Retail Recruitment Specialists
Keep up in the fast-paced retail industry by hiring the right, dynamic candidates.
- Make multiple hires at once
- Discover team & cultural fit through behavioural testing
- Reduce time to hire with streamlined processes
- Do more with less. Maximize the return on your TA investment.
HR teams in retail organizations are tasked with hiring a constant, high-volume flow of new retail workers while managing a turnover rate and seasonality that is simply not present in any other industry.
Our retail recruitment specialists understand the needs of your industry and work with you to tailor a recruitment solution. Whether you are experiencing growth or need to fill critical skills gaps, we help you secure the highest-quality retail professionals:
- People with passion, emotional commitment, experience, empathy, and specialist skill sets.
- People with unique behavioural attributes and skills to succeed in the sector.
- People that will ensure you deliver the very best customer care.
Our Recruitment Campaign Process
Job analysis call
The best 30-min investment you’ll ever make. This call allows our Specialists to deeply understand your organization, position, benefits and ideal candidate.
Talent landing page
We create a dedicated landing page for your vacancy. Our specialists use your organization’s branding and engaging messaging that makes your opportunity shine.
Tailored advertising
Our specialists target the best talent through strategic advertising campaigns, targeted copy, and ongoing campaign optimization. We maximize visibility of your vacancy by using both active and passive channels.
Screening questions
Tailored screening questions help to find your ideal candidate faster. By asking the right questions, the workload to shortlist your talent pool is reduced.
Easy-to-use recruitment software
Gain access to the lite version of our ATS, :Recruit Essentials. With all candidate information stored in one secure location, it is easy for your team to collaborate on the hiring process.
Access your talent pool
You’ll be able to access your entire talent pool, allowing you to make multiple hires at once, or keep top candidates engaged for future opportunities with your organization.
Why use our retail recruitment services?
Retail experience
Retail organizations, from small businesses to nationwide chains, across Canada and United States trust us with their recruitment needs.
Attract the best talent
Our Recruitment Marketing Specialists take the time to write attractive, engaging recruitment advertisements with your branding to make your opportunity shine.
Recruitment expertise
Our Specialists offer expertise in recruitment marketing and advertising, candidate shortlisting and selection, and employer branding.
Customised candidate shortlisting
Get support with video interviewing, behavioural testing, background and reference checks, skills testing and more.
Tailored solutions
There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits all approach. Whether you want to keep some recruitment processes in-house, attract more retail workers, or conduct additional checks, we can tailor a solution that’s right for you.
Candidate care
From extending an offer to your ideal candidate, to providing all your candidates with feedback, we take steps to ensure all your candidates have the best recruitment experience with your retail organization.
Retail roles we specialize in
- Sales Assistant
- Sales Associate
- Store Manager
- Customer Service Representative
- Warehouse Worker
- Logistics Worker
- Logistics Supervisor
- Department Manager
- Procurement Specialist
- Marketing Manager
- Team Leader
- Packer
- Order Picker
Recruitment campaigns include a 12-month subscription to the lite version of our ATS, :Recruit Essentials
Scout Talent’s recruitment campaigns are supported by its comprehensive talent acquisition platform that features a range of software modules and solutions. Scout Talent’s premier :Recruit module is an applicant tracking system and Recruitment CRM that allows organizations to manage their entire talent acquisition process with one powerful tool. As part of a recruitment campaign with Scout Talent, you’ll gain access to the lite version of this platform, :Recruit Essentials for 12 months.
Scout Talent’s suite also features software to support organizations with onboarding, talent pooling, learning management, and payroll:
Attract and secure the best talent with Scout Talent :Recruit, a top-rated Candidate Management System built by recruiters for in-house recruitment teams and hiring managers
:Essentials is the lite version of our premier :Recruit module that has been tailored for small-to-medium-size organizations.
:Engage is a recruitment marketing and talent pipelining engine that allows you to keep candidates engaged. Build and nurture talent pools, strengthen your employer brand, and recruit passive candidates with the :Engage module.
:Onboard is a digital contract creation solution that makes onboarding new employees quick and effortless. Streamline the onboarding process with automated email templates that populate with candidate data, and the ability to export data for your payroll system.
Scout Learning is a learning management system with specialist support that allows you to deliver, track and report on the learning and development of your team. Populate the platform with your own internal training resources, or create learning materials tailored to your organization.
The Scout Talent platform is supported by a team of talent acquisition specialists who partner with your internal recruitment team to bring your talent strategy to life. Our service-enabled software is customizable. You won’t need to change your processes to suit the software – we configure the software so it fits with your existing ecosystem.
Our Scout Talent Marketplace is open-platform meaning it integrates with a range of talent acquisition & HR-related technology products and services.
Case Study: Lush
With over 200 resumes received per position, and up to ten new positions created per store each Christmas period, LUSH relies on Scout Talent :Recruit to pick out the best of the bunch quickly and efficiently. In this video, the LUSH team discusses their recruitment challenges as a fast-growing retail organization, and how Scout Talent helps them overcome these challenges. “Scout has been a game changer for us.”
Case Study: La Rocca Creative Cakes
“What we enjoy most about Scout is their customer service, their marketing team and their recruiters are great with communicating with our hiring team. They are in constant communication getting to know us and getting to know the team and really trying to find what type of candidate we’re looking for.”
Jasmine Manalo – HR Manager.
Client Feedback
“Our experience with Scout Talent has been great! The process was clearly outlined, the candidates were all well qualified, and we successfully hired a fantastic project manager.”
Jason Schmidt,
Momentum Design Build
“Working with Scout Talent can only be described as an outstanding experience. We have had the pleasure and privilege of working alongside their team and witnessing their thoroughness and commitment to hiring the right individual for our company not only based on work qualifications but company culture and fit. Their turn around time and investment in the product they provide is first-rate and we would recommend them to anyone looking for future hiring.”
Sarah Wong,
HR & Support Staff Manager
Only spend time on the very best candidates by using our proven screening techniques
Our Retail Recruitment Services are backed by industry experts
A Targeted Approach
Our recruitment marketing specialists leverage retail recruitment SEO to create job advertisements that target the right retail candidates.
Tailored Messaging
Our recruitment marketing and employer branding specialists will tailor your retail recruitment campaigns to highlight your organization’s culture, purpose and values.
Proven Screening Techniques
Our shortlisting and selection team screens qualified candidates through group assessment days, interviews, tests and checks to find the right retail talent for your organization.
How can Retail Recruitment help you?
Save Time
A lack of time can have you cutting corners and not achieving the results you want. Our retail recruitment specialists will maximise your recruitment capabilities and streamline the process.
No More Ad Copy Writing
Our recruitment marketing specialists will craft custom, effective job advertisements with SEO best practices to attract the retail talent you need.
Reduce Staff Turnover
Enjoy better quality hires (who will last) from a pool of candidates who are vetted and well-matched to your company values, openings and culture.
