Choosing The Right Scarborough Recruitment Agency

| Monday, December 16, 2013
By Eugenia Dickerson


If you have a job vacancy it can be difficult to find suitable candidates. Knowing who is suitable is not always easy. While a CV or an interview can help to an extent this does not necessarily accurately reflect the candidate. Therefore you may want to use the services of a Scarborough recruitment agency to find the best candidate to suit you.

Before you contact an agency you need to consider who it is you are looking to fill your vacancy. There will usually be a certain set of skills and qualifications that the potential recruit will require. You need to be sure that the agency clearly understands what you want and where to find it.

However qualifications are not the only things that a recruiter needs to consider. They should also be aware of what a person is in terms of personality. For example someone can read a lot of textbooks about marketing theory, economics and successful business people but if they lack the ability to effectively sell or lack confidence then they are going to struggle in a sales vacancy.

With the best agencies this will be the case. However before you approach an agency you need to think who it is you want. If your job is very specialist then it is probably best to contact someone who deals only in your particular industry and therefore will find candidates best suited to that industry and the role you want them to do.

Another aspect is their communication skills. If you find it difficult to arrange meetings with them or they do not listen to your feedback then this means they are not taking your needs seriously. If you feel this is the case then it is vital to find a recruiter who understands what you want and adapts to it.

You also need to think if they are appropriate in terms of approach. Sometimes it is best to choose a specialist especially if you need someone with specific skills. For example if you run a restaurant you would not necessarily need a specialist agency for bar staff but you would more likely to want to see a specialist if you wanted a head chef who had a few years of experience in Thai cookery or a waiter with silver service training in order to work in a fine dining restaurant.

The recruiter should also have a clear mission statement. They ought to have values of honesty and transparency that should be upheld by their candidates. Equally they ought to be able to demonstrate this in terms of how they handle their business as oppose to this being a statement on their website.

Finally the simplest thing to do when approaching a Scarborough recruitment agency is to ask the people who use them! For example if you are waiting to have a meeting talk to the people who are going there to talk to the recruiters and find out if they are satisfied with the service they have received from the agency and whether they would recommend the recruiter to their friends or anyone else looking for work. It is also worth looking online to see what is available in your local area and narrowing down the options to find the best one to suit your needs.




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