subject: Why should an employer use a recruitment agency? [print this page] Why should an employer use a recruitment agency? There are many reasons why an employer may seek to engage the services of a professional recruitment agency whether for contract recruitment, permanent recruitment or recruitment process outsourcing.
The man that can:
I have always believed that a good tradesman is worth his weight in gold and this is no different when it comes to a good recruitment consultancy, by allowing a professional recruitment consultant to source the best talent for your business, you can concentrate on what you do best.
Tools of the trade:
Because a Recruitment Agency recruit all day, every day they will have access to state of the art tools, talent banks and resources that make the recruitment process far more effective and comprehensive.
Specialism:
Many recruitment consultants will specialise, and as such will have a very good understanding of your industry and your competition, by engaging their services you will enable the recruiter to source relevant candidates and talent to your business, that otherwise would not be aware you are looking to employ.
Time Saving:
The simple fact is recruiting a new employee can be very time consuming, by working with a professional recruitment consultancy you can pass on most of the legwork to them, and because they do this for a living, they do it well, just spend some initial time drawing up a job spec, employee requirement and give the recruiter a good overview of the company and where it is heading, expectations etc.. And leave them to find your new recruit!
Cost Saving:
Recent reports have stated that on an average it takes 5000 to recruit a new employee, due to advertising, interviewing, wasted time etc... Now with online recruitment and RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) options an employer can dramatically drive down costs and hire an employee using an agency from as little as 550 per hire, even if you advertised yourself you would struggle to do it for this, and it certainly would not give you the exposure to the talent banks that recruiters utilise daily. Some of the options are commonly called flat-fee recruitment and this really offers the best of both worlds, low cost but managed and recruitment outsource.
First line defence:
Besides the obvious benefits associated with using a Recruitment Agency for your hiring needs, the digital age gives you exposure but with it large scale response in many cases blocking up your inbox, by allowing a recruitment agency to recruit for you, they take all the first line response and consequent headaches, this alone is a great reason to outsource your recruitment and just get quality CV's that have been screened and sifted forwarded to you.
So if you are in any doubt that you should leave it to the man that can, or woman please feel free to get in touch, we are members of the Institute of recruitment professionals.
