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So Rentokil Initial is a global company.
We're a FTSE 100 business with over 30,000 people
working for us in 70 countries, it is now.
We deliver pest control services and initial washroom services
in a number of those businesses.
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My primary role, on as a day to day basis,
is all about looking after customers-- making sure
we're delivering great service, and probably
one of the biggest challenges-- making
sure we've got enough colleagues well-trained
to deliver that service for customers,
and at the end of the day make a profit for our shareholder
as well.
I work closely with my recruitment team
ensuring that we work with our hiring managers
and to fill our vacancies and ensure we're meeting
our customer requirements.
Probably our biggest challenge is the rate
of growth of the company.
And as we grow, we need more people
to keep up with that growth.
So one of our biggest challenges is around
simply recruiting enough people to keep up with that growth.
And the way we work with Indeed is
helping target and find the type of people
that have the right caliber and capability
to help us grow the business in the future as well.
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Indeed really helped us target science graduates.
I'd say Apply has helped us reach our target
audience by allowing us to get in front of candidates
who may never have considered working for Rentokil Initial.
Once we've got them interested-- leading them
into the branded website so they can see videos
and they can understand a bit more about a role
which frankly they wouldn't know the first thing about,
or what a pest control technician does.
We've got to get that story across to them really
quickly to get them interested, because the reality
is we're competing against a whole lot of other companies
out there to get that graduate application.
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I've been with the company just over six months now.
And our day to day activities involve
working with residential and commercial customers
and completing pest control that they require.
My general day to day role is to go
to different customers houses and commercial businesses--
doing their routine checks and making sure
their sites are pest free.
Where I work in London Victoria, it's
predominantly mice, rats, and cockroaches that we deal with,
but we do--
encompasses all pests.
Working at Rentokil Initial challenges me
in many ways, including building customer relationships,
and problem solving day to day, and time management--
because we do have such a busy schedule.
You can organize your own days.
And basically I just organize everything myself--
nobody kind of telling me I got go here and there.
I'm seeing different people all the time-- new customers,
different faces, going to different types of site--
building sites, restaurants, supermarkets,
and just completing a different array of activities there.
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So finding and applying using Indeed was very easy.
It is a very quick and simple process.
I applied for the job in the morning,
and I had a call from Rentokil in the afternoon
on the same day.
So using Indeed was really helpful with the job search,
because finding the job through Indeed was really easy.
And also the application process was quite simple.
And also looking through the reviews online through Indeed
was really great, because it gave me
a lot of ideas what the culture was like in the company
and what the job would be like itself.
I met one of my grads in London, and I
said, how did you get the job with us?
He said, I applied for one job.
Next thing I know, your advert came up seconds later.
I clicked on it and thought why not?
And here I am now working for Rentokil.
That just shows how the whole thing can work seamlessly.
Reading the company reviews through Indeed
was really great, because it allowed
me to see what the job role was like day to day,
and what the culture was like in the company.
And then that ultimately led me to apply for the role itself.
Company reviews are really important in terms
of attracting candidates.
I feel it's very important to respond to every review,
whether positive or negative.
Not only does that show that we care and we listen,
but it also allows potential job seekers
to get an understanding of the company they're
considering applying for.
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Career progression at Rentokil-- there is a huge opportunity,
because in reality, we're not recruiting for the job now,
we're recruiting that individual thinking
where can they be in two to three years' time and two
to three promotions time.
And Indeed have really helped us target
people of the right caliber to move on in our business
and help build our management capability, not just
our front line capability.
This year alone, we've promoted over 175 colleagues.
If you go on to our Indeed company page,
you can actually see and hear from real life experiences
of colleagues who have had that experience
and been promoted within the business.
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With employment being an all time high,
IT Apply has really helped us recruit science graduates.
And the results that we have seen
is a 51% increase year on year, which for me is a really
tangible result.
We've had a really good experience with Indeed
over the last couple of years.
They've really helped us improve our rates of recruitment
on graduates.
And I think what's worked really well,
is they've listened to some of our challenges
and come back with some good proactive ideas
about how we can do things better.
Overall, 50% of our hires plus come from Indeed,
so for me, that's a key part of our recruitment strategy.
I'm really glad that I've applied for the role
with Indeed, because I've learned a lot
over the short space of time.
I've met brilliant colleagues that have
helped me get to that point.
And it's just been an overall really great match
with myself and Rentokil Initial.
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