Gravitas Recruitment
The Gravitas Group is an international, rapidly growing recruitment specialist working in the niche areas of technology, insurance, and banking providing bespoke recruitment solutions to a wide range of businesses and professionals.
Years awarded: 2017, 2020, 2023
Region: London
Size: 250-999 employees
Sector: Recruitment
Creating a talent pipeline by supporting trainees’ progression
Theme: Talent pipeline / Career pathways
Gravitas Recruitment is a global, specialist recruitment company connecting niche talent with employers. Initially achieving an Award in 2017, the business has continued to invest in its Senior Development Consultant programme developing trainee consultants to progress to senior consultant level and providing a future talent pipeline to management roles. 70 trainees have completed the programme with 62% remaining with the business and average time to promotion has halved in the past 3 years.
Recruiting for attitude
Themes: Onboarding
This specialist recruitment agency focusing on the technology and insurance sectors recruits based on attitude which meant that it needed an effective introductory training programme for new recruits. It created the Consultant Development programme to develop trainees to become profitable in the shortest space of time. New employees’ time to first placements has reduced from 8 months in 2014 to 1.53 months in 2019.
Accelerating employee success
Themes: Leadership and Management; Onboarding
This recruitment agency realised it needed to support and accelerate success following an increased number of employees leaving the company after one year. It set up a programme to train employees in leadership skills, has improved timescales for employees to achieve promotion and has also reduced staff turnover.
News and case studies featuring Gravitas Recruitment:
Celebrating the very best training and development programmes in the UK and Ireland
Last week, 53 recipients from the UK and Ireland were warmly welcomed to St James’s Palace, in London, to receive their Princess Royal Training Award from Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. Now in their eighth year, the Princess Royal Training Awards were set...
53 Princess Royal Training Awards across UK and Ireland for achieving positive impact through skills development
HRH The Princess Royal, President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, has approved 53 Awards to a range of organisations across the UK and Ireland, for their outstanding training and skills development programmes, all of which have shown a significant...
Celebrating the Award class of 2020
On 15 December, we celebrated the innovative training and development successes of the 43 recipients who achieved a Princess Royal Training Award in 2020. By necessity the ceremony was a little different this year. Whilst it needed to take place virtually rather...
39 UK businesses receive excellence in training Award commended by HRH The Princess Royal in 2020
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds Group, recognises organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact 39 businesses celebrated at virtual ceremony for their innovative training programmes in the Princess Royal Training...
In the press: Gravitas Recruitment Recognised In Princess Royal Training Awards
Technology and insurance recruiter Gravitas Recruitment Group has been recognised for outstanding business learning in the 5th annual Princess Royal Training Awards. One of just 43 companies to be honoured across the UK, Gravitas stood out for its Consultant...
UK businesses’ training is recognised by HRH The Princess Royal on her 70th birthday
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds Group, recognises organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact Businesses continue to deliver excellent training programmes in the Princess Royal Training Award’s fifth year, despite...
A royal seal of approval for businesses that put employee development first
On Thursday 2 November, we celebrated 40 organisations who were recognised after being commended for their commitment to training and skills excellence by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at a ceremony at St James’s Palace in London. The Princess Royal...
40 organisations to receive royal recognition at this year’s Princess Royal Training Awards
Major UK businesses including RBS, Barclays, and Waitrose have been joined by a women’s refuge and an ambulance trust in being commended by Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne for their commitment to training and skills development. The Haven Wolverhampton, which...
