Why can you trust DAV?

Ingrid Kast, CEO at DAV - November 2010

I can hardly believe it was 35 years ago when I started DAV as a one-woman show in Joubert Park. Growing gradually over the years into our present 170 staff complement, I vividly remember the enormous challenges of continuous improvement and adaptation which are essential in an environment as dynamic and fickle as recruitment. All the time we've given our utmost to maintain our high standards.

I've always known that the abundant energy and the contagious enthusiasm of our people make DAV special. Our people get huge satisfaction and a deep sense of pride from their meaningful work, improving the lives and well- being of others and positively contributing to our economy and our country. Over all these years I have been grateful for the fact that DAV people work from their hearts.

Why can you trust DAV? Well, 80% of our business is repeat business. This means that companies who work with us have experienced that we deliver, and they come back to us time and time again. Trusting DAV with your needs will save you time and money as we work together more and more.

Moreover, 50% of the assignments we place are given to us on an exclusive basis. Our clients entrust us with this exclusivity because we can guarantee that if the ideal candidate exists we will find him or her - with three further candidates to benchmark the choice candidate. The pressure of an exclusive assignment is enormous, and our consultants cannot but be totally focused on delivering the right results in the shortest possible time. We have launched a new business model for these assignments, the "Panther Model", which entails the resources of a dedicated researcher and head-hunter, something that normally only happens at retainer level. Over the last two months, this has reduced the time to deliver our shortlist of candidates to our clients by 50%.

How does DAV find candidates for you? Due to our reputation and the longstanding relationships we built over the years and continue building, 50% of the candidates we place are sourced through referrals. These are candidates nobody else sees or knows about, except the friend who referred them to us.

Our highly sophisticated database of 247 000 candidates gives you direct and immediate access to already selected and screened professionals. This database is meticulously maintained and updated on a daily basis.

The talent pool in South Africa includes only 30% of the population. Of this 30%, only 35% are active candidates, available to the market. Much more interesting is the remaining 65% who are passive candidates that can only be found through specific networking and search. Here head-hunting works. We are head-hunters - and we are really good at it! This is another reason why companies in many different industries use us.

Can't you find the right candidate yourself? Over 30 000 CV's are screened by us per month. Of these we interview about 1000 a month and place about 125 of them. I must say it surprises me every time I look at these huge numbers realising how many candidates we need to screen before we can pick the one – the right one. Our client companies cannot even begin to reach such a number of candidates and still focus on their core business. Only a specialist can dedicate enough time and resources to do this properly.

How can you be sure that you’re interviewing the best candidates? With DAV you deal with an established team of experts who know the key players in their specific field and your contact person is a specialist in your industry

Sharing with us an initial 60 minutes to get to know you and your exact requirements, I can assure you is time very well invested. We can commit to finding you the perfect match if we know you and understand your precise needs!

How deep do we drill? Very deep! All our consultants have been trained in the latest competency based recruitment techniques. All candidates will be interviewed following the same yardstick. The shortlist you receive will be the most appropriate candidates across both hard and soft skills, thereby saving you the time of interviewing unsuitable candidates. This shortlist will compare apples with apples, which will help you make informed decisions.

Claim back 137.5%. DAV is rated an "AA" - level 3 on the BEE Empowerdex, we are also classified as a value adding enterprise. This means that you can claim 137.5 % of your spend with us against your own BEE procurement scorecard.

Would you like references on us? We'll provide references with pleasure. DAV has been presented with more awards than any other recruitment firm in South Africa, both from a candidate and a client perspective. This is very assuring to professional candidates who are brilliant at what they do and extremely selective about who to work with in their career development.

Our awards confirm to candidates that they can trust our professionalism and our confidentiality so they come forward and entrust us with their career. This is how you, our client, can maximise access to top talent.

How will you know that the candidate will stay with you? 95% of the candidates we place remain with our clients for the long term. This means less money spent on hiring fees, less induction and training costs and greater ROI all around.

So far this year we successfully placed 1157 people. We are determined to finding super-talented and committed professionals for our clients. Where can we assist you?

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