1st October Consulting

At 1st October Consulting Limited, we work in close collaboration with our clients to accommodate the unique needs and characteristics of their businesses and their people to ensure that the solutions are appropriate.

1st October Consulting Limited offers diagnosis, advice, facilitation and implementation, and our work covers the entire lifecycle of employment including:

Training and Development
Assisting Start-Up Organisations
Redundancy Programmes
Writing and Designing Employee Handbooks
Attrition and Absence Management
Project Management
Recruitment Programmes including Graduate Recruitment Schemes

Training:

Management Development Programmes
Managing Teams: Leadership styles, leading meetings, identifying team roles etc
Managing Self: time management, presentation skills, report writing etc
Managing Individuals: setting objectives, giving feedback, dealing with conflict, managing difficult people
Managing Processes: Risk management, effective planning, cost benefit analysis, problem solving techniques
Train the Trainer programmes - how to deliver training courses
Graduate Trainee Programmes

We also run open courses at various locations throughout the country including 'Consultancy Skills' and 'Running your own Business'. Please contact us for upcoming dates.

Improving Communications:
Writing policies and developing procedures
Creating employee handbooks
Developing the content of HR intranet sites
Management training

Improving Processes:
Improving absence management
Improving staff attrition rates

Ad-Hoc Projects:
We have extensive experience of supporting clients by taking on a wide variety of projects that would be too time-consuming for the company's own employees to handle effectively. The following list is a sample of projects that we have done recently, but is by no means exhaustive - please contact us to discuss your particular requirements.

Organisational restructures
Outplacement services
Redundancy programmes
Designing and introducing new grading structures
Sourcing a new payroll provider and handling the migration process

Recruitment Programmes:
Planning and running the campaign
Interview skills training
Aptitude and psychometric testing

Establishing HR Infrastructures:
Setting up an HR function including diagnosing requirements
Recruiting for the team
Devising standard letter suites to improve efficiency and promote consistency

If you are a company that has recently started, you may be interested in our Start-Up Pack . This includes an offer letter, a legally compliant Contract of Employment and an Employee Handbook. Please contact us on 07976 131 069 for more details.

Private Clients:

We also work with private clients around career counselling, Curriculum Vita development, application form assistance and interview skills training. Please contact us to discuss your particular situation and requirements.