Handing a vacancy to a recruitment agency means trusting someone else to represent the role, assess potential candidates and decide who is worth putting in front of you. For an employer comparing recruitment partners, the work that happens before a CV reaches the desk is a useful measure of what the agency will actually contribute.
Orchard Professional Solutions follows a staged recruitment process built around understanding the requirement, attracting candidates, screening applicants and matching suitable profiles against the vacancy. Based in Beverley, the independent, family-owned recruitment company supports employers across manufacturing, construction, logistics and office and admin recruitment.
The Vacancy Brief Sets the Direction
Before candidate attraction begins, Orchard Professional Solutions gathers the information required to understand the vacancy and the employer’s staffing needs. The role, relevant skills, experience and other requirements provide the specification against which potential candidates can then be assessed.
That keeps the search focused on the position rather than relying on matching job titles alone. Experience, qualifications, personal qualities and other relevant factors can be considered in relation to what the employer actually needs from the person taking the role.
The eventual recruitment route can vary as well. Orchard Professional Solutions provides temporary, Temp to Perm and permanent recruitment, allowing the same initial understanding of the vacancy to lead towards different types of placement.
Five Stages From Candidate Search to Placement
Orchard Professional Solutions sets out a step-by-step employer process that moves a vacancy from candidate attraction towards interview or placement. The five broad stages are:
- Advertisement and attraction: Advertise the vacancy and identify potentially relevant candidates already within Orchard’s recruitment system.
- Initial telephone screening: Discuss the candidate’s skills, experience, attitude towards work and understanding of the role.
- Registration and further assessment: Complete registration, discuss the position in more detail and carry out relevant checks and documentation.
- Skills evaluation: Assess eligible candidates against the employer’s specification before presenting profiles or CVs.
- Interview or placement: Coordinate the arrangements needed to progress selected candidates according to the recruitment requirement.
Each stage narrows the search further. By the time a candidate reaches the employer, Orchard has already gathered information beyond what appears on the initial application.
Candidate Attraction Starts With More Than an Advert
Orchard Professional Solutions advertises vacancies across major job boards, giving candidates who are actively looking for a new position a route into the recruitment process. The team also uses its internal recruitment software to communicate with already-onboarded candidates who appear relevant to a new role.
That existing candidate pool gives Orchard another starting point when an employer brings in a vacancy. Regardless of where the candidate enters the process, the employer’s specification remains the reference point for deciding who should progress.
The next stage adds context that an application or CV may not provide on its own. Through an initial telephone interview, Orchard discusses the candidate’s skills and experience, assesses how these relate to the role and makes sure the applicant understands the basic requirements of the position.
Screening and Registration Build a Fuller Candidate Picture
The telephone conversation also gives Orchard Professional Solutions an opportunity to understand the candidate’s attitude towards work and other experience they may bring. Suitable candidates can then progress to registration and a further interview.
Registration can take place face to face or, depending on the candidate’s location, through an online platform. Orchard uses the interview to make further assessments of skills and give the candidate more specific information about the position for which they have applied.
Relevant documentation and checks are also handled as part of the recruitment service. Orchard’s employer offer covers Right to Work, background and skills checks, adding practical verification alongside the conversations used to assess experience and suitability for the vacancy.
Candidate Profiles Stay Tied to the Employer’s Specification
Once an eligible candidate has completed registration, Orchard Professional Solutions can provide the employer with their profile or CV. Skills, experience, qualifications and personal qualities are considered against the specification supplied for the vacancy.
Orchard also considers attitude alongside formal work history. A candidate with relevant or adaptable skills may therefore be presented with additional context that helps the employer understand what they could bring to the role.
The result is a shortlist shaped by the requirements established at the beginning of the process. The employer can review candidates who have already passed through several stages of conversation, registration and assessment rather than conducting every introductory step internally.
From Candidate Profile to Interview or Placement
What happens after candidate presentation depends on the recruitment requirement. A permanent vacancy may progress to an employer interview, while a Temp to Perm position can lead towards the candidate beginning an assignment before potentially joining the employer directly.
Orchard Professional Solutions manages practical interview arrangements, including relevant contact information, attendee details and virtual interview links where required. This keeps the coordination around the interview with the recruitment team while the employer retains the decision about whether the candidate should progress.
For Temp to Perm roles, Orchard confirms details such as pay or charge rate, contract length and start dates with the employer before confirming the candidate. The team also communicates with the employer regarding candidate feedback from the first day and throughout the assignment.
A Recruitment Service Employers Can Examine
Orchard’s process gives employers concrete points to consider when deciding whether the service fits their hiring needs. You can see how the vacancy is understood, where candidates are sourced, what happens during screening and registration and how eligible profiles are assessed before reaching you.
That visibility is particularly useful when the value of a recruitment partner lies in work the employer does not necessarily see firsthand. Candidate attraction is only one part of Orchard Professional Solutions’ role; the service also covers screening, assessment, matching and the coordination required to move suitable candidates towards an interview or placement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What information does Orchard Professional Solutions need about a vacancy?
Orchard Professional Solutions gathers the information required to understand the role and the employer’s staffing requirements before candidate attraction begins. Those details provide the specification used when screening and matching potential candidates.
How does Orchard Professional Solutions find candidates?
Orchard Professional Solutions advertises vacancies across major job boards and uses its internal recruitment software to communicate with relevant candidates who are already onboarded. Potential candidates are then assessed against the requirements of the vacancy.
Does Orchard Professional Solutions screen candidates before sending their CVs?
Yes. Orchard Professional Solutions conducts an initial telephone interview before progressing suitable candidates through registration and further assessment, after which eligible profiles or CVs can be supplied to the employer.
Can candidate registration take place online?
Yes, depending on the candidate’s location. Orchard Professional Solutions can conduct the registration and accompanying interview in person or through an online platform where appropriate.
Does Orchard Professional Solutions coordinate interviews?
Yes. Orchard Professional Solutions manages practical interview arrangements, including contact information, attendee details and virtual interview links where required, before the employer proceeds with its assessment of the candidate.
A defined recruitment process lets you judge the work behind a candidate introduction before a placement is made. From the vacancy brief through screening and matching to interview or placement, Orchard Professional Solutions keeps your staffing requirements tied to each stage of the recruitment work. Review the employer recruitment process to see how the team can support your next staffing requirement.
