If only recruitment was this easy

Whenever your company needs to recruit new staff members, you should think twice about trying to do it yourself – it’s time-consuming and uneconomic. It’s far better to let a professional recruitment company handle all aspects of your staff recruitment.
If you’re not entirely convinced that this is the best route to follow, take a look at exactly how much time and effort is involved in getting suitable candidates lined up for interviews.

It Takes Time To Recruit

Drafting the advert, which must contain all the job requirements and skills needed, is the first step in the process. Once the wording has been agreed upon, the layout and design, including logos, telephone numbers and so on, is next. Then newspapers need to be contacted and prices and deadlines obtained. All of this can easily take up to six hours.

Incoming CV’s have to be read with a view to selecting those who should be interviewed. Time will also be taken dealing with phone calls from candidates enquiring about the position. Once a shortlist has been drawn up, it may be necessary to conduct a short telephone or Skype interview to make sure candidates meet the initial selection criteria. All of this can take upwards of six hours.

Having tied someone up in your company to handle all of this, they would have spent twelve hours or more just to get suitable applicants for the interview process – that’s twelve hours they could have spent a lot more productively. There’s also all the advertising costs for magazines and newspapers to consider.

A Recruitment Company is the Better Choice

In the long run, it’s far better to let a recruitment agency handle this process for you. After all, this is what they do … and you’ll find their costs surprisingly reasonable.

A recruitment agency has a large base of candidates to choose from and their staff are trained to carry out interviews and screen applicants. They will advertise on multiple job boards, thereby attracting a wider audience and more applicants.

They will first vet applicants via the phone, Skype or a short meeting, so that only suitable candidates are selected for interviews. Agencies also offer you support and advice on market trends, salaries and availability, and even guarantee a refund if the chosen candidate doesn’t work out.

So as you can see, using a recruitment agency with local expertise such as Adria Solutions makes perfect sense – they manage the entire process, arrange interviews, check references, negotiate offers, and save you time and money.

David Berwick

David Berwick

Director • Lead Software Engineering Recruitment Specialist

David Berwick is an IT Recruitment Specialist with 25 years of experience, including 20 years as the Director of Adria Solutions. He specialises in Software Engineering recruitment and is widely respected in the UK’s tech recruitment industry. Dave has provided expert commentary for specialist publications such as LinkedIn News UK, Tech Target and UK Recruiter.

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