Recruitment & Retention Consultants

Finding and retaining top talent is a costly challenge for any business. Our HR recruitment consultants manage the entire hiring lifecycle, or support specific stages, providing strategic retention solutions to build and maintain a high-performing workforce.

From scoping out the initial requirements, competencies and personality traits required, through to advertising, sourcing and interviewing applicants, we can help to steer you towards the perfect candidate.

We take a particular pride in maintaining ongoing relationships with our clients, allowing us to provide a service that is typically more thorough, more competitive and more cost effective when compared with alternative recruitment services. Once you have recruited your employee, our HR Consultants can then support you in providing a welcoming onboarding process as well as help ensure you retain them too.

While your exact recruitment and selection requirements may differ and will be tailored to your individual needs, a typical recruitment process might include:

Scoping the requirements for the role
Identifying the best places to source candidates
Advertising the role
Pre-screening candidates
Interviews and shortlist
Psychometric testing
Pre-employment checks
Offer and contracts.

Pre-employment Checks

Verifying a candidate’s references and conducting background checks is not only critical in today’s hiring landscape but, in many cases, a legal or regulatory requirement. Loch HR provides a comprehensive range of background screening services to support informed and compliant hiring decisions, including:

Criminal record (DBS) checks
Social media background checks for candidates entering a public-facing or PR-oriented role
Credit checks for those entering the financial industry
Reference checking
Rights to Work checks.

Our HR team is on hand to advise businesses on the most appropriate pre-employment checks for their roles and industry. These checks can be carried out as part of a full recruitment process or offered as a standalone service. We also support you in interpreting the results and discussing any implications to help you make informed hiring decisions.

Key elements

How can Loch improve our employee recruitment?
We provide end-to-end hiring support – from role design and adverts to shortlisting and offers – plus add-ons like psychometric testing and comprehensive background checks to strengthen decision-making and reduce mis-hires.

What does Loch do to streamline onboarding new staff?
Our HR team plans and delivers smooth onboarding and induction, introducing new starters to your culture, values and expectations. We set clear timelines, coordinate paperwork and training, and ensure people feel welcomed, informed and productive from day one.

How does Loch strengthen employee communication across the business?
We build a tailored communication strategy, support leadership messaging, boost engagement with the right channels and content, and provide crisis/change comms guidance. We also run training and workshops so managers communicate consistently and employees feel heard and involved.