Consensus on people development

Consensus Recruitmentís groundbreaking people development programme has received unprecedented praise from the industry body.

The specialist construction recruiterís scheme has been described by the Recruitment and Employment Confederationís (REC) training and professional development team as ëone of the most comprehensive and structured programmes they have seen employed within a recruitment environmentí.

The Consensus People Development programme was developed in conjunction with recruitment communicators Cadence People Strategy, and completion of it will automatically count towards the individual member of staffís REC CPD scheme.

Gareth Osborne, managing director of REC said: ëI was hugely impressed with Consensusís in-house people development programme.í He added: ëI was especially pleased that it embraces all staff including administrators and back-office staff to management gradesÖ The programme is highly innovative and extends far beyond the core recruitment skills and knowledge and cleverly encompasses corporate social responsibility, business skills and individual skills like languages.í

Martin Tyrrell, managing director of Consensus, said: `We wanted to design a people development programme that underlined our commitment to the REC. It should also take our responsibilities as an employer as far as possible in helping people achieve personal goals that will help them grow as recruiters and individuals. We are already seeing a business return on our investment with record results and high employee retention and satisfaction rates. I am delighted that the REC is as impressed with our commitment as our staff are.í

Consensus specialises in recruiting for the built environment. The company is about to celebrate the start of its fifth year and is making a name for itself as a firm thatís determined to break the mould for recruitment companies.