In today's human resources market skilled talent is in short supply. As a matter of fact, finding talent will be a difficult and costly task globally for the foreseeable future. If you want to grow your business in the current human resources environment, your organization must incorporate an aggressive recruitment strategy in its overall strategic business plans.

At MELCO, we recognize the critical need to design and implement aggressive workforce strategies around a business strategy that seeks growth and stability. We help our clients to:

• Evaluate and redesign their workforce strategies to support a business strategy that grows the business.
• Design marketing plans that attract and retain top talent in the industry.
• Develop sourcing strategies that position your organization in a favorable light with top talent and significantly reduce the contact-to-hire time.
• Effectively identify the best talent through consistent and objective selection processes.
• Streamline employment processes so that they are compatible with an information-savvy talent market.

We work closely with our clients to develop and implement effective recruitment strategies. Our solutions address the real people issues faced by your organization. These include:

Advertised Selection:
Advertised Selection is often the most efficient way of solving. multiple recruitment needs or attracting people with specific skills. An added benefit can be adding value through branding. If the position is confidential you can advertise "blind". I.e. use our name only. It is particularly useful is you have already decided that advertising is the way to attract the candidates you want but you don't have the resources or skills available to deal with it. The whole process requires a great deal of two- way commitment from both parties.

Executive Search
Executive Search more commonly known as headhunting is the most efficient method of recruiting senior executives or personnel of strategic importance or with niche skills. Search is undertaken to research the market to find those people who are good at the jobs, probably the best at what they do, and are highly unlikely to be actively looking to move. There is only one way of recruiting the best in the market and that is to headhunt them. The process involves detailed research because most approaches can only be made once and mistakes therefore are not possible to ensure success. Executive Search guarantees success within previously agreed timescales. The process is simple to complexities within it numerous and acute.

Database Search
Database Search is an excellent method of recruiting junior to lower management candidates. MELCO maintains an active database of candidates with the following features:

1. All candidates are actively looking for a job.
2. Most of the candidates have been interviewed by a trained consultant.
3. Because of the interview process we are aware of the candidates wants
    and needs as well as their skills and shortcomings
4. We can react quickly to clients, searching our database immediately on
    taking clients requirements.