Clubs who have recently benefited from our recruitment service have sent us the following comments for publication;
Due to the resignation of our Course Manager in November 2007 the club decided to place an advert for this position in The Greenkeeping International publication; which was also placed on the BIGGA website. We were very pleased with the service they provided and extremely happy with the response we received.
Once we started receiving applications it was obvious that we needed to have the opinion and view point of a professional when it came to interviewing the chosen applicants. This is where STRI stepped in and agreed to assist us and have their agronomist, John Lockyer attend both sets of interviews.
Having now chosen the successful applicant, we are very happy with the input from STRI and BIGGA and believe we have made the right decision on the procedure in finding the right applicant for the position of Course Manager. I fully endorse employing the services of both organisations and would recommend any golf club that faces the same situation to adopt the same procedure as we at Tidworth opted for.
Our recruitment project to replace our retiring Head Greenkeeper with a Course Manager was advertised in the Greenkeeper International publication. Included in the interview process was the provision of a suitably qualified agronomist to put the technical questions to candidates and we had no hesitation in securing the services of STRI and particularly Mr. Stuart Ormondroyd, Head of Agronomy and Assistant Director STRI, for this task. In addition once we had selected our initial short list we asked for additional comment from him before the final short list was drawn up. .
Interviewing was conducted in a single day and all candidates were asked to respond to the same technical questions set by Mr. Ormondroyd. This proved an invaluable element in the overall assessment of the candidates and in the final selection of the person for the position.
We were very satisfied with the contribution STRI made to our project and highly recommend the use of their recruitment services. We would have no hesitation using their services again.
