Why Hiring a Recruiting Professional Can Be a Good Business Decision

By: Insperity Staff
August 26th, 2011

Paying for hiring mistakes is extremely time-consuming and expensive. For instance, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it can cost a company $14,000 or more to replace one employee. To avoid such costly mistakes, hiring a recruiting professional can help you not only avoid making the wrong hiring decisions, but also minimize the legal liabilities associated with hiring employees.

Here are five reasons why hiring a professional recruiter (or a professional recruiting services company) is a rewarding idea for most business owners.

1. Proven search techniques. A professional recruiting consultant will have a stockpile of helpful recruiting tools and resources and will know exactly where to look for qualified candidates. Whether it’s an online job board or contacts at another business, recruiting professionals develop a long list of sources that have a history of producing successful employees. Their experience has taught them where the good and the bad candidates gather. And when searching for candidates online, they know what keywords will produce the most relevant results. Their know-how allows them to tap into many types of databases and cull the most appropriate candidates.

2. Strong knowledge of the market. Professional recruiters are often inundated with job seekers day-in and day-out. This immersion affords them a firm understanding of exactly how to separate qualified candidates from the rest of the field. They’re familiar with what market salary rates are and the salary expectations of quality candidates. Your recruiting professional will communicate these expectations, enabling you to align your job offer with the market. As a result, your business will be more attractive to top-line applicants.

3. Take the time to get to know the candidates. Unlike you, recruiting professionals don’t have to split their time between recruiting employees and running a business. Therefore, they have time to thoroughly prescreen candidates. Your professional recruiter will sift through piles of resumes and call prospective candidates to conduct initial telephone interviews, so that you won’t have to take time away from running your business. By prescreening qualified applicants, recruiters get to know top tier candidates and can tell you their key strengths and weaknesses.

4. Access to the “hidden” job market. If you solely rely on job boards to find new employees, you’re only going to attract those people who are actively looking for a change. Sometimes job seekers aren’t necessarily the best candidates out there. Professional recruiters meet and work with a variety of skilled individuals, businesses and industries. These relationships give them access to highly-qualified potential candidates that may not be actively pursuing a career change. Recruiting professionals are able to network and use their web of contacts to find talented employees that otherwise would be completely overlooked.

5. Process management. Because recruiting is the sole responsibility and priority of your recruiting professional, they are able to bring a laser-like focus to all aspects of a customized recruiting strategy and bring it to a successful conclusion, including sourcing, prescreening, face-to-face interviews and background checks. While you’re busy running your business, your professional recruiter is busy turning qualified candidates into new employees for your company.

You may be hesitant to outsource your company’s recruiting responsibilities to a recruiting professional or recruiting services company. But, if you do your research, you can find one who will consistently find stellar employees to add to your workforce while you do what you do best — run your business.

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