| The recruitment industry in Britain is big business, | | | | More and more employers are looking for external |
| despite challenging economic times. The United | | | | assistance to ease their plight and a recruitment firm |
| Kingdom's £27 billion private recruitment and staffing | | | | can offer great benefits if you are looking to hire |
| industry has been affected by rising unemployment | | | | staff for short periods of time as well as seeking |
| figures but there is still demand across the board for | | | | permanent staff members. |
| both temporary and permanent workers. | | | | A recruitment firm can also provide you with benefits |
| Research carried out by the Recruitment and | | | | if they are expert in a particular industry or employee |
| Employment Confederation show that employers in | | | | market. They may have specialised knowledge of |
| Britain are placing importance on the use of agency | | | | where to find, and how to attract, employees with |
| workers in both their short and long term planning. | | | | specific skills. If you are unable to attract the |
| 88% of employers surveyed indicated they would be | | | | employees you want yourself, you may require the |
| either maintaining or increasing their use of temporary | | | | services of a recruitment agency that has good |
| workers over the next quarter whilst one in three | | | | industry contacts and can source the appropriate |
| plan to retain or increase their long term use of | | | | staff you require. |
| agency staff. 1 | | | | For those seeking temporary members of staff, |
| Management skills are top of the priority list when it | | | | assessing and managing candidates for these |
| comes to the capabilities that employers look for in | | | | positions involves a slightly different set of skills to |
| permanent staff. | | | | those required for permanent recruitment and the |
| Organisations opting to manage their own recruitment | | | | help of recruitment agency can be very welcome |
| processes are finding that high volumes of | | | | here. |
| applications are having a negative impact. With more | | | | Permanent employees can also be sourced via |
| and more applicants vying for the same position, the | | | | recruitment agencies. Look for an agency that uses |
| recruitment process is becoming more time | | | | skills testing and other assessment tools which help |
| consuming, which can have a knock-on on | | | | to find a candidate with skills, competencies and |
| bottom-line results. | | | | motivations that match the position available and the |
| Specific employment markets are so large that for a | | | | organisation recruiting. |
| business to initially screen all applications for a position | | | | A good recruitment agency should know their |
| would be so time consuming it could result in lost | | | | markets well, so whether you need to fill |
| business whilst the recruitment process occurs. | | | | accountancy jobs, have an administration position |
| In this instance, the use of recruitment firms can | | | | available or need to find a marketing professional, |
| save considerable time and using a firm to help | | | | you should be able to find a suitable recruitment |
| source suitable staff is one of the most effective | | | | agency that will have accurate information about |
| ways of finding the right people quickly, easily and | | | | candidate availability, sourcing methods, salaries and |
| effectively. | | | | benefits. |