How Companies Use Recruiters (and what that means for you!)
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Occasionally I get asked about recruiters, if the client should use one, how companies find them, and what recruiters do for companies. So here is a little article on what recruiters are about.
Making the best use of recruiters is something that almost all major corporations do now. Taking advantage of someone that is trained to sort through people means less hassle for the company—and why not? Less hassle means fewer headaches for those businesses.
Recruiters are people who have been trained specifically to hunt for various corporations to fill empty positions. They place ads in newspapers, online and in magazines to get the attention of any individual that might qualify for a job opening that they might have.
Taking the time to find recruiters who know what they are doing is the first important step for a company. Without excellent recruiters, corporations likely will not end up with the type of people that they want working for them.
Finding the best use of recruiters is up to the corporations that employ them, however, companies need to pick and choose where the need is for new hires in particular. In other words, will the corporation be expanding in Asia and the Western United States? If so, recruiters look for individuals who might have the ability to speak Japanese or Chinese, or are bi-lingual/fluent in other languages.
Another possibility would be if a company has decided to open a whole different operation. For example, Company A typically has been a restaurant chain. Now Company A wants to start some retail stores, and has the means to do it. Using a business plan, Company A will make the best use of recruiters by sending them out in whatever area it defines to find candidates to interview. Company A will have certain guidelines for the recruiters to go by, but the recruiters will pick the potential candidates.
Once the potential candidates are picked, recruiters will typically thin out the crowd somewhat before sending the candidates in for an interview. Recruiters take the time to sit and talk to each candidate for several minutes and are usually tuned in well enough to people that they can spot instantly who would work for the job, and who wouldn’t.
When you have recruiters who are available, it makes life much easier for the corporation. It is one less step that the Human Resources Department has to be concerned with. When there are so many other things that HR people have to do, using recruiters makes their job easier. For large corporations, making use of recruiters on a regular basis is a great benefit and saves them plenty of money. Smaller corporations on the other hand, may not see a benefit except once in a while—perhaps when searching for a new Chief Executive Officer or other high-ranking position.
So here is your little lesson on how recruiters help companies and what that means for you!
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I just wanted to make a few quick comments about the use of recruiters. I guess the criteria and need changes, depending on the job. I am an educator and artist and have been on numerous search committies for our department. There doesn’t seem to be a lack of qualified candidates in our profession. I don’t think of the search committee as serving the same function of recruitment. In recruitment, it seems that a great deal of latitude is given to the recruiter. Whereas, in my situation, the hiring committee is usually quite limited. In fact, the pool of applicants have already been chosen by committee and approved by human resouces, way prior to any actual interviews. I was always under the impression that a majority of job hunts were conducted this way and I am amazed that there are companies who have the freedom to recruit.
Outsourcing recruitment is an interesting (but necessary) practice.
It’s interesting because recruitment is how we develop a pool of possible candidates, and selection is how we choose the candidates from that pool. What’s’ odd is that many companies also outsource the selection to recruitment companies (often for lower level positions). In such cases you really want to make sure you know the recruitment company, and they also know your business.
Thanks for the article
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True!
Thanks, Dan.
Interesting thoughts.
Thanks, Ralph!
I find that recruiters regularly peruse the job sites such as monster so it is always a good idea to have your resume posted whether you’re looking for a new position or not. Your talents and qualification may be exactly what a company is looking for in their search to fill a new position.
Thank you for the informative post.
In my early days I’ve benefited from having contact to recruiters- but after several years the “real” network of friends and acquaintances counts more. Also, I’ve seen several recruiters trying to get people into jobs not because they were the best fit but because the recruiter’s commission was highest for this candidate. So, just remember, it’s a business.
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Having these recruiters will make the job easier especially the HR people. They will not going to worry to get the application letters and resumes of the applicants and interview them. That will take too much of their time and effort. Instead of doing these stuffs, they can do other things. On the other hand, the company must know the recruiters well. They need to see to it that they are capable of doing such a complicated job.
Hi Lyan,
What’s difficult is conveying to a recruiter what your corporate culture is. Without an understanding of that, employees may not be a good fit for your business, culturally.
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Good to know. Thanks, Alex!