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Recruitment Plan Template
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At Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment, we help employers elevate their hiring by providing a strategic Recruitment Plan Template, because recruitment shouldn't be left to chance. This page defines what a recruitment plan is: a methodical roadmap for attracting, assessing, and hiring the right talent, and explains why relying on luck often leads to settling for average candidates. We encourage investing half a day to a full day crafting your plan, covering everything from defining job requirements and sourcing strategies to interviewing and offers, to dramatically improve your chances of hiring A-grade candidates and avoid pitfalls.

What is a recruitment plan?
A recruitment plan is a strategic document outlining the systematic approach an organisation takes to attract, evaluate, and hire qualified individuals for job openings. It encompasses various elements, such as defining job requirements, sourcing candidates, conducting interviews, and finalising offers, with the goal of acquiring the right talent to meet organisational needs.
Recruitment plan template: https://www.aaronwallis.co.uk/employers/advice/recruitment-planning/recruitment-planning-sales-recruitment-checklist/
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A recruitment plan is imperative to ensure that you recruit the right talent for your business. It may sound like common sense; however, many companies don't have a plan, and they just run through a process, and by luck, they manage to tick all the boxes that are necessary.
Having a road map of the necessary stages within the recruitment process could ensure that you get that 'A grade' candidate for your business, rather than settling for B or C. Planning a recruitment campaign takes time. You're probably looking at dedicating half a day or a day to getting it right.
The difference in your approach to recruiting will be huge. Many people think that working from a checklist is a waste of time. But look at the consequences of getting it wrong.
We estimate that the wrong recruit will cost your business around 3.75 times their basic salary. Add to that the impact it will have on your client base of a changing account manager.
Add to that the impact it will have on the rest of the team. And the cost is enormous.
By dedicating just half a day to reviewing your recruitment process, you can ensure it's done correctly and not a waste of time. To help you put together the checklist to get recruitment right, we've put together a 48-stage recruitment checklist.
You may be thinking, 48 stages? Is that necessary? You'll probably do about 35 of these anyway. But I hope there are some steps you haven't thought of that will assist you in making the right hiring decision.
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Why Recruit With Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment?
- 12 Month Rebate Scheme - a sliding scale protecting your investment in new staff
- Psychometric Profiling - on all candidates to ensure they will fit into your organisation
- Bespoke Interview Questioning - to help you get the most out of interviewing
- Ability and Skills Tests - we offer a wide range of tests as standard
- Dedicated Account Manager - who will work with you from the start to the very end of your process
Aaron Wallis are a national specialist sales recruitment agency comfortable across many sectors, however more recently the majority of our clients utilise the below offerings:
Date published: 1st August 2025

by Rob Scott
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