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Volt propels businesses and careers forward with expert momentum. Volt’s 35,000 employees work across 85 offices worldwide to provide workforce management and talent acquisition solutions to businesses and job placement services. With 70+ years of industry leadership and a growing global team of employment strategists, Fortune 100 clients, partnerships and proactive approach to business needs, Volt strive to maintain an innovative and highly relevant sector-based portfolio globally.

Mission statement
Volt is an award-winning, global workforce solutions expert committed to taking businesses and people forward.

Diversity and Inclusion Mission Statement and Pledge
Volt’s Expert Momentum is powered by diversity and inclusion.
We Pledge to promote workplace diversity, for our employees and our clients, that reflects the communities we serve.
We Value a collaborative work environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their full
authentic selves to work.
We Commit to be diligent in creating a company culture that celebrates our differences.
We Thrive through the unique experiences and diverse perspectives of our employees that lead
to innovative and inventive ideas.

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Vision & Values
Volt’s core values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Success and Excellence are embedded in the company’s code of conduct, echoing the same values adopted by William and Jerome Shaw when founding the company in 1950. More than a marketing slogan, Volt’s values are reflected in the daily behaviour of the company’s staff, its business practices and approach to client and candidate management.

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Contract Recruitment, Permanent Recruitment, Retained Search Project Recruitment, PSL Management,
Primary Vendor, Vendor on Premise.

Contract, temporary and permanent recruitment expertise in clearly defined practices:

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Proven Solutions to address all Workforce Management Needs:

Managed Service Program (MSP)- Total responsibility for the management of your contingent workforce from planning, sourcing, supplier engagement, compliance to off-boarding and billing.
Total Talent Management (TTM) – Sourcing talent across all channels: full time, contingent, gig workers, independent contractors, freelancers, project work
Services Procurement Management (SOW) – Complete management of your statement of work spend
Payroll, Referred & Independent Contractor Management – Compliantly pay and engage with any type of worker
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)- Effective solutions to manage permanent recruitment
Direct Sourcing – Building branded talent pools to source contingent talent direct to your business
Workforce Consulting Services – Use of our expertise for specific projects or challenges

Volt Workforce Solutions

(VWS) offers contingent staffing, direct placement, and managed services throughout North America. We provide flexible, scalable solutions to companies of every size, from small firms needing a few specialists to enterprise accounts that require hundreds or even thousands of contingent workers across numerous skill sets with coordinated account management at multiple locations. At VWS, our success is built on our ability to identify and deliver quality talent. From start-ups to global accounts, clients rely on us for high-touch, consultative service and consistent delivery of qualified workers. Each recruiter focuses on specific skills and industries so they fully understand the skills required to excel at each position. We combine the national reach of our dedicated Practice Hubs with the local market expertise of each Volt office to give you access to the best candidate available, regardless of location – because we see every day how the right hire makes a positive impact for our clients.

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Francois Debertrand

Chief Financial Officer - International

Francois joined Volt in October 2013 as Finance Director - International. With more than 20 years’ experience of financial roles in a multinational environment, he has covered operations spreading from California to New Zealand and Norway to South Africa.

He started his career in France before moving to the UK after a short spell in the US and also worked for three years in the Netherlands. Francois gained exposure to the recruitment industry as the CFO for Europe at Monster, where he was a key contributor to a large-scale expansion across Europe, and also took responsibility for the staffing and executive search divisions of the group in southern Europe.

Francois has a passion for managing change and challenging situations in multinational fast-paced environments. His favourite quote is from Seneca: "If a man does not know to which port he is sailing, no wind is favourable to him."

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Affiliations And Accreditations

Volt has several third party affiliations and professional accreditations aimed at furthering the company's contribution to the recruitment industry, and commitment as a socially responsible organisation and employer:

Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo & APSCo OutSourcing)
ISO 9001
Six Sigma
UN Global Compact
Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA)
EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Mind

APSCo is the professional body that represents, supports and promotes the interests of organisations engaged in the supply of business professionals. APSCo represents the professional staffing sector across Europe, providing a powerful, unified voice for a vibrant and innovative sector of the recruitment industry. Volt joined APSCo in 2000 and is one of the association's early members. The company is an active member of the organisation and has contributed fully to APSCo's development of policy, codes of conduct and industry best practice. www.apsco.org

As an early adopter of the ISO 9001 standard in the recruitment industry (since 1993 when it was ISO 9002), Volt has always understood the importance of structured processes and data-driven decisions to deliver improvements to service levels. Volt's quality standards underpin every facet of the company's service, from improving customer satisfaction to invoicing efficiency and legislative compliance across Europe.

Six Sigma is a methodology that aims to improve the quality of business processes by identifying and removing the causes of errors/problems. Volt actively employs Six Sigma methodologies to continually analyse services and ensure they are aligned to each customer's objectives.

Volt joins an impressive list of global corporations where Six Sigma has been credited as a factor in maintaining their advantage in highly competitive markets. At Volt, Six Sigma is proven to work. iSixSigma, the leading online Six Sigma publication, recently named Volt as a Top 10 Best Place to Work, acknowledging Volt for meeting or exceeding expectations in critical employment factors, such as job satisfaction, culture, training, and career development.

Launched in July 2000, the United Nations Global Compact is the largest corporate citizenship and sustainability initiative in the world. Participating organisations are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption.

Volt's commitment to corporate social responsibility derives from the values of citizenship and responsible business practices as put forth by its co-founders more than 60 years ago. Today, the vision of improving lives through meaningful employment and conducting business to the highest ethical standards is fully integrated into the company's global Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Global Compact offers a unique strategic platform for Volt to continue to collaborate with its clients, peers, employees and international partners to build a more sustainable and inclusive global economy.

The MAA was formed in 2003 to support and represent the aerospace industry across the Midlands region of the UK. Organised into"cluster hubs", the region is home to just under 25% of the UK aerospace industry, 7% of Europe's and 3% of the world's, with over 40,000 full-time-equivalent jobs resulting that are the product of revenues from manufacturing for global aerospace markets.

Volt's UK Engineering division joined the Alliance as a member in recognition of the company's expanding capabilities and success in the aerospace sector.

EcoVadis provides the leading solution for monitoring sustainability in global supply chains. Using innovative technology and CSR expertise, they engage companies and help them adopt sustainable practices.

The EcoVadis methodology framework assesses companies' policies and actions as well as published reporting related to the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement, to create reliable ratings, taking into account each company’s industry, size and geographic location.

VOLT EUROPE LTD has been awarded a silver medal in recognition of CSR achievement! To receive this medal, companies must have an overall score of 46-61.

Volt is pleased to have been recognised with a Silver Award in the Mind 2019/20 Workplace Wellbeing Index. The Index, launched by the mental health charity Mind, is designed to celebrate the good work employers are doing to promote and support positive mental health in the workplace.

The Silver Award is given to employers who have "already started the journey to better mental health at work by developing and implementing initiatives which promote positive mental health for staff."

This Silver Award recognises Volt's long-term commitment to supporting the wellbeing of its staff and promoting positive messages about mental health.

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