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Cherryleaf Recruitment Services - Taking the stress out of hiring technical communicators and courseware developers
Being at the heart of the technical communication community - doing much more than recruitment - means Cherryleaf has access to a great selection of candidates.
The specialist recruitment service for hiring Technical Authors...and more
We focus on job roles such as: Technical Authors, Technical Writers, Online Help developers, Web content developers, Training Courseware Developers, Content Curators, Content Strategists, Content Wranglers, Editors, Publications Managers and Copywriters.
We'd like to help you find the right person for you - someone who is great at the job, who will stay and, if it's a permanent position, someone who'll grow. Get in touch with us (here are our contact details) to see how we can help you.
Free writing test for you to use if you're recruiting a technical author
We offer a free writing test you can use to help you assess candidates. Contact us if you'd like a copy. Note: For prospective employers only - sorry, not available to candidates.
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Five reasons why organisations use Cherryleaf's recruitment services
1. Being at the heart of the technical communications community means we get access to great candidates.
By offering a range of technical writing services (we do more than just recruitment), we're at the heart of the wider technical communications community. We're talking to technical communicators all the time and this means when we're advertising your vacancy, you're connecting with a much bigger audience of talented people - more than just those out of work.
"We used Cherryleaf to recruit a member of staff at my last company. I found them the best place to go to find fully professional, career technical authors." Simon Green November 2008
As a member of TechComm Alliance, an international consortium of technical communication companies, we also can spread the word overseas - to Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American candidates, for example - and work with you on international vacancies.
2. We're specialists doing the job ourselves, so we understand the skills and experience needed
We also have a writing projects division and we hire staff ourselves, so we understand what the role entails. This means the candidates we put forward to you are capable and qualified to do the work.
We can also give you advice on how to select the right candidate, writing the job description and offering the right rate for the job. For example:
We can provide you with a generic job description that describes the role of a technical communicator. This description is useful if you're planning to recruit or if you need to create a job description for existing staff. Contact us to request a copy.
Our selection procedure is rigorous, and our position in the documentation services sector means we have a comprehensive list of high calibre candidates. We have the expertise to find you the right people, with the right skills, in the right place and at the right time.
3. We have a great track record in placing the right candidates
You may have been placed in the situation in the past, where you've hired someone and it's not worked out. You've then had to ask the new recruit to leave, and ask the recruiting company for a "claw back" of the fees.
Since we started in 2002, no-one has ever asked us for a "claw back" - because all the of candidates we've placed in the permanent positions have stayed (or have decided to move on only after a long while in the job).
4. You might not need to recruit at all
It may be that you only have a temporary need for someone or that your existing staff simply need to acquire new skills. You may also be interested in our managed projects team, who write documentation for clients on a project or outsourced basis.
The latter is particularly useful for customers who require a large team of contractors to be based at their site. Because Cherryleaf is more than just a recruitment agency, we're able to look at situation, and (sometimes) recommend appropriate alternative options for you to consider.
5. You and your candidate still get support after the placement is made
It is important, more than ever, that the person you recruit is up to speed and productive as quickly as possible. To help you and the person you recruit, Cherryleaf provides post placement support:
- Our documentation experts will provide free telephone and email support and advice to the person recruited through us, for a period of 21 days.
The service begins from when they start working at your company. This should help new recruits really hit the ground running.
Contact us
Contact us if you have a resourcing requirement, or one coming up. You can also contact Cherryleaf on 0208 13 31 301. We can then give you more information on how we can help you.
Looking for work?
"I may add that Cherryleaf is the only organisation that has never disappointed me, and you have always behaved in an exemplary manner." Email from one of our candidates
You can find our vacancies here.