Local Government Sector Specialists

We are experts at identifying alternative talent solutions that deliver high-quality candidates at a much lower cost than traditional recruitment agencies. We optimise your recruitment process, help you reach your ideal candidates within the local government and public sector field, keep track of applicants, and manage the first stages of the interview process… all while saving you significant amounts of time and money.

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With the public sector making up 17.6% of the UK working population as of Q1 2023, there are now 5.8m employees in the sector, with nearly a fifth of these specifically working within local government. However, the vacancy rate as of the end of 2022 stood at 14%, meaning there were 14 vacancies for every 100 roles.

Unlike many of our competitors who will just post your advert on job boards and hope for the best that quality candidates will apply, we undertake a thorough and comprehensive analysis of your existing advert and Employer Value Proposition. Here’s a short one minute video here on what we do.

And the numbers speak for themselves – as of May 2023, data from one of our job board partners, TotalJobs show we achieve 22% more applications than the average for non-Hiring Wizard adverts, whilst we also see a 35% uplift on branded adverts compared with the standard recruitment agency ones – emphasising the need for well branded adverts.

We have already recruited for:

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How do we attract the best talent

Detailed Advert Analysis

Undertake a detailed analysis of your advert and amend it so that it appears at the top of job board search rankings for relevant key words

State-of-the-art ATS

Provide a state-of-the-art Applicant Tracking System, ensuring easier filtering, screening and candidate engagement

Advertise on ALL main job boards

Advertise your role on ALL the main job boards as well as niche ones, avoiding the hassle of dealing with individual job board contracts, saving you hours of time as well as benefitting from significantly discounted costs

Additional value add services

Provide additional filtering and screening services that can dovetail with your internal resources – ensuring you only pay for the resources you need, avoid losing high calibre candidates due to overworked and time-constrained HR / Hiring Managers.

Your brand

Post adverts under your brand so that candidates know who they are applying to (we know this delivers 35%-40% more applications)

Employer-branded ads attract 43% more applicants.

Our adverts achieve between 50-90% more applications achieved on average from our adverts vs others

90% of our business is from repeat clients

We are very happy with the service Hiring Wizard give us, they are friendly, helpful, upload jobs quickly and we always get a great response from them!

Quick and Efficient

Rushcliffe Borough Council

We’ve found Hiring Wizard's industry expertise to be incredibly valuable... After seeing the results, we now work closely with them, reviewing statistics for every job title before posting... It’s been a game-changer for us. Thank you for all the support you’ve given us so far - very happy with the service provided

Shannon & Amie – HR Co-ordination Team

Cheltenham Borough Council

How can we help

Job Board Advertising

Fill existing roles quickly with effective job board branding and advertising.

Managed Recruitment Projects

A full-service recruitment offering without the bloated pricing structure.

Career Microsites

Elevate your hiring efforts with a fully responsive and bespoke microsite.

Application Tracking System

Keep candidates engaged from application to offer stage with our state-of-the-art cloud-based solution.