RMS STAFFING

RMS Staffing is a recruitment agency launched as RMS Staffing Solutions in Durban, South Africa, in 2006 by Shona Kelland. She had worked in the recruitment industry for more than 15 years before founding it, having started out in workplace behavioural assessments, and describes herself as exceptionally passionate about finding the right fit in terms of culture and personality, because every company has its own culture that has to be considered when finding the right person for the job. The agency has been assisting organisations with recruitment for 16 years and headhunts talent from across the globe to fill permanent or temp to perm positions, whether the employer wants people on site or remote.

RMS Staffing works across a range of industries and company sizes rather than a single niche, offering both permanent and fixed term contract staffing. Its stated focus is quality rather than quantity: it makes a priority of getting to know each client and each candidate and understanding their specific needs and requirements, so that skills, experience and working culture can be aligned for both parties. Its main successes, it says, come from working with companies over a period of time to build a solid workforce that matches their culture and value systems. Client testimonials published on the site come from a commercial truck business, a financial services group, an electrical manufacturer and a safety products company, and describe headhunting handled tactfully in a competitive franchising environment, CVs that are always relevant, and a marketing manager who has gone from strength to strength.

The agency assists companies with their staffing strategies across South Africa and internationally, and currently supports clients in the United States, Australia and Europe. Behind the founder is a talented and dedicated team whose aim is to put the best possible candidates in front of a business and save it time and effort. Clients say she takes full ownership of the process herself and answers her phone, and she offers to meet anyone over a cup of coffee to discuss a new position, whether they have been a client for nine years or nine days.