You'd think so wouldn't you but by the same reasoning if
everyone is doing a crap job the customer's expectations are
lowered and so medeocrity abounds.
I've often wondered if a levelling of the recruitment industry
could be driven by the use of micro-formats and better
decentralised and open toolsets creating an open marketplace in
which employers and candidates could better engage.
Also, as someone who has spent a block of time reviewing CVs for
a position (that we chose to not go through a recruiter for), I
have a certain amount of respect for what a quality agent can add
to the recruitment process.
You just answered your own question. The money is not in the
process of advertising but rather in providing ancillary services
such as psychometric and technical skills testing, or in background
checking.
I.e. By introducing a level playing field for the engagement
part of the process it is no longer about who can provide the
biggest or glossiest ads but rather afford the parties the best
quality of related service.
Don't get me wrong their are some fab agencies out there, but
what makes them good is their ability to comprehend the actual
business requirements not merely to adhere to a wish list of
keywords
In all my years of being recruited and recruiting, I don't think
I've ever been swayed by glossy ads.
The commission has always gone to the agent who made the
effort.
I've fired more than one agent due to incompetence, ("That was
your second strike. There is no third, please don't call me
again."), and followed that up with calls to management at the
agency.
My last experience was with an agent who said "You'll get a
role, and quickly. Our challenge is the be the ones who put you
into it.". At the end, they had me in the running for two roles,
with another 3 lined up behind those. No-one else even came close
in terms of 'making an effort'.
7 comments so far
Depends on how much self worth one has. I've given up expecting them to even be able to read a job spec or cv let alone actually understand one.
6 hours, 23 minutes ago by barneyc.
If everyone else is doing a crap job, surely that makes it easier to be at the top of the industry...
6 hours, 5 minutes ago by malach.
You'd think so wouldn't you but by the same reasoning if everyone is doing a crap job the customer's expectations are lowered and so medeocrity abounds.
I've often wondered if a levelling of the recruitment industry could be driven by the use of micro-formats and better decentralised and open toolsets creating an open marketplace in which employers and candidates could better engage.
5 hours, 58 minutes ago by barneyc.
Sure it could, but where's the money in that?
Also, as someone who has spent a block of time reviewing CVs for a position (that we chose to not go through a recruiter for), I have a certain amount of respect for what a quality agent can add to the recruitment process.
5 hours, 53 minutes ago by malach.
You just answered your own question. The money is not in the process of advertising but rather in providing ancillary services such as psychometric and technical skills testing, or in background checking.
I.e. By introducing a level playing field for the engagement part of the process it is no longer about who can provide the biggest or glossiest ads but rather afford the parties the best quality of related service.
5 hours, 49 minutes ago by barneyc.
Don't get me wrong their are some fab agencies out there, but what makes them good is their ability to comprehend the actual business requirements not merely to adhere to a wish list of keywords
5 hours, 47 minutes ago by barneyc.
In all my years of being recruited and recruiting, I don't think I've ever been swayed by glossy ads.
The commission has always gone to the agent who made the effort.
I've fired more than one agent due to incompetence, ("That was your second strike. There is no third, please don't call me again."), and followed that up with calls to management at the agency.
My last experience was with an agent who said "You'll get a role, and quickly. Our challenge is the be the ones who put you into it.". At the end, they had me in the running for two roles, with another 3 lined up behind those. No-one else even came close in terms of 'making an effort'.
5 hours, 13 minutes ago by malach.