When your organization needs to quickly source multiple candidates across multiple disciplines and even multiple geographic markets, securing the services of a specialty firm has clear advantages. An experienced recruiter has a long track record of success doing just this for numerous clients. Now, you are probably thinking (correctly) that using a recruiter to fill multiple positions will net you a discount on a per hire basis. Yes, this is true, and not to be understated. However, the requirements of a hiring firm that needs to fill several positions nearly simultaneously to facilitate, say a major expansion in to a new geographic market, are considerably more complex. Understanding these dynamics is JP&A’s bread and butter. Let’s look a bit further and see how a specialty recruiting firm can offer you both lower costs and speed to market, without sacrificing quality.
We’ve blogged about the increased pressure on the HR department in a typical mid-sized IT firm before. Your labor resources continue to shrink while demands continue to pile up in both hiring and other core HR functions. Now, you have to find and onboard a whole raft of new-hires. In the case of a single hire, you’d already need to commit valuable internal resources to sorting through dozens or hundreds of resumes from job seekers. Now magnify that by an order of 10, or even 20. After all, it stands to reason that to hire more people, you’ll need to be looking at a much larger pool of candidates. A specialist recruiting firm like JP&A can take this off your plate, allowing you to allocate internal resources to other mission-critical tasks. Now let’s compound volume with time constraints. Say your firm could search through an immense pool of candidates. Could you still expect to find the best potential hires within a tight timeframe? Your firm is better off engaging a firm like JP&A, which is already prepared and positioned to do the legwork for you. Then, after screening and interviewing, you choose from only the top candidates available.
What does a firm like JP&A bring to the fight? Here are a few of the key factors effecting the hiring cycle for which a specialty firm had already developed a process:
Opportunity is a fleeting thing. If you’re not in position to take advantage of it, it will pass you by. Don’t sacrifice speed, quality, or cost. When you need to find the most qualified candidates to fill key positions, it’s time to consider a firm with proven expertise and resources, like J. Patrick & Associates, to provide the winning outcome your business demands.