Progressive Personnel Solutions (PPS) is the parent organisation to Calibre Candidates and was established to offer a professional, comprehensive and flexible HR support service to organisations, across the spectrum of industry, both large and small, national and global.

PPS offer the folowing services: HR Projects, Training & Development and Retained Services

Our approach is:
• dynamic
• commercially focused
• practical
• focused on our clients needs
• based on partnership

Our Values are:
• development orientated
• to make learning enjoyable
• to provide measurable results

Our core consultancy team are CIPD qualified and well experienced HR professionals, with specialisms in different areas of HR support

HR Projects

In the current business climate, where emphasis has to be on greater flexibility and productivity, organisational success hinges on maximising the contribution of employees in order to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.
PPS specialises in offering quality solutions to a variety of ‘people problems,’ working with clients to assist them in development and implementation.

Projects have included:
• Change management advice and support
• Training needs analysis
• Counselling
• Reward management schemes
• Job analysis
• Job descriptions
• Compensation surveys
• Investors in people support
• Documentation preparation/review
• Psychometric testing including MBTI
• Policy/procedural design
• Employee handbooks
• Management development training
• Individual coaching/mentoring
• Tailored attitude surveys
• Recruitment and selection
• Interim H.R. support
• Absence control
• Recruitment & selection
• Employee relations
• Outplacement programmes
• Disciplinary/redundancy support
• Succession planning
• Appraisals/career development systems
• Training and development programmes
• Assessment centres

All services are tailored to meet your Company’s needs

Training & Development

Our training courses are designed specifically to meet identified needs. Considerable interaction with delegates is a feature of all our programmes and time is balanced effectively between imparting subject knowledge and practising the skills.

Training Courses include:
• Customer services
• Report/letter writing
• Recruitment & selection
• Performance management
• Appraisals
• Grievance/counselling
• Team-building
• Motivation
• Conflict resolution
• Internal sales training
• Team management/Supervisory skills
• Negotiation skills
• Management development programmes

A few comments from recent course delegates:
‘enjoyed the day - the trainer did a brilliant job…interaction and discussion was very stimulating and productive.’

‘just the right pace and good use of interactive workshops.’

‘very enjoyable course, well put together.’

‘This is helping me as a manager.’

Retained Services

This is a new concept in small business development, specialising in organisations without in-house personnel support. It is a recognised fact that it is difficult for smaller organisations to obtain the right level of professional expertise at a cost they can afford. PPS is meeting this need by offering personal and cost-effective H.R. support on a longer-term arrangement.

The service PPS may typically provide includes:
• HR audits
• Telephone advice
• Policy guidance
• Staff handbook design
• Contracts of employment
• Recruitment & selection
• Training & development co-ordination
• Tailored training delivery

PPS works directly within the existing structure of the client organisation, providing a ‘hands-on’ and responsible approach to the work being undertaken. By working alongside employees for an agreed number of days per month, the pressures and difficulties that can arise when ‘outsiders’ are involved are clearly understood and avoided.

The benefits of this service are:
• Strategic & operational personnel capability
• Financial savings on the costs of a permanent department
• Flexible arrangements & commitment
• Reduced external training costs
• Reduced external recruitment costs
• Release of senior management time
• On-going relationship to build the trust & support of existing employees
• A progressive, value-added approach