on the Lynch Wood Business Park from Monday 17^th June.

This is an exciting move for us and simply reflects the way in which recruitment has changed. The digital revolution has transformed the ways in which we interact with both clients and candidates, meaning that a city centre base is no longer a necessity for the modern recruitment agency.

When Anne Corder Recruitment began life 18 years ago, the business advertised vacancies in the local media and relied on candidates dropping in hard copy cvs or faxing them through to our city centre offices.

The process – whilst being thorough – was slow and labour intensive.  Being in the city centre was important for us, keen to attract candidates looking to register with their cvs or apply for vacancies during lunch breaks or city centre visits.

Now, vacancies are advertised on our digital ‘shop window’ – our website – as well as in different specialist forums, to which candidates apply almost instantly with digital cvs and application letters.

Even psychometric testing is done digitally nowadays.  Location is less important in this modern world of recruitment.

Our new premises have been immaculately refurbished to provide a fresh and contemporary office environment that is much more user-friendly. We have more space; more interview and conference rooms and we are in the midst of many of our existing and potential business clients.

There is ample parking space to make attending interviews that much easier and the business park has excellent public transport too.

Technology is a wonderful tool but it is only ever as good as the diligence of the people using it – and that is where there is simply no substitute for recruitment experience when interviewing candidates prior to presenting them to clients.

And that is where professional recruitment agencies add real value to clients and candidates. Clients require short lists of qualified candidates to speed up the recruitment process and find the right person. Candidates are equally keen to ensure the potential employer is right for them. Bringing all those pieces together is the real art of recruitment.