If you or your business is feeling the pressure of staff shortages then one of your options is to hire through a recruitment agency. Here are some crucial reasons to use recruitment experts. Estimated screening time for just one job position is 4.77 days, this is per person. Very time consuming! Using a recruitment agency will:
- –Reduce screening time, assessments, dbs checks etc.
- –It will avoid a lengthy hiring process. While your HR team is trying to decide on a shortlist for interview, your ideal candidate has abandoned your application process and accepted an alternative job offer.
- –Confidentiality. You may be a high-profile organisation that wants to avoid the publicity that a particular job advert can attract or an avalanche of unsuitable applicants attracted by their name. You also may not want your competitors to know you’re hiring.
- A Recruitment Agency will understand real job needs and will hire people who can hit the ground running.
- The longer you are short a member of staff in your company then the more pressure it puts on your existing staff. The last thing you need are more positions to fill.
Candidates not applicants
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 therefore a lot of time will be invested in filtering, assessing, matching and communicating with them. When we talk of a bad candidate experience it’s normally an applicant experience that we are referring to. Time, limited resources and poor recruitment teams may not be able to run a thorough matching process.
Using a recruitment agency should mean that you see only candidates who have been pre-selected to match all the criteria that you are looking for and who are worthy of consideration and interview. Contact Earl Street Recruitment if you need help or advice on hiring.
