Five reasons why recruitment services are the answer

If you're trying to build a team, then naturally you need to hire some people, but the days of placing an ad in the back pages of the local newspaper are long gone.

That is to say, while a print ad runs a low probability to be seen by a talented out-of-work individual within a few miles of your location, a specialist recruitment service can target only people who are a good match for the vacancy you have available, and can even reach out further to those willing to travel or relocate for the right role.

Here are five other reasons why specialist recruitment services can be the best way to build a team.

1. Expertise

It's easy to focus on the expertise of your hires, while overlooking the fact that you lack expertise in hiring.

Recruiting the right individual goes far beyond the basics of simply advertising the role and picking one person from everybody who applies.

Specialist recruiters know this, and can not only find the right person for the job, but at the right price, and potentially bringing in extra skills you didn't even realise were available.

2. Screening

Again, the scatter gun approach of accepting open applications for a job can create a substantial screening burden, especially in a competitive sector.

Recruiters take this admin burden off of your shoulders, putting in the leg work to identify only the individual suitable for the role, and then giving you the final say in who gets interviewed and who does not.

If you've ever faced a mountain of hundreds of CVs and cover letters for a single vacancy, then outsourcing your recruitment is self-evidently the better way.

3. Respect

We work with you to hire the right person for each role - with total respect for your own recruitment processes and priorities.

That means if you want more of a hands-off service, we can accommodate that; if you want more in-depth information about candidates before the interview stage, that's fine too.

4. Analysis

Recruitment firms prefer to place candidates into roles where they will excel not only in the short term, but as an integral part of their team for the long term too.

For this reason, we offer ongoing evaluations of the way we recruit your candidates; we raise our own game with each subsequent hire, so you know the calibre of your team members will increase even further with time.

5. Coaching

Finally, recruiters don't just pick the best candidates - we create them, by helping to identify the unserved needs in each sector, and coaching the individuals we have on our books in what new skills they should add to their capabilities.

Everybody benefits from this approach, as the candidates improve their chances of landing a role, and of being able to carry out their duties to a high standard.

In turn, this is clearly advantageous for the employer, who gains all of the skills they need in a single individual, rather than having to make multiple appointments to cover all the bases.