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Using a recruitment agency can be extremely expensive and fraught with risks.
Recruitment agencies are supposed to be working on your
behalf……..well, here’s the thing…they are not….they are working for themselves…..duh!!
Let’s be honest….as employers, we are only human; we tend to
take the line of least resistance…..some may even say that we are lazy bunch of
people. When we look for new staff members, we often overlook things and we
seem to default to a position of putting off today what we think we can fit in
tomorrow……..and there’s the danger……you only get out what you put in; ever more
so when you are looking for a new staff member…….
Recruitment agencies are nether the most efficient and
certainly not the most affordable method of hiring new technical staff members
and for many a small business, it can be much more time consuming and perilous
than you could ever imagine.
"That guy you sent to me for an interview was useless!!"
Driven by ridiculous sales targets, many recruitment
consultants have a tendency to “push” inappropriate candidates onto their
clients in the hope that they will simply ‘fit’. All too often, little
attention is paid to whether the individual is the most ideal candidate; rather
agencies focus on selling a ‘good candidate’ from their database instead of
taking the time to source the ‘perfect candidate’… and with the fees they
charge, the perfect candidate is what you are paying for!!
This type of scenario can lead to a new employee being in
totally over their heads, or simply blagging their way into a position which
they neither understand nor can even learn about the trade their “new” employer
operates in.
These individuals are often placed by the recruitment
agency, even though they might be woefully inexperienced for the role demanded
of them.
As a result, your new employee will likely leave or you will
end up letting them go due to poor performance during their probationary
period. In cases like this, once the contract is signed, the client (and folks,
that would be you) is legally obliged to pay the fee, regardless of whether the
candidate works out or not.
If you are still not put off using a recruitment agency,
make sure you are aware of the small print before you agree to anything.
Oh, and by the way…….we train all levels of people in the
electrical industry so why not ask us if we have come across a skilled person…..www.totalelectricaltraining.com
