Using A Recruiter For The Hiring Process
Your core objective is to grow your business. At some stage or another, this means you’re going to need to hire people to help you achieve this. Ask yourself, how do you feel about the hiring process? Are you confident enough to handle it?
Successful recruitment agencies are in the business of hiring, which is why considering them to take the pressure off your hands and ensure the right fit for your opening is a highly recommended (and strategic) move.
Here’s why you should consider using a recruiter:
- They know what to look for
Agencies know exactly what they’re looking for when it comes to finding the right candidates for the job. They’ve got the skills, processes and knowledge to know when someone is a good fit. This gives them the ability to filter through the crop rather quickly and fill positions in a timely manner.
- They know where to look
Over and above what they’re looking for, agencies know exactly where to look for the right candidate. They’re spent years collecting CVs, chatting to potential candidates, building up a database of thousands and networking relentlessly to ensure they have options to turn to.
- They know how to screen
When interviewing a candidate for a position in your company, how are you so sure you’re asking the right questions to get the assurance you need that it’s the right candidate? You’re probably thinking to yourself that you don’t, right? According to Entrepreneur, even today American companies are unable to fill more than four million jobs because they cannot find the right talent for those roles.
With years of experience behind them, and many scripts and screening processes later, agencies are confident in their ability to ask the right questions (and listen for the right answers). They’re also confident in their ability to streamline the screening process to fill positions quickly and avoid wasting time.
- They save you time and money
You could probably think of a thousand other tasks you could be doing within your company other than partaking in the process of screening candidates to hire. It’s frustrating, it’s time consuming and if done wrong, it’s costly. In its 2016 Human Capital Benchmarking Report, the Society for Human Resource Management estimated that companies spend an average of 42 days to fill a position and $4,129 per hire. That’s two extremely valuable resources going into one hire.
Hiring an agency to take this process off your hands will not only save you time to do the things more important to you, but it will save you money too. Undergoing a thorough hiring process ensures that the candidates you’re welcoming into your company are the best suited for the position. A return on investment, we’d say.
- They stay up to date with the trends
As with any industry, things change. Even more so during these unprecedented times. COVID-19 has thrown a spanner in the hiring process works and while it’s one you may find difficult to navigate, recruitment agencies have invested in staying on top of the trends to ensure their services and offerings to you aren’t falling by the wayside.
Looking to hire? Let us help you streamline the process and find the right fit for your company, saving you time, money and hassle.
So, what are you waiting for? Get on a virtual call with your teams, or go at it alone, but start planning your work goals and make sure 2021 is a year of productivity, growth and success.