How to choose the right recruitment agency?

Why is it reasonable to address the services of a recruiting agency?

Whether it is reasonable to use the forces of in-house recruiting and involve the company’s recruiters in the search and hiring of candidates is a burning issue that many employers get stuck on.

Based on the OnHires experience, we can highlight several weighty arguments in favor of the fact that it is not only advisable to use the help of a qualified recruiter provided by a recruitment agency, but it is also cost-effective:

• This step will save your employees’ productive time.

According to the SHRM’s research, it takes 42 days to fill one vacancy on average. Meanwhile, cooperation with a recruiting agency will allow your company to reduce this time by at least two-thirds.

• It will improve the recruitment quality.

Recruiting agencies tend to specialize in certain areas of business and, due to this, possess solid bases of candidates in these areas, which will let your company hire the candidates that best meet your requirements and expectations.

• Cooperation with a recruiting agency will supply you with guarantees for replacing the employees who have not passed the probationary period in the shortest time.

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How to choose the perfect recruiting agency for you? 

All companies are different. When recruiting new staff, they pursue different goals. In order not to make a mistake, make the right choice and work with a recruitment agency that perfectly matches your demands, we recommend adhering to a particular strategy in choosing an agency, for example, the following:

1. Be as clear as possible about your demands for this recruitment project and choose the right type of agency.

Determine exactly how many new employees you need to hire and for what positions. This will help you identify which recruitment model will be most beneficial for you to cooperate on its basis with the outstaffing agency. Plus, it will turn your attention to those agencies that specialize in applying this model and help you narrow down the range of agencies to choose from.

2. Take enough time to find out the reputation of the agency.

Study its clients’ reviews, official website, and blog, and their professionalism. Do not forget to examine its activity in social networks, employer’s brand, and performance indicators. This step will give you more guarantees for a successful choice.

3. Get an as accurate idea about the working methods and professional level of the agency you have chosen as possible.

For this, select a few of the best agencies from among those that you have already studied. Conduct preliminary meetings with their representatives, evaluate the quality and the range of services they offer, and compare their prices with the average market prices.

4. Confirm your impression from the first meeting.

Arrange an additional meeting with the agency's representatives that ultimately made the most favorable impression on you. Make sure your first impression has stayed the same. Discuss your final decision with your company’s management and offer cooperation to the chosen agency.

If you go through these simple steps to choose the perfect agency, you will get a high probability that you have made the right choice.

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