Why Meetings Matter: The Value for Our Clients

How Meridian’s Built Environment recruitment team supports contractors across the UK:

In collaboration with Sam Jones (Recruitment Consultant, Meridian Business Support)

"Within Meridian’s Built Environment team, we have been supporting various-sized contractors across the UK for decades. With regionalised offices and specialist white-collar and blue-collar consultants, our aim goes far beyond filling a job at short notice.

We aim to become trusted partners in supporting our contractors’ growth, whether that is through supplying projects with temporary labour to make sure it is handed over with minimal delays, or growing their permanent team of staff. Over the years, we’ve built an ever-growing network of engineers, supervisors, office-based roles, managers, and directors so that we can understand a business as best as possible.

All of those roles will likely have requests from us to come and meet them. There is a good reason for this, and there’s value in it for them too;

• At Meridian, we take pride in doing a good job first time. Probably the same thing you’ve heard from every agency – so what do we do to give ourselves the best chance? 
• It starts with our emphasis on understanding the company we are hiring for. Over the years, we’ve found the best way of doing that is to meet up. This could be over a coffee whilst we dissect a job spec, popping onto site (with our PPE, of course) to see the areas of work, or spending time in offices and meeting rooms to discuss and observe as much of the day-to-day activities as possible. 
• If you’ve ever spoken to our team, you’ll know that we push for meetings when we can. It gives us the best chance of filling a role by helping us understand a company culture better than any job spec could ever describe! 
• Plus, there’s biscuits and chocolates as a thank you for letting us be part of your working day!"

If you’re hiring within the Built Environment sector and want a partner who understands your industry, get in touch with our specialist team today. Whether you need temporary labour to keep projects moving or permanent professionals to support long-term growth, we're here to help you find the right people, first time.

You can explore our dedicated page to learn more, and get to know our Built Environment team here.