Why use a recruiter as an employer?

For companies, the recruitment process can be a very costly and time-consuming process, often taking up significant resources for little results. While employers do obviously recognise the importance of finding top talent – since they do drive the business forward and improve the overall situation – they are always competing with other companies who are also on the search for skilled and experienced staff, making the process even more difficult.

As a result, many employers utilise the specialist support of recruitment agencies. Making use of an agency to identify and attract talented staff, negotiate terms, and simplify the overall process can relieve a massive amount of pressure. So, what are the exact benefits of a recruitment agency when it comes to helping to hire staff? Well, some of these benefits may include:

Identifying Talent

Recruitment agencies are masters of communication with both employers who are searching for staff, and professionals who are on the lookout for new opportunities. As such, they operate perfectly as the third-party intermediary between both sides. The extensive knowledge possessed by recruitment consultants can be extremely valuable in avoiding a bad candidate while liaising with the capable candidates who are actively looking for a new opportunity.

As long as an employer has effectively created a vacancy with a well-established criteria, an agency can confidently set out to find a suitable candidate for the position. While the ‘ideal’ candidate might not be actively looking, it is a recruitment agencies job to present the opportunity to them as it is entirely possible that they could still be open to a new job for the right role. Utilising their strong relationships and extensive database, there is always somebody for them to reach out to and run the opportunity by.

Advertisement

One of the best ways of passively recruiting for a specific vacancy is through advertisement, although it is not always done properly, and poor marketing is very often portrayed by companies that haven’t had as much experience in the recruitment aspect of things. On the other hand, recruitment agencies not only advertise, but also actively seek out candidates who will fit the given job description.

There are a multitude of job sites that you can post advertisements on, from the big names like Indeed, CV Library and Reed, to more niche sites like Opticians Jobs, all of which are consistently used by recruiters at the highest level to potentially entice the ideal candidate. It also saves the company time and money that they would have needed to spend on these advertisements, which is yet another direct benefit of utilising an agency as it is entirely possible that these advertisements are going to be ineffective so not having to invest these resources is most definitely beneficial.

Processes

As aforementioned, recruitment agencies are the perfect third-party between an employer and employee which also makes it them the perfect people to spearhead the overall process and ensure both sides are always in the know. Two of the most integral parts of the process that recruiters are often heavily involved with is the negotiation of salaries and the interviewing of candidates (both the initial screen call and setting up interviews).

When it comes to the interviewing of candidates, recruitment agencies can confidently conduct initial screening interviews on the employer’s behalf to begin the process of narrowing down the applicants to ensure they fit the roles criteria. Following on from this, if the candidate is the right match for the role, the agency will present them to the employer on their behalf. Furthermore, when it comes to the interview between the employer and the candidate, the recruiter will be able to advise the candidate as to what they should and shouldn’t talk about to give them the best chance at succeeding in the interview.

Building on that last point, the recruiter will also be heavily responsible for ensuring the salary is properly negotiated so that both the employer and employee are on the same page when it comes down to the offer. Making sure the candidate expectations have been adequately managed and know exactly what it is that the employer will be willing to offer is an essential part of the recruiters’ job since any issues with either party in this stage can be detrimental to the entire process. As long as both parties have mutually agreed to the remuneration package then the recruiter has done their job perfectly.

All in all, we make hiring easy, It’s really as simple as that!

On that note, we at Vivid Optical are committed to providing an exemplary service to anybody interested in a new opportunity within Optics. If this is something of interest, feel free to reach out to us at hi@vivid-optical.co.uk or give us a call on 0207 952 6677.