You look after the recruitment. We'll look after the rest.
When you think about running your own recruitment agency, you're probably imagining the freedom, the earning potential and the satisfaction of building something that's yours.
You're probably not imagining spending your evenings reconciling bank accounts, chasing invoices or figuring out how to run payroll.
Yet those are exactly the things that can make starting your own business seem daunting.
At Hilton Lord, we help experienced recruiters start and run their own agencies by taking care of much of that work for them.
You concentrate on recruitment and growing your business.
We provide the people, systems and support behind it.
What back-office support does a recruitment agency need?
Quite a lot, as it turns out.
Even a one-person recruitment business needs access to services and systems that established agencies often have entire departments looking after.
Here's what we provide.
Finance and accounts
We'll help with:
- Bookkeeping and management information
- Invoicing and credit control
- Payroll
- Statutory accounts and accounting support
- Business banking arrangements
You'll still need to understand how your business is performing and make financial decisions.
But you won't need to spend your evenings doing the bookkeeping.
Recruitment technology and candidate attraction
We develop recruitment software that our partners use to manage their business.
Alongside that, we provide access to recruitment tools and services, including:
- Recruitment CRM / ATS
- Job board advertising and CV databases
- LinkedIn recruitment tools
- Job multi-posting
- Client and candidate portals
- Online timesheets
- Email, equipment and IT support
We help you get everything set up and provide ongoing support as your business develops.
There's no need to start from scratch trying to find, buy and connect all the different systems yourself.
Legal, HR and compliance support
Recruitment comes with its fair share of paperwork and regulation.
We help with terms of business, terms of engagement, employment contracts and ongoing legal and HR matters.
Different recruitment sectors have different requirements, particularly when supplying temporary workers and contractors.
Having experienced people to call on can make a significant difference.
Branding and business setup
You choose the name and direction of your business.
We'll help with the practicalities of getting it established, including company registration, branding, your website, email and the systems you need to get started.
Your business has its own identity. It's not simply another branch of Hilton Lord.
What about funding temporary and contract workers?
If you're running a temp or contract recruitment business, the back office becomes even more important.
Workers need paying, often well before the client settles the invoice.
You also need timesheets processed, payroll managed, invoices raised and payments chased.
We can provide funding arrangements alongside the operational support needed to manage that process.
That means you can concentrate on winning clients, finding workers and building your business, rather than spending half your week dealing with the administration.
Does using Hilton Lord mean giving up control?
No.
Our partners run their own recruitment companies.
With our model, you own 75% of the company and remain its sole director.
You decide who to recruit for, who to employ, how you work and what you want the business to become.
We don't tell you how to run your desk.
Our role is to provide the support and infrastructure that make running the business easier.
And if you want to build a team, open an office or expand into new markets, we're here to help with that too.
More than a back office
Although the systems and services are a big part of what we do, they're not the whole story.
Our partners also have access to people who've spent years working with recruitment businesses.
Sometimes that means advice on recruiting your first employee. Sometimes it's a conversation about a difficult client, cashflow, growth or a decision you're not quite sure about.
And sometimes it's simply useful to talk to somebody who understands what it's like to run a recruitment business.
We also bring our partners together to share ideas, experiences and the occasional drink.
Running your own company doesn't have to mean doing everything on your own.
Could Hilton Lord help you start your recruitment business?
We work with experienced recruiters who've already demonstrated they can bill successfully and are ready to take the next step.
Our partnership provides business investment, ongoing support and the infrastructure needed to establish and grow their own recruitment agencies.
Some partners want to build large teams. Others want the freedom to work for themselves and earn more from their own billings.
We're comfortable with either.
If you'd like to find out how it works, get in touch.
We'll have an informal conversation about your experience, your ambitions and whether we could be the right people to help.