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Why use a Recruitment Firm?

Outsourcing the recruitment process allows you to focus on your core business activities; and to spend more time and effort on establishing retention strategies and new business development.

Specialist recruitment firms have access to a much larger pool of candidates, who may not have considered applying directly to your organisation; they retain and nurture wide networks of potential candidates, and maintain relationships with passive jobseekers.

Professional recruitment firms employ consultants who undergo a high level of training in screening and interviewing techniques, and they have daily interaction with job seekers; they are better able to determine candidate suitability and fit for roles.

Professional recruitment firms can also offer value added services such as assistance with the writing of job descriptions, on-site interview participation, assistance in establishing a graduate program, for example.

Poor hiring decisions can be costly. Advanced screening, guarantee periods with no-cost replacment options help mitigate this risk.

Access to wider market data ensures recruitment firms are better informed on salary expectations, benchmarking and trends.

When should you consider using a Recruitment Firm?

If you dont have the expertise in house to source the best candidates
If you need niche or hard-to-find skills

When you want to source unique candidates that are not actively seeking a new role

When you have an urgent requirement and cannot rely on responses to advertising the role, and have no database of suitable contract resources to tap into

When you dont have the time or resources to screen large numbers of applicants

When you wish to reduce the stress and risk involved with poor hiring decisions.

Risks and Hurdles in NOT using a Recruitment Firm

The hurdles you are likely to face in choosing to undertake your own recruitment program without the support of a professional search firm include:

The cost and time overhead - Advertising roles and then screening applicants can be a time consuming and costly process.
The difficulty of accessing the hidden talent pool - Advertising roles only attracts active jobseekers. With niche and hard-to-find skill requirements, you may find no candidates apply.
Lack of expertise - Without training and experience in interview and screening techniques, clients may not be able to identify the best fit candidates.
Not employing the right person for the job - A limited candidate pool and lack of readily accessible, current market data often aggravates the possibility of poor hiring decisions.

Next, learn about the Tips and Traps for choosing a recruitment partner. Note that this is Premium Content available only to logged in AIIA Members. Otherwise jump to learn about Saving Money with a Contractor Workforce.

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