When is a recruitment company necessary?

Each employer assesses the recruitment and selection process in terms of its potential benefits. There are usually two options for an employer: you can do the search in-house or you can hire a recruitment company. However, there are cases where hiring a recruitment firm is essential and the recruitment process cannot take place without it. There are 3 such scenarios:

1.When a completely confidential recruitment process is required.

This scenario completely limits the company’s ability to carry out the recruitment process itself, as it is very easy to identify the recruiter from the very first direct contact with the candidate. Of course, the public part of the recruitment process can be impersonal, but once the communication with the potential candidate starts, the confidentiality barrier is broken down. So, for a completely confidential search, the only way to go is with a recruitment company. This solution offers complete security of confidentiality and increases the quality of the selection. At the same time, candidates feel safe to participate in the selection process when they see a professional approach to recruitment.

2.When there is no HR department in the company or there is no suitable HR professional.

If the employee is not an HR professional or the HR professional has no experience in recruitment, it is necessary to hire a recruitment company. Of course, it is possible to allow an inexperienced professional to train in the search process, but this is a high risk, especially if the search is for a high-level professional or manager. The best solution in this case is to allow direct communication with the recruitment company to be carried out by a professional who is seeking to gain experience in recruitment. This will both improve the company’s HR professional more quickly and avoid the additional risk of placing a complex recruitment process in inexperienced hands.

3.When a company is looking for an employee or manager whose competence it cannot verify itself.

This scenario is typical when a company is hiring for a position that it has not hired before, e.g. a company is looking for its first IT team member. To check e.g. It becomes mission impossible to check the knowledge of a .NET developer because the company does not have a person with such knowledge. This is where a recruitment company, which often also has dedicated project managers, becomes a real lifeline. A reliable recruitment partner can not only help you develop the requirements for a new position you are unfamiliar with, but also assess the candidates’ knowledge.

The three scenarios above can be considered as extreme cases where a recruitment service is simply necessary, but in most cases, companies choose recruitment companies for their qualitative performance. To ensure that only the best candidates in their field with a solid job-hopping history reach the company, you need to have extensive recruitment experience. The essential difference between in-house recruitment and buying a service from a recruitment company is that the latter carries out recruitment on a permanent basis. This constant work in a narrow field helps to refine the recruitment process, generates a large database of candidates, and allows the most suitable candidates to be offered quickly, as they are known before the recruitment process starts.