Year on Year Growth for Resource Worldwide as they Tackle the Skills Gap

24 Jul 2023

Published in: Member News

---

Resource Worldwide, a Skills Gap Consultant that is offering an alternative approach to recruitment for businesses who are struggling to find the right talent, has seen extraordinary growth over the past two years, demonstrating the need for this solution.

---

Resource Worldwide, a Skills Gap Consultant that is offering an alternative approach to recruitment for businesses who are struggling to find the right talent, has seen extraordinary growth over the past two years, demonstrating the need for this solution.

Resource Worldwide helps businesses by supplying remote professionals. These are highly qualified and talented individuals who are looking for the next step in their career, but they aren’t based in the UK.

Sophie Dearden, Resource Worldwide Co-Founder, said: “We started out by helping businesses find VAs from the Philippines, but there seemed to be an incredible demand for more skilled roles. Before we knew it we were placing engineers, draughtsman, digital marketers and so much more.

“Where there seem to be skill gaps in the UK and where businesses are struggling to recruit, we have been able to find hundreds of amazing individuals who are ready and waiting to use their skills. It’s win win for everyone.”

Since 2021, the business has doubled its growth every year, and it’s on track to hit its goal of helping more than 1000 businesses by 2025.

Discussing why remote professionals seem to be in such high demand, Sophie said: “A few years ago, this probably wasn’t an easy option for many businesses, but with remote working from anywhere in the world now such an easy thing to do, it’s opened up the possibilities.

“We’re hearing so many stories of businesses who are losing a lot of money from trying to recruit, and even if they do find the right candidate, the churn rate is really high. People aren’t staying in roles for very long, leaving businesses back at square one all over again and even more out of pocket.

“We take matching on skills and business culture very seriously. We want this to be a long term relationship, with everyone happy on both sides. Our recruiters are trained psychologists and our approach is highly consultative. This isn’t about plugging a gap, it’s about ensuring businesses are getting what they need to thrive.”

Based in Halesowen, the company initially focused on helping a lot of businesses in the West Midlands, but as word got out about their service, they now have clients all over the world.

Sophie concluded: “We were taken aback ourselves by just how much businesses need this service. With a short turnaround time, no recruitment fees and with a good exchange rate, it makes it a very cost effective solution that offers incredible value. Many of our clients are now recruiting teams of remote professionals with us as they’ve been so delighted with the results.”

Resource Worldwide are offering all Chamber members a free 30 minute consultation to find out more about this approach and to explore how it could benefit them. To take advantage of this, please get in touch with Sophie and her team, or visit www.resourceworldwide.co.uk to find out more.