Last Updated on April 1, 2024 by Ali Hamza
A recruitment agency contributes to the industry by conducting recruitment drives and staffing potential candidates for organizations, which do not have time, money and the related resources for getting the job done.
By stating the aims and needs of the company, through such agencies, staffing agencies will recruit the staff based on that criteria.
Some staffing agencies provide temporary workers and some would provide permanent employees based on the quota and the demand of the organization.
What is a Recruitment Agency or Staffing Agency?
Recruitment agencies are private agencies that provide candidates for many large companies and also provide job offers and chances for potential employees and candidates.
Based on the job description and criteria set by the company, they select various candidates through different media such as advertisements, job sites, through their websites, job fairs and also through social media.
When a recruiter stumbles upon a candidate and finds the candidate profile, the candidate profile is gone through various processes such as screening tests, verifications etc. If he/she is suitable for the job and meets the company requirement and description, the recruiter sets up an interview with the candidate to discuss about his/her skills and career choices. This information is then passed through the final company where they will decide, if the selected candidate has enough skills and ability for the job.
After the interview with the recruiter is successful, the recruiter approves the candidate and the candidate is then set up for an interview with the client.
The client then goes through the information and points which were sent by the recruiter along with the performance comments.
The client conducts the interview with the candidate and if the potential candidate has done the interview very well, he/she would secure the job position, and they might get the job.
Why Recruitment and Staffing Agencies?
We might wonder why they hire such agencies for recruitment. There are many factors that add to this factor.
The main reason of recruitment agencies is to appoint and recruit the employees based on the employment type and since it is their job to do so, they will recruit the employees more efficiently.
Moreover, they know how to recruit the employees based on the economic and the financial market relating to the organization. Furthermore, recruiting agencies are agencies that work parallel to the main organization and try to create workforce for the main company.
This way the company can save a lot of capital on recruitment expenses, transportation and also keeping track of their employees. They also maintain a separate record only for this purpose and hence saving time and money for documentation.
Advantages of Working with a Staffing Firm:
1. Saves time:
Staffing firms have a wide access of jobs for candidates that are not found through a simple job search. Hence, there is a wide variety of choices for the candidate. Also, from the candidate point of view, most of the work is done by recruitment agency and hence not much work is involved for the candidate.
Most of the recruiters are knowledgeable about the different trends and changes present in the industry and they try to recruit people according to the current state of the industry. They take only the required amount of employees for the company.
Especially if the market is not stable and promising for new employees. Instead of the company, spending hours and hours every day recruiting new people, most of the paper work and the hard work is done by the recruitment agency.
2. Expertise:
Staffing agencies always have a level of expertise and that exceeds way more than the human resource department of most of the companies.
Unlike, the human resource department where they are in contact with one type of group of people, the recruiting agency tends to meet with people of various industries and they get a chance to learn about the leading technology, how the technology is shifting and how the trends are in the market.
Also, recruiting agencies are more suitable for working long tedious hours for employing candidates rather than the HR of a company. They also provide expert recruiters and employment specialists at a low cost than most of the third party companies.
3. Cost:
Using staffing agencies can be considered advantageous for most companies, since they do not have to spend extra money on employee recruitment and also for funding various processes like, pre-employment testing, background testing and also drug screening. They also provide extra cost savings through creating payroll databases and also added administration benefits.
Small to medium employers can fully depend on staffing agencies so as to provide them with employees who are very skilled and efficient at a remarkable rate. This is necessary for balancing the cost and also handling the training expenditure of the selected candidates.
Since staffing agencies have workers who are specifically trained for such recruitment, they get the job done faster than the HR, hence saving a lot of time and money.
4. Network:
Staffing agencies have a large network of available workers than the HR department for most companies. Normally, when a company wants workers to work for them, the first thing that they do is advertise, followed by their interview and screening processes and also process the required documentation so as to hire them.
Recruiting agencies on the other hand have a well spread network, where they already are in contact with workers whom they identify as dependent, versatile and fit for the job.
So, when employing a recruitment agency, the required amount of manpower that is required for a company can be easily filled within a matter of hours or days, unlike the direct recruitment process, where the company has to wait for months just to get the required number of employees.
5. Retention:
Temporary staffs hired through recruitment agencies are given the chance to learn the process, the methods and the work of the employees before they are given a permanent position.
This is necessary so that the company turnover can be reduced up to a large extent and also, it gives time for the employees to get used to the company culture and the environment.
Staffing agencies working for large companies can have a large amount of savings in the area of company turnover, the training costs and also mandatory costs like transportation and also miscellaneous costs. This is a great advantage that the hiring agency provides to its customers i.e., the employer company.
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