When selecting your recruitment partner, remember you get what you pay for!
Most of us wouldn’t make a major purchase without putting some serious thought into it. Take the purchase of your next car for example. At the very least we’d speak to friends, read car magazines and test-drive several vehicles before making the big decision. After all, a car is a major investment and we wouldn’t want to make a rash decision, would we?
Recruiting the right staff can be crucial to the success of a business, yet many people are prepared to make an investment decision, potentially far more valuable than a car, based on the strength of a hastily read resume and brief interview.
In fact, when faced with the task of recruiting a new member of staff, many companies will ask themselves the question…
Why use a Recruitment Agency?
At first glance it may appear that recruiting someone can be a quick and easy process and that by using internal resources, it’s cheaper than using a Recruitment Agency. However, this is rarely the case. Using a professional recruiter gives you access to a wider range of candidates, expert screening and interviewing skills and their no-charge guaranteed replacement makes using a recruiter a low risk.
Like all professional services, you pay for the professional expertise of a recruitment consultant, just as you would a lawyer or an accountant. Using a recruitment professional takes the risk out of making a poor hiring decision. Other benefits of using a Recruitment Agency include:-
Consultant Expertise: Includes strategic advertising skills to attract the widest possible candidate response, a professional interviewer, objective verbal reference checks “tied” to the selection criteria of the position and a sound understanding of industry or occupational trends, statistics and remuneration benchmarks.
Confidentiality: The recruitment assignment guarantees both the confidentiality of the employer and that of the candidates, eliminating embarrassing “information leaks” to competitors and protecting the job security of candidates as they explore new job horizons. Typically, people most concerned about confidentiality are those in executive positions and or “industry specialist” roles where a breach of confidentiality could have the most embarrassing consequences. This group more than any other is less likely to apply to a company’s own advertisement, preferring to make their applications through a recognised recruitment agency where confidentiality is guaranteed.
Replacement Guarantees: Life experience suggests you cannot guarantee people, you can only aim to minimise mistakes and make sure you are right more than you are wrong. Professional Recruitment agencies offer no-charge replacement guarantees starting at 30 days and sometimes extending up to a year. In fact, the Sunshine Coast’s own EastCoast Human Resource Group is so confident of its professional service it offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee – if a client is not totally satisfied with the recruitment experience, EastCoast will happily refund the full fee and advertise the position locally for the client free of charge!
Ongoing Relationship: A good recruitment agency has a relationship with passive job seekers as well as those actively seeking employment. For example, a passive job seeker might be someone who is happy in their current role but because of limited career opportunities with their current employer, would move for the right position.
Professional recruiters aim to have an ongoing business relationship with their client employers and not just when a position needs filling. Niche specialist recruiters have access to wider market data and are well informed with trends, statistics and remuneration benchmarks. Often, recruitment agencies act as advocates for employer clients, introducing candidates of an excellent calibre or having a specific skill even if there are no vacancies in that firm.
Now for some expert advice
When you’re looking to recruit your next team member you might like to consider the following when selecting your recruitment partner:
- The length of time the recruitment agency has been in business.
- Its track record of successful recruitment assignment and testimonials from happy clients.
- Are they a member of the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association, guaranteeing a high standard of professional ethics?
- The experience and qualifications of the recruitment consultant handling your assignment.
- No up front fees and generous no-fee replacement guarantees.
The EastCoast Human Resource Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy and careers advisory service. For more information call 07 5443 6022 or visit http://www.eastcoasthr.com.au/
We specialise in placing exceptional staff for a fee on a permanent or temporary basis. Recruitment service details.
We offer the most professional career services including career assessment, career success coaching, job search strategies, resume preparation, and interview coaching. Career services information.
We specialise in placing exceptional staff for a fee on a permanent or temporary basis. Recruitment service details.
We offer the most professional career services including career assessment, career success coaching, job search strategies, resume preparation, and interview coaching. Career services information.
