1. Compelling Reasons To Choose A Boutique Human Capital Consultancy
(Rather Than A Volume Driven Recruitment Agency)
 Market Evolution
In an ever more competitive Human Capital marketplace, the needs of, and pressures
upon, both candidates and employers are evolving at an increasing pace.
Where once candidates simply wanted to be put in touch with employers with the best
paid jobs, they now look for a more holistic recruitment service to help them to realise
their long term career prospects and for this they need a much more personal, tailored
& proactive service.
Boutique consultancies like Commutare Limited are now beginning to dominate the areas
once controlled by the larger recruitment agencies, both in terms of their relevance to
the requirements of candidates & clients and with regard to the level of service they
provide.
 Increasing candidate requirements
Prospective candidates are beginning to notice, and with good reason, that smaller
boutique consultancies like Commutare Limited are able to provide them with the kind
of holistic service they are looking for as opposed to a CV forwarding service as
offered by many volume based recruitment agencies.
Increasingly the industry is seeing candidates who are
looking for more than a recruitment agency that will
simply point them towards their next job, but one that
will develop a long term working relationship and will
offer the right levels of advice and help necessary to
develop their career. They have a right to ask for this
kind of facility and often it will be the smaller boutique consultancies who respond to
this need as they are more suitably structured to provide that dedicated level of
service.

2.  The Boutique Business Model
Boutique consultancies like Commutare Limited, by their very
nature, have fewer clients and candidates, meaning that they
can designate the same point of contact for their candidates &
clients. This enables the consultancy to be less of a 'job shop'
and more of a valuable, long term advisor throughout the
employment process. Boutique consultancies can spend an
increased amount of quality time with each candidate and client.
Through this relationship an understanding develops where the recruiter knows not only
their candidate's previous job history, but their long term interests and goals. This is
of substantial benefit to all parties including the employer, as they are more likely to
get an employee that precisely fits their requirements. Furthermore, candidates have a
right to expect the consultancy they work with to provide them with expert knowledge
and advice during the recruitment process, making sure that they are guided through
each step and giving them pertinent feedback along the way.
Boutique consultancies are also more likely to understand their clients in far greater
detail. With fewer clients on their books, they take the time to build a closer
relationship with their clients to ensure they fully understand their business, and thus
their human capital, requirements.
 Mutually Beneficial
Boutique consultancies are better able to give a higher level of service, including timely
and relevant interview feedback. This is possible due to the boutique business model of
looking after a more select number of candidates and utilising a dedicated point of
contact through the whole process. This is not something that larger recruitment
agencies are incapable of providing; it is simply the case that their business models are
more geared to quantity over quality.
‘Larger recruitment agencies have business models that are more geared to
quantity over quality’.
Boutique consultancies are geared towards more demanding candidates & clients who
require a more in depth, personal & tailored service from their recruitment partners.
In turn the satisfaction of both candidates & clients becomes of greater importance to
the consultancy because they have invested more of their time and effort in the
relationship. It becomes mutually important and beneficial to provide the optimum
service.

3.  Get it Right First Time
There is no doubt that candidates will choose a recruitment
partner for the positions that can be offered but once again,
the focussed boutique consultancy can spend more time
understanding what exactly the candidate requires and
searching for a position that is ideal rather than trying to
‘sell’ an opening that they have on their books simply to hit
their weekly targets.
The evolution of the recruitment market, driven in many ways by the internet, is
forcing candidates increasingly to choose between, on the one hand, volume based and
automated services and on the other hand, boutique consultancies that offer a more
specialised and customer focussed service. The great news is that boutique
consultancies, due to their lower gearing, need be no more expensive than volume based
recruitment agencies.
With the average cost to a company of replacing an employee recently calculated at
over £30,000 (including the cost of lower levels of performance whilst training and
learning the job etc.) it makes sense for both candidate AND employer, to use a
boutique consultancy and GET IT RIGHT FIRST TIME!
E: recruitment@commutare.org www.commutare.org
Commutare: present active commūtō, present infinitive commūtāre, to
I change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform.
Commutare Limited. COMPANY NUMBER: 09437335 RREGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS:
71-75 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JQ UNITED KINGDOM