Recruitment & HR Services

Rural Directions make it our business to work hard for employers by going the extra mile to connect the right job seeker for the right job every time.

Brent & Gretchen

Recruitment

In today’s environment, having the right talent on your team is essential to success. However, finding the right job seeker for a position, from reviewing resumes to identifying quality job seekers, scheduling interviews and finally selecting the best match is time consuming and potentially costly.

Rural Directions provide a professional, customised, end-to-end service comprising job design and a full position scope through to marketing the role, networking with potential applicants, shortlisting, interviewing, reference checking, negotiations, placement and follow up for both Permanent and Short-Term Recruitment. We will navigate the recruitment process for you to ensure you secure the right job seeker, for the right job, every time.

We operate with confidentiality, integrity, and professionalism and work hard to give you a stress-free recruitment experience. Protecting your brand and the privacy of our job seekers is central to how we do business.

This service is backed by a 3-month placement guarantee, where we will replace the employee in line with our Standard Terms & Conditions of Trade.  After your new employee starts, we will keep in contact with you both to ensure the employment relationship is a success.

Hourly Recruitment Services

At Rural Directions, we understand that no two recruitment needs are the same. That’s why we offer flexible, customised solutions; you choose the level of support and services that best fit your business and budget!

Our hourly service is designed to support you with your recruitment project, we can step in and out of the process to suit your individual needs. Unbundled service options include:

• Job design and position description creation
• Customisation of an advertisement and recommending/coordinating marketing of the role
• Job seeker networking and search
• Access to Rural Directions Marketing Package (website and socials)
• Management of job seeker enquiries/candidate management
• Assisting with the recruitment process up until shortlisting stage
• Shortlisting/phone interviews and reference checking (due diligence)
• Interview coordination
• Job offer and negotiations an offer/compliance documentation
• Pre-employment tests, checks and assessments (medical/drug/criminal/driver’s licence etc)
• Job seeker outcomes and communications

HR Outsourcing

HR outsourcing provides our clients with cost-effective resourcing alternatives, certainty and flexibility. At Rural Directions, we understand the complexities of HR functions and the importance of a healthy, engaged and well-managed workforce.  HR Advisors can be:

• Contracted for fixed term project assignments
• Engaged as required on a hourly basis for specific issues, support or guidance
• Retained to provide a human resource capability for a low fixed monthly fee

These arrangements suit our clients who generally do not require full time, ongoing human resource management expertise, but want the capability when they need it for assurance, compliance and strategic purposes.

Choose the type of engagement to suit your business needs, time horizon and budget including:

• Full Employee Life-Cycle support
• HR Compliance e.g., Policies and Employment Agreements
• HR Audits
• Performance Management
• Performance Review and personal Development Plans
• NZFAP Plus People Compliance
• Changes and Restructures
• Outplacement Services
• Position Descriptions
• Remuneration Banding
• Facilitation of Additional Services:
• Psychometric Assessments and Abilities Testing
• Background Checks (ACC, Criminal, Credit & Driver’s Licence etc)
• Drug Testing, Medical Checks

All work can be performed at your premises, off-site or delivered remotely.