02/20/2020
RCA Squad 411 of the Month! Topic: Why Hire a Recruiter for your Company ………
OK… I know many of you have all thought it – why should I hire a recruiter? I can do this myself and save money! Yup I hear ya… and have heard it all. I’m going to lay it all out for you why hiring a recruiting professional can be a very good business decision. Not only can hiring a recruiting professional help you avoid making the wrong hiring decisions, but also minimize the legal liabilities associated with hiring employees. A professional recruiter can be very rewarding for your business
We have the Experience and Expertise you need ……..Nobody knows the employment market-place better than a professional recruiter – nobody! In-house human resources, no matter how effective (or Internet-savvy), often view the marketplace through a prism. An in-house H/R Professional believes that they have an undistorted and unbiased picture of the employment landscape but they are vulnerable to the pressures of internal politics and cultural dimensions which do not hinder the outsider – Professional Recruiter!
We can cast a wide net for you …… Recruiters live in the marketplace day in and day out. They know the untapped territories, reefs and inlets that are unknown to others. Professional recruiters have a detailed roadmap to the hidden talent sources which will never be accessed by newspaper ads, alumni associations, applicant databases, or the Internet.
We do all the professional weeding for you …….. Recruiters only give you the top candidates that will fit your roles. Your job is to determine which candidate is the best and right fit for you. Due to the digital age you can get up to 100 resumes for one position a day!! Yes up to 100 (and sometimes even more) and most of the time only 10 are relevant to the position. Most people just click and apply to everything and anything hoping to get a call. Recruiters do their due diligence to go through every resume and talk to the candidates we feel are a good fit for your position . We send you the best of the best, then you to take it from there.
Cost…….there is a misconception among employers that the cost of a hire equals the cost of the advertising or postings on the Internet . Nothing could be further from reality. The fee we charge encompasses all this advertising and then some….plus most recruiters offer guarantees if the candidate doesn’t work out they will get the fee refunded or a replacement free of charge.
We have your need for speed ……………..The recruiting process is always faster through a search professional who is continually tapped into the talent marketplace than one having to start the process from scratch. For every day that a key opening remains unfilled, a company’s other employees must grudgingly do double duty. And this doesn’t factor in the profit opportunities or competitive advantages lost to a company because a position remains unfilled or in some cases are done on a part-time basis by others less qualified. Not only is speed an essential part of the professional recruiter’s process, the ability to locate a person who can immediately hit the ground running with a minimum ramp-up time -saves time after the hire. All too often, a hire selected through less effective sources requires several months of expensive training and orientation.
Reality of it is ……….Professional recruiters often recognize and have a duty to inform clients that they may be mistaken as to the type of person sought, the salary required to attract them or that that the solution might just lie in areas outside the traditional target industries . . . Something an internal recruiter is politically disinclined to do. Too many Company’s fail to understand that professional recruiter’s primary function is not necessarily to fill a slot but to provide the right candidate to solve the problem.
Negotiations always come into play ……….As a buffer and informed intermediary, the professional recruiter is better able to blend the needs and wants of both parties to arrive at a mutually beneficial arrangement without the polarizing roadblocks which too frequently materialize in face-to-face dealings, especially in this “show me the money” economy.
