Volume 12 - April 2023
WELCOME & MARKET COMMENTARY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GROUP
UPCOMING EVENTS MRG AROUND THE GLOBE NEW STARTERS, CELEBRATIONS & SHOUTOUT MRG OUTSIDE OF OFFICE
MARKETING UPDATES TRAINING UPDATES
Welcome to the April Edition
of the MRG Newsletter!
This has been a month for festivities, with the Easter weekend and Ramadan & Eid celebrated by many of our teams. This means April has come with extra challenges as we navigate long weekends, annual leave commitments and school holidays!
MARKET COMMENTARY
We’ve launched headfirst into Q2 with a promising start on conversions in April Week 1 before a challenging two-week period during the middle part of the month. However, strong interim figures and good March conversions (as well as a couple of fee moves into April) mean that we are on course to exceed the April Group target of £550k which is great news. Looking ahead, conversions have been off the pace over the last couple of weeks so we need to arrest this trend to build up May, June and beyond.
Ben Duffill
MARKETING UPDATES
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GROUP MRG Terms of Business
Last month, MRG reached an incredible 30,000 followers on LinkedIn! And this number is still growing. The biggest spike in followers was observed on 1st March with 657 new followers. We had two posts that day, the ZSL Featured Client announcement (further boosted by tagging the client) and Living Assets and Corporate Real Estate (Austin & Chris M). This demonstrates the effectiveness of original content and tagging our relevant clients and candidates for further reach. If you have any ideas for content, get in touch with Emily. The past month has been spent by many of our colleagues overseas observing Ramadan and celebrating Eid. Our Ramadan interview by Kadija and Alison highlighted the importance of inclusivity and was very well received. If you haven’t checked it out already, you can read all about it here.
New MRG Terms of Business for clients and candidates to be rolled out within the next couple of weeks – Katherine Beesley will be running a Teams training session next month. Company Library - this is growing and will become a one stop shop via the intranet to look for process notes and guidance. Excel Training – we are planning to run a session on excel to trade hints and tips in the next couple of months. AI – we are looking at AI solutions that will help content writing - watch this space!
A huge thank you to all who took part and Eliane and Charlotte for running the sessions last month. To recap: • All briefing forms (Flips, Tiles & Proposals) are now saved on the Intranet right here: B riefing Documents • You can also find all branded assets (linkedin headers, email signature, teams background,
etc) on the Intranet right here: Branded Assets • Here’s the example of Blueprint A (10 pages) • And the example of Blueprint B (12 pages)
SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT GROUP UPDATE
We are also pleased to announce the rollout of new Candidate Interview Briefing Documents: This document is for consultants to send to candidates when confirming their interviews and contains the basic information a candidate requires in an appealing format. A standardised document in this style demonstrates our professional approach, thus enhancing MRG’s market perception as a senior executive search firm. You will find the MRG and Bids versions here: Interview Confirmation Template Please ensure that once you have inputted all information into the Word file, you then 'save as' a pdf. The document must only be shared with candidates as a pdf.
We had the first of two Bullhorn training sessions on Friday, which was very well received, and people were able to utilise having a trained Bullhorn person on hand to answer any questions they had on how to use the system. If you missed this session, don’t forget we are running another workshop next Friday, 5th May. Coming up next week, the team will be having a demo from Bullhorn, as if we are new clients. This is for them to demonstrate the full capabilities of Bullhorn are. This will give us a new perspective; potentially discover aspects we’re not using to its full potential in order to make some quick wins. It may be simple redesigns in the way we utilise the system, since we moved to Bullhorn 8 years ago it might be helpful to look at it with fresh eyes. This will help us develop bullhorn so it can work better for us.
A note on Brand fonts:
For body copy use Roboto Light in 12pt. For sub-headers use Roboto Bold. For HEADERS & TITLES use Space Mono Regular in ALL CAPS or normal. The MRG fonts are also saved in the Other folder under MRG Fonts.
Please make sure to install these fonts onto your computer if you haven’t already. Thank you!
LINKEDIN TRAINING UPDATE – APRIL The next training module for April is Recruiter and the good news is, this module overlaps significantly with Business Development and Sourcer, so if you’ve completed the previous two modules, you will have completed a lot of this already. All resources for Recruiter can be found here: Education Plan - Staffing (role specific).pptx on page 5 . I have highlighted in red the modules that have already been covered previously so feel free to skip these. This leaves three, 5 minute sections, which are as follows: Tutorial- 5 minutes Searching for Contractors with LinkedIn Recruiter Tip Sheet- 5 minutes Attract Talent with Your Job Posts Tutorial- 5 minutes Start Recruiting Proactively I’ve had feedback from a number of people requesting tutorials around attracting talent with job posts. I have had a read through the tip sheet “Attract Talent with Your Job Posts” and I think the “quick tips” right at the bottom of the page should be somewhat useful. Try it out on your posts and let me know how you get on.
LIGHTHOUSE TRAINING CLUB IS NOW LIVE!
As you may be aware, we are long time sponsors of the Lighthouse Club charity, which does amazing work supporting the emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to construction workers and their families. The Lighthouse Club has recently launched a Wellbeing Academy platform for Mental Health resources, which includes a wealth of self-paced e-learning through to online tutor led masterclasses. As sponsors, these are free for us to access.
Some of the self-paced courses are around managing Anxiety & Stress, Budgeting, Building Resilience and Resolving Conflict. A full list of courses and how to register can be found here. The Masterclasses are delivered via Zoom, taking roughly 30-40 minutes each, and as part of Mental Health week 2023 we will be sharing details of them over the next few weeks. They include:
MEDITATION MON, 15 MAY 2023, 17:00–18:00 BST Practical Session –this session gives you the opportunity to try two simple everyday techniques that can positively affect your mental health, and a guided meditation experience
MINDFULNESS WED, 17 MAY 2023, 17:00–18:00 BST Covers what mindfulness is about and how you can implement mindfulness into your daily routine.
Job exposure drops off after the first week or two – if your job post is up longer than this, viewings and applications tend to drop off significantly after the first week. Consider closing the job completely and reposting it fresh, to boost its viewings.
RESILIENCE THU, 18 MAY 2023, 17:00–18:00 BST How to build resilience and a strong mindset, with tips to keep your resilience growing through challenging times.
SELF-CARE WED, 31 MAY 2023, 12:00–13:00 BST Learn how self-care practices can improve our lives and help us function at our best. Understand practical ways to create self-care into our everyday lives to help us look after our minds and bodies.
GOT AN IDEA? WE WANT TO HEAR IT!
Don’t forget, we are always looking for new ideas and we want everyone to get involved in the growth and change within the business. If you think of any specific training you, or your team would like to see, or you have an idea around socials, business improvement, or anything else ad hoc – all ideas are valid and welcome, and we want to hear it. Please send a note to ideas@mrgpeople.co.uk.
UPCOMING TRAINING SESSIONS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Bullhorn Training Workshops – w/ Bullhorn Customer Success Managers Friday 28th April 11.30am-12.30pm - via Teams Friday 5th May 11.30am-12.30pm - via Teams Bullhorn’s Customer Success Managers have offered us two face-to-face training sessions in order to help us improve how we use Bullhorn, and ultimately help us to work more efficiently. The session will include helpful techniques to help streamline searching, pipeline/workflow management and general usage and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you have about the day-to-day use of Bullhorn. Please RSVP to your preferred session. It is essential training for anyone who uses Bullhorn within the business. Speak to Alison if you have any questions or need adding to an invitation.
New MRG Terms of Business for clients and candidates – w/ Katherine Beesley Wednesday 10th May 11.00am – 11.30am - via Teams Wednesday 17th May 11.00am - 11.30am - via Teams
This will be a short bitesized session for the UK business, giving you an overview of the new terms of business and how to navigate them with your clients and candidates. You only need to attend one session.
Eurovision 2023 – Hosted by Great Britain!
Identifying Personalities and How to Manage them Effectively – w/ Matthew Evans Thursday 25th May 12.00-1.30pm - Lunch & Learn – in Person Friday 26th May 08.30-09.30am - via Teams This session has been requested by a number of people in the business and will cover the basics of Thomas International behavioural profiling, how to spot traits in your contacts and candidates, and how to communicate with these people effectively using the Thomas International principles.
30TH JUNE 2023 MRG Annual Summer Conference
You should have all received a diary invitation for the summer conference which is on 30th June 2023. For the first time ever, this event will be broadcast live to the Global team ensuring we are inclusive of the business as a whole. More information will be shared in due course.
A diary invitation will be sent around, please RSVP – refreshments (in person) will be provided.
MRG Value Nominations Are your colleagues living the MRG Values? Have you seen someone being Relentless, Forensic, Inclusive or Inventive, either at work, or in their daily life? We want to recognise and reward those who have been championed. Please send any nominations to the board here: charlotte.rush@mrgpeople.co.uk
PAST EVENTS
MRG BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR On Thursday 27th April, the Charity committee hosted the first charity event of the year, following the brilliant success of last years’ charity pub quiz. A special thank you to the board and everyone who donated fantastic prizes. We raised a fantastic £533 for Mind, which will go towards supporting people with mental health problems and campaigning for better services for everyone in the UK. A special thanks to Hannah and Jen for their incredible effort organising the event, it’s safe to say everyone had a lovely time. Congratulations to Dee for bagging top prizes of a £250 Ivy Voucher! And Congratulations to The 4 Queens, who won the Quiz.
“Meat & two Veg”
“Fintal”
“Diversity”
The fabulous Charity team!
“Marketing Team Deluxe”
“The Thatchers”
£533 WE RAISED FOR MIND!
The Raffle Prizes
“The Outcasts”
“The 4 Queens”
MRGPA’s Linkedin page achieved 10k followers last week.
SOCIAL & CHARITY We’ve had a number of fantastic social and charity-based events in London recently. Last month was the UK Company end of quarter social which was a fun and inclusive event hosted by James. The team enjoyed several rounds of virtual cricket and football games in a private hired space, followed by a boogie. It was a fun and inclusive event which was enjoyed by everyone. Special shout outs to Charley and Austin for hitting multiple sixes out the park!
Steph Tickner visited the KL office from Bali at the end of March, spending a few days in the office to meet and get to know the team. We had a team lunch and after work drinks. Siti and Olly celebrated Eid (also referred to as Hari Raya Aidilfitri here in Malaysia) last weekend with their nearest and dearest.
CELEBRATIONS
WORK ANNIVERSARIES
Welcome to Eshe Muhammad, who joined us this month as a delivery consultant. Eshé has worked in recruitment for just over 2 years and more recently worked for Peridot Partners where she worked with schools focused on Heads, Governors and Trustees. Eshé’s focus is on candidate generation and delivery as well as working with Jenni and Melanie to improve the quality of our data. We are super excited that she’s joined, and we hope that she will be an amazing asset to the team and MRG.
DAVE C (7 YEARS)
DANIEL S (1 YEAR)
CHRIS BROCK (2 YEARS)
ASHLEY MATTHEW (1 YEAR)
DEE DAVIES (1 YEAR SINCE REJOINING)
CHARLOTTE T (6 YEARS)
MEGAN GROENEWALD (1 YEAR)
And welcome to Charlotte Rush, who joined MRG on a permanent basis at the beginning of April.
BIRTHDAYS
Mel Pye
As a Board member and Marketing and Operations Director, she’s been making a big impact at MRG long before this appointment. Charlotte has led the development of the MRG brand values and new website launch last year, and she now leads the transformation to MRG Global (mrgglobal.com), as we continue to grow internationally. She’s a great leader, she’s always immensely supportive of her team and makes them feel valued. We are delighted to have you on board.
Davina Cooper
Laura Turner
Matt Giles
Leena Lais
We recently conducted an internal survey asking the team who they believe embodies our four core values to be; Inclusive, Relentless, Forensic and Inventive. Congratulations to Nick Coppard whom his colleagues nominated for embodying Relentless. Nick is Business Sector Director for our Real Estate Development Practice that operates in the Education, Health, Science and Public Sector markets. He is relentless in his approach to delivering outstanding results for our clients at all stages of recruitment campaigns, and most notably sets an example by persevering to deliver high-quality and diverse shortlists against very challenging briefs in highly competitive markets. And a big shout out to Emily for supporting the business units with brand recognition, original content creation for many consultants, and she’s done a great job regenerating the featured client page in the last few months. The Management Recruitment Group is a values-driven business, and those values underpin everything we do.
Fun Filled 50th Happy Birthday to Mel, who celebrated a milestone birthday with her family at home and also in the office with colleagues. Daughter Katie made a fabulous cake and gremlin cupcakes, stayed in a grand hotel and received a bountiful bouquet from the team at MRG.
Wedding Belle Congratulations to Eunice who got married to her partner Leo at East Ham Town Hall. They had a beautiful ceremony with friends and family on the 15th April.
UAEaster Celebrations Charlotte visited Dubai with her family over Easter and had a lovely relaxing time – making a splash at the waterpark.
A Marrakech Marriage James and his wife took a trip to sunny Morocco to celebrate a friend’s wedding earlier this month.
Let’s Eid! Kadija visiting her auntie and uncle in Acton to celebrate Eid – they prayed, broke their fast with a delicious banquet of food, and went to a lounge to celebrate (and eat some more!!)
Wheely Helpful Austin and his son Ellis spent the weekend toiling in the garden.
Sheep & Cheerful
‘Tis the ski-son Izabela took a trip to the snowy mountains of Chamonix, France for a weeks’ getaway.
Dee took daughter Ellie to the farm where they were slightly traumatised by the unexpected live birthing of a lamb. All was quickly forgiven with a ride on the tractors
A Pause for PMQs Mike took the day off work last week to attend Prime Ministers Questions at the Houses of Parliament and took a moment to appreciate the incredible architecture in the chambers of the House of Commons.
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