5 Reasons to Use a Recruitment Agency to Find Your Next Hire

Are you on the fence about using a recruitment agency to find your next candidate? It could be that you haven’t used an agency before, or you’re just finding it particularly difficult to find the right candidate. Some of the benefits of using a recruitment agency include salary benchmarking, cutting down on recruitment costs and saving time going through applications. Still not convinced? Take a look at these benefits of using a recruitment agency for your next hire.

Market Knowledge

When you work with a recruitment agency, you benefit from their wealth of industry and local market knowledge.  Utilised well, this knowledge should help you to decide if your proposed salary is in line with the rest of your industry, local area, or just other roles currently on the market.  Offering a competitive salary is vital if you want to attract the best talent!  Working with an agency should be a consultative process, where you can weigh up your expectations – which skills are desirable versus the essentials, and what you can realistically expect from the role that you are advertising.

Candidates not applicants

When you post a job online, naturally you hope to get loads of great applications.  The downside to this is sifting through all those applications to find the stars!   Time spent reading CVs, rejecting unsuitable applicants, and somehow trying to differentiate between the good and the bad!  One of the biggest benefits of working with an agency is that we do this for you!   The very best agencies will speak to all candidates over the phone, and even interview them face to face before their CV ever reaches your inbox, saving you enormous amounts of time and effort.   Done right this should mean that you are simply presented with a shortlist of candidates to interview, all of whom should be up to the job – you just have to interview to choose who is best suited to your team!

Advertise roles

Recruitment agencies will be likely to have far more reach amongst job seekers than you can hope to. They will have their own websites or even job boards and will pay the cost to advertise your roles on a bigger scale than you may have the budget for. As they are known within their sectors for having a variety of jobs, they are more likely to get more attraction than you, especially if you are a small business who may be unknown to many candidates.

They are also great for attracting passive talent by leveraging their network, or through recommendations, to help you find the ideal candidate as they will be able to find people who are looking for the kind of role you’re advertising but haven’t applied. They will be able to find talent which you may not have time to approach yourself!

Position you as an employer of choice

They will be able to position your business to candidates who may otherwise overlook your opportunity. Especially if you are a small business, a consultant will be able to give more insight to potential candidates on your culture, benefits offered and development opportunities in your business. They will be able to fill in the gaps that may have been missed online especially if you are a small business.

Cost saving

Using an agency can sometimes seem like an expensive option, but it can actually save you money along the way!  When you advertise a vacancy, you pay for the advert whether it is successful or not, whereas with an agency you only pay if they find you a suitable candidate!  

You will also save the cost of your own or your staff’s time in going through the application and vetting process, allowing you to focus on more lucrative activities!  You also benefit from a reduced risk of bad hires and having a safety net in place in the form of a rebate period, in the unlikely event that someone you hire via a recruitment agency does not last the distance!

The longer you work in partnership with an agency, the quicker and more valuable the process will become as they will really get to know your business and understand what a great match to your team really looks like!