Low cost recruitment is now available thanks to a growing breed of recruiting services who charge a flat fee instead of linking the fee charged to the pay rate of the individual hired. Think about this for a minute. The person you are paying to help you find the best employee may only be interested in finding the highest paid person for the job. Who is a recruiter more likely to send to a company, the guy who is making £50,000 a year, or the guy making £80,000 a year? So even though the lower paid employee may be best suited for the position the recruiter has a strong incentive to push the highest paid candidates to interview with the company.
At a flat fee recruitment agency they have no extra incentive to push the higher paid candidate. In fact probably their biggest incentive is to quickly find the perfect candidate for a company. There are many quality online recruitment companies who charge a one off flat fee price to help businesses find suitable candidates, which costs less and saves time and aggravation.
A quality recruiter may suggest you take part in the group recruiting process. This is a process that is unfamiliar to most people however if can offer substantial advantages if executed correctly.
6 Advantages to Group Recruitment for your Business:
1) Time saved. You won't have to spend time repeating the basic background of the company and the position to each individual. Instead you can present the information once to all candidates at the same time. You can also meet with a larger pool of candidates
2) You won't spend time clearing your schedule only to have the person you are scheduled to interview not show up. I'm amazed at the number of times people just don't show up for a scheduled interview.
3) This unusual method will help weed out those that are not able to handle change. Think about it, if you seriously wanted a job but you weren't able to step a little bit out of your comfort zone what does that say about the type of employee you will be when deadlines or changes in the company require you to break out of the normal routine.
4) Being able to see how the person interacts with others is something only the group recruitments process offers. Instead of the typical one on one format of an interview you can observe how the person deals with others.
5) Less distractions inside the company. This may seem like a disadvantage at first but by running this first round of meetings outside your building at a small venue outside of the company you will cut down the number of people coming in and out of the building creating distractions for those hard at work in the office.
6) Group recruitment encourages the involvement of your team in the selection process. Sitting down with your team and having an open discussion about each candidate will be a very valuable use of time. You would be amazed at how often discussing the advantages and disadvantage of each candidate may just change your mind on who is the best person for the job.
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