Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Using Recruitment Agencies

By Louise Davies


Top Reasons Why Using A Recruiter Makes Good Business Sense

Being able to find the right staff for your business can take a lot of time and hard work, using a recruitment agency lets you focus on the day to day running of your business rather than spending time interviewing lots of people. You will also have more time to spend training and communicating with your existing staff.

Recruitment consultants also have access to a large pool of candidates who you may not come across otherwise. Often they have existing relationships with lots of job seekers and resources.

Recruitment consultants are often much more skilled at interviewing candidates and screening them as well as being able to retrieve references and other work history information.

Often recruitment agents stake a monetary guarantee on each employee brought into a business, this guarantee states that the employee will stay with that business for a certain period of time.

When you think of the time spent researching and carrying out interviewing then using a recruitment consultant would probably work out cheaper.

If you do not really want to advertise that your company is looking to fill a vacancy then using a recruiter can be a good way around this. Recruiters often advertise vacancies without telling who they are recruiting for.

Recruitment consultants have insider knowledge on market trends, salary expectations and other staff related issues, the can provide help with a wide range of staffing problems.

If you are looking to fill a vacancy quickly then using a recruitment consultant is the best way to do this. Recruiters work at filling vacancies with speed.

If you are considering using an agency then always make sure that the agency specialise in the industry that you work in. You will have a good idea of the sort of person you are wanting to fill your role so make sure you communicate this to the recruiter as well as possible. Try to provide as much detail as possible when it comes to the job description. If you are able to build up a relationship with a recruitment agency then you will quickly be able to fill any future vacancies you might have.




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