A good consultancy will have consultants with years of experience looking for the right candidates.
Our approach - Why a specialist recruitment company is best
Reasons to use a specialist recruitment consultancy
When choosing a consultancy to work with, the choice is often based on three main factors
- fee basis ie price
- size ie nationwide or local
- generalist or specialist
PCR understands that realistic pricing is important in a competitive marketplace, and aims to always deliver value for money solutions. Size and location is however becoming less important given the widespread use of smart technology making distance no longer an issue for close and effective communication. However the decision to use a specialist or a generalist consultancy is, we believe, key to the success of any recruitment venture, particularly in the competitive field of IT recruitment.
By choosing to use a specialist consultancy such as PCR, you are choosing to work with someone who will be a real asset to your business. You'll work with a specialist in the field who will be a partner not just a supplier who will work for you on a daily, weekly and ongoing basis and plan with you for your business, not just to react to the next vacancy when it comes along. Working together in this way acknowledges some very important facts in planning for successful recruitment and staffing:
- good staff are vital to building good businesses
- staffing needs need to be planned in advance, staff-flow forecasts should be as important as cash flow forecasts to a business
- building a close relationship with a good recruitment consultancy is key - it can seem costly but as the agency will do all the leg-work it will actually save you money in the long run
- a good agency will perform detailed background checks on applicants' CVs before you ever see them - a laborious but critical function, as statistics show that 28% of CVs contain doubtful information, 8% of applicants should not be hired from the information contained on the CV, and 2% of all CVs are fraudulent
- many of the best candidates won't put their details on a CV database such as Monster or Jobsite because they prefer to have a personal relationship with a specialised agency who can understand their needs and match them with the right clients for the right positions; so working with a good consultancy gives you access to candidates you would not otherwise find
- many of the best candidates come through personal referrals
- a good consultancy will check references and work eligibility before sending you a CV ( becoming increasingly important in a more global candidate market)
- a good consultancy will have consultants with years of experience of looking for the right candidates and able to identify skills and experience that an employer might not
- a good consultancy will ensure they fully understand the client's needs and business area so that candidates are fully briefed and know what they are going into - recruiting for the candidate to stay and providing pay-back guarantees if they don't
- the cost of getting staff recruitment wrong can be huge
- using a good consultancy widens the net when advertising for staff as people tend only to apply directly to companies from a narrow geographical area