As a Northern Ireland-based insurance broker, Apricot Insurance has consistently proven its commitment to delivering the perfect insurance solutions at the right price, each and every time. Their approach is rooted in comprehensive searches from an exceptional team of friendly and knowledgeable Northern Ireland-based advisers who are always ready to assist. 2023 held big plans for Apricot Insurance, the business wanted to gain market share and therefore needed motivated, articulate and commercial professionals to join the team.
Apricot Insurance needed a recruitment partner to ensure they engaged with the right people who could continue to deliver the high-quality service that sets them apart. The Abacus Careers team has really enjoyed working with Apricot Insurance and helping the business achieve its growth targets. We’re excited to share this great customer success story, the expertise of the Abacus Careers team alongside the culture and leadership of Apricot Insurance has resulted in exceptional results.
Some of the challenges faced by Apricot Insurance when recruiting are listed below:
- Shortages of experienced candidates with key skills
- Lack of employer brand recognition
- Time available to assess candidates suitable for training and development
- Ensuring quality compliance & GDPR considerations are met
- Lack of available internal resources to support the hiring process
- Up-to-date information on salary and benefits
- Maintaining contact with new appointments to ensure commencement
By investing lots of time to fully understand the Apricot Insurance business, its leadership team, the company culture, business goals and more Siobhan Metcalfe from the Abacus Careers team was able to provide proven advice. Ultimately, Siobhan helped drive a dramatic improvement in key recruitment statistics. ‘Time to hire’, ‘Shortlist to Interview’, ‘Interview request to interview attendance’, ‘Job offer to Acceptance’ and ‘Time to commencement’ all witnessed a massive uptick. But perhaps even more importantly, the leaderhip of the business felt that they could compete for talent in the local market and achieve the goals they were setting.
We get a real buzz working with businesses that have a great story and a desire to grow. Reach out to a member of our team to begin a conversation on how Abacus Careers can help your business achieve its people goals.
As a dedicated recruiter for the local marketplace, Siobhan possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience on candidate availability, current trends, reward levels, smart hiring tactics and more. Siobhan advises Banks, Insurance Businesses, Financial Advisors and Associated Consultants on a wide range of recruitment issues. Reach out with any query.
