Why Use a Recruiting Firm?
Deciding to use a recruiter can be beneficial to both potential job candidates and an employer. Successful recruiters often have many relationships with a diverse group of companies, which helps the recruiter understand what type of employee an employer is seeking. In turn, this helps the recruiter place a job candidate with the right company according to their skills and qualifications.
Benefits of External Recruiting for Employers
Many companies draw from within the company when they seek to fill a vacant position. While this is fine, employers have a much wider range of talent and skill to draw from by recruiting externally.
It’s often beneficial to a company or organization to hire someone from outside of the company for many reasons. New people who are not “conditioned” to the work environment often bring in fresh ideas, which can boost the growth of a company that has become stagnant.
Of course, it’s obvious that by hiring a recruiter you will have a much larger pool of job candidates to choose from, making it easier for you to select an individual with the exact skills and qualifications you desire. It may also help in maintaining good relationships within the company, as resentment sometimes surfaces when employees are promoted within the organization.
Advantages of Using a Recruiter to Find The Perfect Opportunity
Those on the hunt for a job, especially in difficult economic times, have their work cut out for them. In most industries, the job market is very competitive; established recruiters know the employment marketplace well. Much of the time, recruiters have access to unadvertised jobs which expands the number of opportunities available to a candidate.
Any individual who has pursued an executive-type career on their own knows there is a lot of work involved, including preparing and sending out a professional resume, making phone calls and setting up interviews. A recruiter acts as an “agent” of sorts and can help you accomplish all of these tasks easily and in less time.
Experienced and successful recruiters have built relationships with a wide range of clients; they know what these employers are looking for in an employee; they also have a feel for the work environment. This helps recruiters place job candidates in a career that is the “perfect marriage” for both the employer and the employee.
A recruiter often plays the role of “middleman”; he frequently has the ability to negotiate a higher salary for the job candidate. Interviewing is a crucial aspect of the hiring process; a recruiter with insight into what the employer is looking for in an employee can help the job candidate hone their interview skills in a way that is targeted toward a potential employer.
These are just a few of the benefits of using a recruiter, both to employers and job candidates. What about you? As an employer or a job candidate, you will find that using a recruiter results in far less work on your part, and the perfect match between employer and employee needs.
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