<aside> 💪🏻 The Challenge - Find and hire a Head of People role within a few weeks. It was a confidential role and their standards were extremely high regarding the strategic and technical skills they must bring to the business.
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<aside> ✔️ The Outcome - Our goal was to establish a close partnership with RayGen that would allow us to place someone quickly while also setting them up for longer-term success. We wanted to attract high-quality candidates. To achieve this, we invested the time in understanding who RayGen was, their culture, values and identity. This resulted in a rich and compelling employer story that helped attract the top talent they needed. The position was filled within a matter of weeks by Sarah Donegan.
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RayGen loved our unique approach to our content-led recruitment strategy and our employer narratives. They were on a tight deadline to fill the role and knew this approach would increase their chances of finding someone faster.
We created a high-quality longlist from an extensive search and our active networks, paired with a unique content-led recruitment strategy which is our secret sauce to delivering a qualified shortlist of 3-5 candidates within 7 business days. The overall hiring process was approximately 20 days. Richard points out that it was always very clear what was happening thanks to Sarah running such a transparent and meticulous process. Sarah had presented such high-quality candidates that it made the decision even harder on who Richard should hire.
RayGen is a Melbourne-founded deep-tech startup delivering world-first solutions to accelerate the transition to 100% renewable energy in Australia and the world.
They are delivering the world’s largest next-generation energy storage facility near Mildura and are backed by global energy leaders in AGL, Equinor Ventures, Schlumberger New Energy, Chevron Technology Ventures, Photon Energy Group and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
RayGen’s mission is to reduce pollution and fight climate change with clean, sustainable energy; to bring new solutions to the table to solve the world’s greatest challenge and deliver the best results for its customers by standing in their shoes, bringing the right solutions at the right time, and adapting to change.
They strive to be an excellent place to work with balanced values, outstanding people, supportive teams, exciting direction, and determination to accelerate the energy transition.
RayGen closed their Series C funding round in October 2021 with a $55 million investment to deliver new project projects around: