68% organisations avail services of professional recruiters to make the hiring process effective.
In
the age of social media, the charm of a professional recruiter still
exists, simply for their ability to attract, assess and hire the best
talent. As the war for talent intensifies, organisations are forced to
use professional recruiters to assess and hire the best talent. And,
nearly 68 per cent organisations are availing the services of assessment
centers to make the hiring process more effective and flawless,
revealed a study conducted by TimesJobs.com. This is because
professional recruiters and assessors are better equipped to judge a
candidate's suitability for the job, claimed 45 per cent of respondent
companies.
Joseph Devasia, managing partner,
Antal International Network highlights five reasons why corporate need
professional recruiters to source the best talent:
LinkedIn
cannot replace recruiters: You may often wonder why you need a
recruiter when you have social media tools like LinkedIn. Here is a
warning - you may think so at your own risk. LinkedIn cannot replace
recruiters. It is a great aid in identifying people, who may be right
for the opportunities we are hiring for. But there is so much more to
recruitment than finding people. Placement, the end goal of recruitment
begins when a recruiter calls a prospective candidate and sells the
opportunity and interests them enough to say yes. From there on, through
conversations after conversations, recruiter forges a relationship with
the candidate to identify the reasons for leaving, the reasons for
staying, validating if this is the right opportunity.
Save
on time & money: Most organisations assume that external recruiters
are overpriced; and ask for exuberant fees; they need to change this
assumption. If you calculate, organisations end up spending more money
as well as time in advertising, marketing, interviewing, screening
candidates, etc. Specialist recruiters save the company a great deal of
time and effort as they do all the tedious work and bring only the best
out of the entire lot after exhaustive screening and evaluation.
Recruiters
have access to the best talent: Recruiters have a very well connected
network; they create their pipeline which includes only the best talent
available in the market. Individuals are not always looking for jobs
actively and hence, they do not usually pay much attention to the job
adverts posted by corporates. As a result it is extremely painstaking to
reach the passive talents who are already working for your competitor.
However, for a trained recruiter this is their everyday job - to
headhunt and build their talent pipeline.
Recruiters
have access to the best talent: Recruiters have a very well connected
network; they create their pipeline which includes only the best talent
available in the market. Individuals are not always looking for jobs
actively and hence, they do not usually pay much attention to the job
adverts posted by corporates. As a result it is extremely painstaking to
reach the passive talents who are already working for your competitor.
However, for a trained recruiter this is their everyday job - to
headhunt and build their talent pipeline.
Recruiters
are aware of the industry pulse: Recruiters have experience and
exposure to many companies and candidates, they are aware of the pulse
of the industry and moreover they avoid mistakes in the hiring process
by providing an in depth background check of a candidate or by following
up on references, which in turn saves your time and capital.
