Recruitment Agency Myths and Facts
Recruitment agencies excel by supplying companies, most often startups, with the exact people they need to build up their business’ infrastructure. Your business needs the experience, expertise, and network of recruitment contemporaries to find the ideal candidates during mass hiring pushes or when building a team from the ground up. However, myths surrounding recruiting agencies that ambitious companies have unfortunately internalized. In this article, we will touch on some of these discouraging myths and why they should be ignored, and how a recruitment agency can support your business.
Myth One: Recruitment Agencies are Expensive and Lazy
The primary issue people have with recruiting agencies is the assumption that their cost outweighs the benefits. Pay is often contingent upon the circumstances of a project and the position that needs to be filled, which often puts businesses in a defensive stance when it comes to the expense. However, the actual commission of these agencies is lower than expected. The complicated process of finding the right candidate is not automatic. It involves heading to several resources, screening numerous candidates, and conducting tons of interviews to find the most qualified person, a process that takes time and money. The money that these agencies charge goes directly into the hiring process, ensuring that companies get the most for what they pay.
Myth Two: Recruitment Agencies Are Obsolete
With the rise of digitally dominated communication, where every resume is online, recruitment agencies seem redundant to some. There are so many social media networks and online portals available to help employers and job seekers find each other that a company devoting their efforts to hiring alone seems obtuse. However, recruitment agencies won’t be ended by craigslist.com or social media; they have specialized skills based on saving companies resources by finding the right candidate with the right qualifications quickly.
Myth Three: HR Departments Can Handle Recruitment
Many companies have used a lot of hard earned cash and time building effective HR departments that hire and manage their employees. Consequently, it’s no wonder that they assume these internal teams can handle the recruitment of essential personnel. However, even the most well established, multinational businesses utilize external recruitment and staffing firms to find the right people for their company. The reason for this is, under certain circumstances, finding the right employees can be a complex endeavor that can burn up the work hours of an HR department. In these situations, having the dedicated and specialized skills of a recruiting agency helps to relieve some of the pressure from your HR department and ensure the best decisions are made, thanks to the support of an extensive network of resources.
Myth Four: Agency Recruiters Lack Industry Knowledge
Along with worries about cost and efficiency, some of the reasons for not using recruiting agencies include their perceived ignorance of certain industries, but it’s important to remember that this is far from true. In fact most reputable and reliable recruiting companies specifically stipulate their expertise in certain industries such as technology and sales. Additionally, many recruiting firms have extensive networks connecting a variety of industries as they recognize the importance of diversifying their efforts while remaining relevant to their clients.
What Recruitment Agencies Have To Offer:
- The right candidate for your role
A truly responsive recruitment agency will select candidates based on the requirements of your industry. They will look at your company and industry tendencies and find the candidates that fit the skills you need to move your business forward. This is done by taking only the most qualified and solicited resumes to ensure only quality candidates make it past the interview session. Also, this goes beyond qualifications and reaches into finding out whether or not a person’s personality would be an adequate fit for the role.
- Plenty of qualified candidates
At a reputable agency, you will be dealing with candidates that have been very well vetted and cleared to work for your company. Their skills and abilities will have been tested and proven before you even speak to them.
- A prearranged hiring process
The recruitment agency you hire should be able to arrange a process of submitting candidates based on your needs, schedule, and demands. Should you need to have a candidate meet with your hiring manager or recruitment team or even online via video conference, the agency should facilitate this process for you. This will give you a sense of control over the hiring process as well as confidence in the candidate’s ability to follow instructions.
A reputable recruiting agency will make sure that the terms of employment and the interview are established well in advance. This includes things like stipulating the format of CVs and resumes delivered to your recruiting team or hiring manager, and completely explaining the terms of employment to the candidate. This embeds a sense of fairness between the company and the candidate making them both comfortable enough to proceed with the interview and possibly employment.
Originally published at www.expansion-pack.com.
