February 2017

, Search Construction is a national supplier of white and blue collar personnel to the Building and Civil Engineering industry. We invited Recruiting Expertise award winning Director Paul Kynaston to tell us more. Search Construction: Excellence In Construction Recruitment Search Construction, part of Search Consultancy, a leading recruitment consultancy, is one of the top construction recruitment agencies in the country for placing outstanding staff into the huge variety of roles across a multitude of different projects. Paul outlines the firm’s mission and how it aims to differentiate itself from the rest of the market through its dedication to providing the very highest standards of service. “Here at Search Construction, our focus is very much on providing a consistent, honest, quality and reliable service. We work in an industry often tarnished by poor quality service, but we are trying to change that through our service offering. “As such we always work to ensure that our staff support our clients throughout the recruitment process. It is our workforce that sets us apart from the rest of the industry and marks us out as the best option for our clients. I have had the pleasure of working with the same core team for some years now and after over 20 years in the industry I can honestly say they are amongst the best around. “Overall our aim is for Search to be considered as a ‘safe pair of hands’. We are not aiming to be the biggest, but absolutely the best; our strapline is ‘Be Exceptional’ and we work hard to reach and maintain that level. Search Construction is a company you can trust to deliver, whose staff know what they are doing and who understand your industry. In terms of strategies we will continue focus on our core infrastructure business, targeting key projects and clients and seeking to supply the best people in the industry.” In order to remain at the forefront of industry development the firm’s Senior Directors in the UK are involved with the REC construction forum and as a business is increasingly concentrating on content strategies to share learnings and educate the industry. In addition, Search Construction sponsor and get involved with industry events across the country and have even held our own charity quiz with candidates and clients in aid of The Lighthouse Club which supports the families of construction workers who have been involved in accidents. It is this collaborative approach which has helped the firm to achieve its current success, and it extends beyond the wider industry and through to its clients, as Paul is eager to explain. “Over the past year we have been fortunate to be involved in many significant pieces of infrastructure work in 2016. Highways, water and power have all featured heavily. In this arena, it is particularly important that clients see us more as a partner and treat us as part of the project delivery team. This enables us to refine our service and provide a much better product. We are usually offering long term opportunities, often leading to permanent work and this is attractive to jobseekers.” Moving forward, the firm is keen to build upon its current success in order to continue to provide the very highest possible standards of service to its clients, both existing and future, as Paul concludes. “Over the past five consecutive years Search Construction has seen strong growth in our business, and although our clients did seem nervous earlier this year, it seems that this has now dissipated and some confidence has returned. Therefore, we are predicting another year of growth and although we are going to have to work hard for it, there are certainly the opportunities out there and we are all upbeat and ready for another busy year.” K Company: Search Consultancy Name: Paul Kynaston, Director-Head of Search Construction England Web Address: search.co.uk/construction 1612BU44 “We are not aiming to be the biggest, but absolutely the best; our strapline is ‘Be Exceptional’ and we work hard to reach and maintain that level.” Personnel