We all know that companies of all shapes and sizes have been left digging out from the “The Great Recession”. Everyone is struggling to pick up the pieces and more often than not, what employees you have left are being taxed with the extra burden. This is especially true of human resource departments. The challenge of sorting through more resumes than you can count, keeping existing employees happy and balancing a hiring manager’s needs is a lot to bear. To top it all off, hiring the right talent is an ever-more urgent mandate for organizations that need to find superstars that can multi-task and operate in these fast-paced, pressurized environments.
In the past, organizations have looked at staffing agencies with a bit of a wary eye and who can blame them? Most of the resumes that were passed on tended to be coated in effusive praise and the promise of a hefty commission if one of their candidates landed the job. But, much like other businesses having to shift their strategies, so too, are recruiters. More and more recruitment firms are working as trusted partners to HR departments and companies, taking a little bit of pressure off already harried staff.
The change is subtle, but it’s there if you look for it. Gone are big commissions for sticking a company with a candidate…any candidate. Now recruiters, like myself, act as on-going partners who provide objective feedback, frank opinions on candidates (and what their references really said) and a singular focus on finding the right candidate, not a commission. The breakdown and reasons as to “why” use an outside recruiter are actually pretty simple:
- Your hiring managers are freed up to concentrate on more profitable work
- The human resources department is focused on interviewing only the best candidates – giving them more time to devote to working on internal projects for your valuable employees
- Third-party recruiters can gather and track down a greater collection of objective information and references on a potential hire
- An ongoing recruitment partner will drastically lower your cost-to-hire rate as they become hiring experts for your company
All that being said, I’d love to hear your thoughts about third-party recruiters!
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