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New to this profession as I am, you quickly find out that on average we (as recruiters) do not have the freshest reputation. Stalking candidates and/or clients, little transparency when it’s all about trust and reliability, are examples of irritants.
And that’s when the point is to connect a candidate and a company in such a way that both see the match as completely viable. This requires close coordination, reliability and transparency.
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Open form (what is that?).
To reverse this paradox, at least in part, Xentys has come up with “Open Form”: a clear and open formula for search/recruitment/deta-property that clearly and transparently formulates costs, risk mark-ups and choices in risk. And so is a beginning for reliability and trust.
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How does it work?
Open form’s main features are:
- Exclusive assignment for a period of 6 weeks: this allows us to tell the company’s story and convince the candidate of the company’s intentions and what his or her role will be in it.
- A clear outline of cost and risk calculation. Strong candidates do not want to be paid on a flex basis first in the run-up to a new job. The client wants flexibility. Then Xentys hires the candidate, thereby bearing the risk of premature termination, which translates to a surcharge on salary costs. Once agreed upon, the agreed-upon mark-up remains in place and there is a transparent link between monthly wages and costs for the client.
- The fee for finding a suitable candidate is incorporated into the cost of secondment, spread over 6 months.
- If we and you as a client have done well together, the candidate can be employed (permanent or otherwise) from 6 months after starting without further obligations towards xentys.
- With this construction, the financial risk if the candidate is let go, lies with Xentys, which thus has a strong incentive to find and select the right candidate and not just someone with a nice CV. That seems fair to me where success of the recruitment process is key.
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