One of the West Midlands’ leading recruitment agencies is helping Dreams ramp up production and distribution across its four Black Country sites.
MET Recruitment has recruited more than 100 employees for the bed specialist in the last few months, with another 50 of them recently progressing to become permanent workers.
The near 10-year partnership has seen both companies work together to find general production operatives, forklift truck drivers, warehouse staff, seamstresses, tape edges and drivers’ mates.
Since the start of 2021, 110 individuals have so far progressed into permanent positions, after completing 12-week trials.
“MET Recruitment really get what we do and, over the last decade, have built a strong partnership with us,” explains John Botfield, production manager at Dreams.
“At any one stage we could need up to 100 temporary workers across different areas of the business, and we know they have the candidate pool and understanding of our roles to find the right people. Importantly, they also put their own consultant on-site at the start of shifts, so that is one thing less for us to think about.
“We have been very busy since lockdown, and will shortly be embarking on another recruitment drive.”
Matthew Hunter, industrial director at MET Recruitment, adds: “We have almost become an extension of the HR team, and this has delivered some fantastic staffing results during what has been an extremely difficult environment.
“In addition to our core advertising, face-to-face interviews and job-matching services, we also complete induction, site walkarounds and dual advertising to try to raise as much interest as possible. This has been critical in ensuring levels of supply do not drop, even when there are a lot less candidates out there.”
Pictured: John Botfield, with MET's Kate Silk and Adam Wheeler
