Save Time & Money
• Screening CV's
• Initial interviews
• Candidate communications, including follow up
• Initial interviews
• Salary negotiations
• Save on advertising costs
Industry Knowledge
Recruiters are able to give you an insight in to what is happening in the industry. They should know the available talent, where they are and how to reach out to them, salary rates, career expectations, available skill-sets, etc. If other companies are struggling to find the same people as you they should be able to advise on alternative solutions.
Extended Reach
Some candidates are hard to find. They may be passive or they may be selective. If they aren’t responding to job advertisements, don’t see themselves as part of your ‘talent pool’ and are too busy to search full time then the chances are that they may have relationships with trusted specialist recruiters in your sector. Even if they aren’t currently active, there’s a strong chance that a recruiter will know who they are and how to reach them. Agencies have many networks – each consultant, candidate, or client has the potential to leverage their networks to help connect you to people with a range of skills and experiences, many of who would be off the radar of an in-house team or hiring manager.
Ability to Identify Talent
A lot of talent attraction is aimed at attracting applicants, whether they are responding to an advert, applying on spec, or through your website. A lot of these people may not be good matches for the role hence a lot of time will be invested in filtering, assessing, matching and communicating with them. Using a recruitment agency should mean that you see only candidates – job seekers who have been pre-selected to match all the criteria that you are looking for and who are worthy of consideration and interview.
