Consulting and Freelancing: Recruitment Process and Work Progress Report

This report provides an overview of the recruitment campaign for consulting and freelancing services, including objectives, achievements, breakdown of tasks, and a summary of the project. The report also includes an email to the client addressing concerns regarding faults during the recruitment process.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Notes

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Table of Contents
1. Overview of the campaign.................................................................................................2
2. Objectives and achievements.............................................................................................2
3. Breakdown of the Task......................................................................................................3
4. Summary of the whole project...........................................................................................5

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Part 1 – Work Progress Report
1. Overview of the campaign
The recruitment campaign for the services asked by client (Name of the client)
commenced on the given date of 20th July 2018 and was completed on the date of 20th
October 2017. The need for the recruitment process was finalised in the meeting that was
held between the client (Name of the client) and the head of the Recruitment agency (Name
of the person). The finalisation for the task was done with the consent of the client on the date
of 10th July 2018.
The recruitment process was a three-month campaign in which the candidate is given
focus and limelight in the different fields of organization in which the resume fits in. Then
the interested organizations were contacted in which the resume fits in and the client could
find its place in the manner. In addition, the client was contacted was mock interview in
which in the interested candidate was told about the requirements and the objectives of the
recruitment program. The overall time allocated for the task was adequately used which
means that no allocated time was spent in activities not related to the achievements. The
organizations were then taken follow-ups regarding the process of recruitment to finalise the
job.
The progress report for the assigned work and the time details along with the
progression report is being analysed in the following stages.
2. Objectives and achievements
The overall recruitment process involving the client (Name of the client) and the
agencies that were interested in providing the job opportunities involved a set of objectives
and achievement series which are said below –
Objectives Achievements

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1. The first objective of the client was to get
a desired job in her field of expertise in a
reputed company which fulfilled her short-
term goals in achieving a job.
1. The first achievement of the recruitment
company laid in the fact that it provided the
required job to the client as per the
recruitment discussion and even provided
assistance to the client for making sure that
future prospects of the client.
2. The second objective was to ensure that
the salary expectation was fulfilled by the
company and the financial security provided
was made into effect.
2. The second achievement was to ensure a
good financial package for the client in
terms of the negotiation and also to elevate
the work done within the given span of
time.
3. The third objective was to make ample
choices for the betterment of the job which
was a part of the long term goals as set by
the client.
3. The third achievement of the recruitment
agency was to provide future assistance to
the client. In addition, mock interview and
training session for the betterment, the
resume has been kept for better
opportunities.
3. Breakdown of the Task
The timely breakdown of the task that has been done is provided in the following
section which represents the amount of time that is being given to each of the task in the
recruitment process. The time breakdown of the task in the following sections are as follows
–
Task that is being done Time allocated for each of the work

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Finding the appropriate company for the
client
Approximately 3 weeks
Listing the companies that are fit for the
resume and needs of the client
Approximately 1 week
Sending resume to the company and waiting
for their response in the fields of interest
Approximately 1 week
Calling the clients for the mock interview
session and also focussing on the weak
points of the client
Approximately 3 weeks
Bargaining for the appropriate salary for the
client and also giving scope for the
improvement for the client
Approximately 1 week
Finding suitable and better job options for
the client and also having better scope for
the client
Approximately 3 weeks
Explanation for the different tasks that is being done
The tasks which is being done by the recruitment agency in meeting the demands of
the client can be explained in the following ways to analyse the time that has been utilised in
the given charts –
 Finding the appropriate company – The first task that is being done and involved 3
weeks’ time in approximation involved the finding the right company for the client in

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accordance to the resume and the needs of the client. The specific needs of both the
parties are being addressed to cope up with the business.
 Listing the company – The listing of the company is being done in a time span of 1
week where the suitable and interested recruiters are listed according to the preference
and validity of the client.
 Sending resume to the company – The sending of the resume and waiting for the job
response involved the time span of 1 week in which the client’s choices was being
preferred and then send the resume in accordance.
 Calling the client for mock interview – The client was called for mock interview
and her faults was being addressed which involved the time span of 3 weeks.
 Bargaining for the best remuneration possible – The bargaining for the best
remuneration possible is also one of the suitable areas for the client in which the time
taken was approximately 1 week.
 Finding better options – The look for the better job needs of the client was also
taken into consideration which means that the whole process of the finding better job
for the future was done which involved the time of 3 weeks.
4. Summary of the whole project
Summarizing the overall project of the recruitment as well as the steps that has been
taken for the betterment of the client in regards of her compliant regarding the breakdown of
time and work, the whole work has been provided. The work progress report clearly showed
the utilisation of time in various needs of work which cemented the overall act of assessing
the job and serving the clients as one of the best objectives. The company did utilise the time
provided in the best possible manner.

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Part 2 – Email to the client
To,
The Client (Name of the Client)
(Recruitment ID of the organization)
CC: The Recruitment Manager, the Service Manager
Subject – Addressing the concerns regarding the faults during recruitment process
Dear Ma’am,
At the pre-set, I would like to sincerely apologise for the dissatisfaction that
has been caused from our end in the services that has been provided to you. The complaints
has been lodged and sincerely been looked upon as our principle target is to achieve the best
customer relationship and to provide the customers with the best service possible.
I totally understand that career being one of the primary objectives for any
human being, you are dissatisfied by the amount of work that has been done from our end.
However, to assure our full dedication to the work assigned by you, we have attached a file
mentioning the details of the work along with the time span needed for each of the tasks.
We strive to provide the best services to our clients which in turn sometimes
takes time to process and there are various steps like response from the organization end
which are not directly controlled by us. However, we assure that we try our level best to
make the process as fast as possible so that the valuable time of our client base is not
hampered.
We sincerely apologise for the inconveniences caused.
Kindly find the attachment below where all the details has been provided.

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(Attachment)
Thanking you Yours faithfully
(Name of the Onwer of the company)
Owner of (Name of the company)
Date:

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