Simply Education is an education recruitment specialist providing teaching staff with temporary and permanent work in local schools, nurseries & other educational settings across the UK.
Summary: Simply Education saw a 36% reduction in employee turnover due to the launch of their Incentivesmart employee engagement programme. Having one solution available across all their branches meant everyone had an equal and fair opportunity to participate in the programme. Management were able to give real-time recognition and reward points using a printed cheque book which represented their quarterly budget. The recipient would enter the code from the cheque into the engagement platform and be allocated their points to spend in the reward catalogue.
The objective: The senior management team at Simply Education knew that creating rewarding relationships with their recruiters was key to success.
They wanted a solution that would enhance these relationships, improve performance, recognise their efforts, and offer inspirational rewards. The solution needed to be available across all regional offices and enable branch managers to have full control so they could be responsive and reactive. Overall, the objective was to minimise staff turnover and improve retention from their staff.
The solution: Incentivesmart launched an employee engagement programme which gave the recruiters the opportunity to earn rewards for demonstrating the right behaviours. The programme was available across all branches so everyone had a fair opportunity to participate.
Managers of each branch were provided with a printed cheque book that represented their quarterly budget. They were able to use this to give real-time face-to-face recognition to the recruiters. Whether this be for achieving targets or simply going above and beyond, the recognition would increase motivation and commitment from that individual.
The recipient would receive a reward code that they entered within a bespoke reward system to obtain their well-deserved points. These points could then be spent in an extensive online reward catalogue, offering items suitable for everyone. From the latest gadgets, books, jewellery, luxury holidays and much more.
The recruiters were also able to earn points for referring friends to work for the business, their birthday, work anniversaries and being nominated by employees.
The outcomes of the successful programme included:
- 36% reduction in employee turnover.
- 100% programme registration rate.
- Over 90% reward redemption of points allocated.
- Budgets were managed effectively.
- 200 recruiters spread across the UK participated in the programme.
