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and acquisition strategy

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About us

We are passionate about research.

We’re on a mission to transform the way organisations identify and engage the

people they need now and in the future. And we’re doing it on a global scale.

We help progressive organisations move from expensive, reactive, recruitment to

proactive, cost-effective resourcing strategies, saving businesses time and money.

Our unique approach results in reduced cost and time to hire, and provides

invaluable insight.

Write Research transforms your talent acquisition strategy, helping to break the

costly cycle of reactive recruiting. We help clients make better informed people

decisions, based on insight, to deliver sustainable success.

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Our reach as a company

WRC World map

A dedicated team for each major

industry sector

All Languages covered

Over 3000 unique assignments


Three ways we revolutionise your resourcing

We use research to help you hire the best talent

into an immediate need at a reduced cost and

time to hire.

Quality hires at a reduced cost

Opportunity to hire multiple people at no

additional cost

Reduced time to hire

Market feedback

Applications include:

– Senior executive hiring Hard to find /

specialist skill set

– High competition for talent geographically

Our Services

We use research to help you build pools of the

best talent to meet your short, medium or long

term talent needs. Helping to break the cycle of

reactive recruiting.

Reduced time and cost to hire

Opportunity to hire multiple people at no

additional cost

Proactive build to get ahead of the curve


– Building medium term capability to meet

org. design or for diversity

– Succession planning against identified

roles

We use research to help you build a real-time

picture of the external market so you can make

better informed decisions:

Real-time insight to support strategic

decision- making


– Company relocation – where is the talent?

– Reward benchmarking

– Best practice – structure, process,

ownership

– Talent due diligence

Talent Search Talent Pipelining Talent Insight


Creating actionable insights

Our methodology

Using highly-developed research and mapping skills, we gather intelligence and collate

information about the people, organisations and markets in which you compete for

talent.

This knowledge is translated into actionable insights that will transform your talent

acquisition and resourcing strategy and deliver sustainable organisational success.

Our unique approach will help you gain a deep understanding of the location,

motivations, perceptions, salaries and career decision making processes of ‘best-in-

class’ talent around the world.

We make the invisible, visible. Unlike recruitment companies, our focus is on

discovering high performers who aren’t visible in the marketplace, who don’t appear on

CV databases and who typically aren’t actively looking to move.

What we deliver

We are passionate about using

research to find innovative solutions

to complex resourcing issues. We

deliver results – first time-every time.

We think strategically to deliver

operational results that inform

business strategy.

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We are helping clients to reduce the

cost of talent acquisition. We flex the

resource you need based on

supplementing your own capabilities,

to provide real-time talent intelligence

to drive organisational insight and

change

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Creating actionable insights

Bespoke Insight

We’re in this for the long term. We don’t just focus on filling your immediate openings.

Instead, we use the insight we gather for your long term benefit to create a sustainable

pipeline of high-performing people to meet your current and future opportunities. We

don’t have our own database - everything we do is bespoke.

Our retained fees are a straightforward reflection of the number of days our

researchers are focussed on your needs. It means we don’t charge placement fees

arbitrarily based on a percentage of salary and there are no hidden extras for project

management, scoping or reporting.

We know that one size doesn’t fit all. You can rest assured that we use the most

sophisticated, targeted and focused telephone and web-based research techniques

available to deliver the vital intelligence that your organisation needs.

We absolutely understand the need to mix flexibility with structure, process and

previous experience. That’s why our approach isn’t a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution - it

allows us to design and tailor an individual solution that matches your requirements.

How We Work

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What makes us different

Why Write Research?

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We think differently – we

think talent, we think

intelligence, and that leads to

recruitment, as and when

your business needs to

replace or grow.

We do not maintain a

candidate database for our

own purpose . Every

candidate identified on

your behalf is sourced

exclusively for your

organisation.

A genuine partnership where

you retain strategic and

management control of your

talent acquisition process –

delegating as much, or as

little, as you require.

Our focus is placed firmly

on ‘passive candidates to

help you build

relationships with talent

who want to work for you,

not those just looking for a

job.

Visible added value. We

deliver superior candidates,

market intelligence and

organisational insight for a

fraction of the expense of

traditional methods.

Our cost model is

transparent. Clients only

pay for the time invested by

our team. Multiple

placements can be made

from our work at no

additional cost.

There is a better way

CASE STUDIES


Organisational Insight in a FTSE 100 financial services business

Write Research Case Study

The Legal and Compliance Director of a global insurer was considering a major overhaul of his

function to improve efficiency and required a picture of best practice in order to inform his decision

making.

Write Research identified the legal, compliance and regulatory risk functions of our client’s biggest

competitors and delivered detailed organisational charts of where each role sits in the organisation,

which role it reports into, the names of individuals in these roles, remuneration information and

detailed role responsibilities.

The insight we provided enabled him to understand the key differences between his organisation

and those in competitor organisations. It provided insight into how best to restructure the function in

order to meet strategic objectives. The fact we were able to provide the details of key individuals in

key positions in his competitor’s functions, means that our client has a potential talent pool for any

new roles that arise as a result of the restructure.


Remuneration Benchmarking for a FTSE 100 company


In order to improve talent attraction within a finite talent pool, our client required an

understanding of the remuneration levels of post PhD Pharmaceutical students in Boston,

USA. This intelligence is challenging to gather given the specific nature of the brief and

because the pharmaceutical sector is notoriously private when releasing information.

Using our research methodology and networks, Write Research conducted a rigorous analysis

of remuneration packages of post PhD students in competitor pharmaceutical businesses,

academic institutions and medical establishments.

The report was well received by our client who had previously been advised that this

information would be impossible to obtain without sizeable financial investment. The business

has used the information to redefine its proposition to this population making it easier for

them to access and attract the right talent.


Improving diversity at a luxury automotive brand


Recognising that diversity results in an improved way of thinking, our client had put focus on

diversity, and in particular on improving its gender split. The client was interested in building a

talent pipeline of senior females that they could approach directly in due course. The brief was

to look for women in related industries who were currently responsible for delivering strategic

leadership and direction of major projects and programmes, and would be in the £80,000-

£110,000 salary bracket.

We identified 40 women in the target talent pool for the client to approach directly. The client

has developed the list we provided into an active talent pipeline from which to make hires

when the need arises. Due to the way we work, the client now owns the data and can use it for

any number of hires now or in the future, providing a cost-effective and forward focused

approach to hiring within a finite talent population.


Talent Search for a Global Technology Company moving into the Far East


Our client, a technology company with over 30,000 employees, was growing into the Far East and

required a Talent Acquisition leader to oversee their Japan-based growth.

Following a detailed brief with stringent requirements, the need was for the individual to be from the

technology sector, fluent in both Japanese and English, and living in Japan. Our researchers

identified relevant individuals and engaged the best talent meeting all the requirements of the client

via a blend of primary telephone and secondary desk research. Following our research, we

approached 99 individuals who we thought had the right potential for the role. From our approaches

we narrowed down the candidates to three CVs that were shortlisted and sent to the client.

The client asked to interview two of the individuals, with one being offered the role, who was in fact

from their direct competitor. In addition, we were able to deliver insight to the client including

detailed team structures, names and contact details of key individuals at the correct levels. Our

client was then in a position to hire more candidates for similar roles from the best available talent

in the market, safeguarding business continuity and beginning to build a talent pipeline for the Far

East business.


Employer brand perception for a global broadcasting company


A major media agency wanted to attract talent outside of its core population; lawyers.

Having little understanding of the attraction factors for this population, and in order to find

out how the organisation was viewed by legal professionals, the client engaged Write

Research to carry out a perception audit.

Using our networks and primary research methodology, we researched perceptions of the

client company amongst lawyers in four different practice areas: digital media, technology,

and intellectual property, and litigation, all within the experience bracket of circa eight

years post-qualification.

We provided the client with benchmark data for remuneration, insight from private

practice lawyers on moving in-house, and perceptions of our client as a potential

employer. We also provided details of individuals who expressed an interest in opening

dialogue with our client regarding specific opportunities. This has enabled our client to

make key hires without the expense of using external agencies and search suppliers. The

client has also built a talent pipeline of potential future candidates meaning time and cost

to hire will be reduced in future too.


Creating an international hub in Singapore


Our client was considering merging all of their global teams in a specific functional area in to a

central hub located in Singapore. Write Research was appointed to provide a picture of the

market and talent availability that would inform the business on risks and opportunities.

Through our research based methodology we identified individuals to approach within the

organisations including senior operational staff and HR at companies that had set up large-

scale operations in Singapore. We spoke to these individuals to understand more about the

challenges, risks and successes they had experienced in the setting up of these operations.

This was supported by evidence from recruitment consultants about the talent marketplace:

challenges, risks, buoyancy, fees, and easy and hard to fill roles, for example.

The research provided consistent views from a broad spectrum of employers and recruiters. A

strong picture of challenges that exist in setting up an operation in Singapore was gathered,

with specific talent insight into talent and talent availability, training, attraction factors, culture

and remuneration. Our client was able to make an informed decision about establishing a hub

in Singapore, business risk was reduced since the client understood the challenges and

opportunities that lay ahead from a talent perspective.

There is a better way

TERMS OF BUSINESS


YOUR UNDERTAKING

You undertake to us to supply a complete and accurate

briefing for each assignment and to advise us of any

material changes during the course of the assignment.

We reserve the right not to commence any work on the

assignment until a purchase order is received by us.

CHARGES AND EXPENSES

Our charges will be calculated mainly by reference to the

time actually spent by us in respect of any work that we

do on your behalf. Our Standard Rate includes telephone

calls, postage and administration costs. It also included

reading and working on papers, correspondence and

preparation of detailed reports.

Our rates have to be reviewed periodically to reflect

increases in overhead costs and inflation. Normally the

rates are reviewed with effect from 1st of April each year.

If a review is carried out before your matter has been

concluded, we will inform you of any variation in the rate

before it takes effect.

In addition to the time spent we may take into account a

number of other factors including any need to carry out

work outside our normal office hours, the complexity of

the research the speed at which action has to be taken,

any particular specialist expertise when the assignment

may demand.

If the terms of our assignment or personal specification are

materially changed during the course of an assignment,

such that part of the work has to be repeated, then you will

be liable to us for the additional work at the standard rate

specified.

Terms and conditions Where a charge reflecting any value element is to be

added, we will explain this to you.

If for any reason this matter does not proceed to

completion, we will be entitled to charge you for work done

and expenses incurred.

PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

All invoices are subject to VAT and payable within 30 days

of delivery of the invoice.

We will be entitled, at our discretion, to charge interest on

a daily basis at 6% over the Bank of England’s Base Rate

from time to time from the date of the bill in cases where

payment is not made within 30 days of delivery by us of the

bill.

You may terminate your instructions to us in writing at any

time. At the date upon receipt of your written notification

of termination of our instructions, we will immediately issue

an invoice covering all work undertaken by us up to the

date of termination.

We will be entitled to keep all papers and documents held

by us while there is money owing to us for our charges and

expenses. If at any stage you do not wish us to continue

doing work and/or incurring charges and expenses on your

behalf you must tell us of this clearly in writing.

If we decide to stop acting for you, for example if you do

not pay a bill, we will tell you the reason and give you notice

in writing.

LIMITED COMPANIES

When accepting instruction to act on behalf of a Limited

Company, we may require a Director and/or controlling

Shareholder to sign a form of Personal Guarantee in

respect of the charges as set out earlier. If such a request

is refused, we will be entitled to stop acting and to require

immediate payment of our charges on an hourly basis and

expenses as set out earlier.

LIABILITY

We take every care to ensure that information provided by

a candidate is accurate, however we have to rely on the

good faith of candidates and cannot accept responsibility

for any information or representation given by them.

We will not be liable for any indirect or consequential

losses including loss of revenue, anticipated profit and

claims by third parties which may arise from the

appointment of any candidate.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

Unless otherwise agreed, and subject to the application of

our then current rates, these Terms and Conditions of

Business shall apply to any future instructions given by you

to this firm.

These Terms and Conditions of Business shall be governed

by English Law.


Write Research Company is part of Capita

plc. We have a global reach with 50% of our

work being undertaken outside of the

UK. The nature of our work makes client

confidentiality important - we’re proud to

be associated with some of the largest,

most successful corporations in the world,

undertaking projects on every continent.

Our clients are typically within the FTSE

100, FTSE 250 and Fortune 500.

Contact Us

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