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Getting the most out of your Recruiter

By James, Principal Consultant at Impact IT

1) Market intelligence

Specialist IT Recruiters have first hand experience of the market place. They can be the source of knowledge encapsulating your competition, market trends, and benchmarks for salaries for example. Recruiters can be consulted before you decide to recruit and before you have drafted a job description for the proposed role to ensure that you are pitching at the right level and the skills are obtainable. A good IT Recruitment Consultant can advise on suggested skills and experience which should be required, and what is realistic according to the current market. A good recruiter’s knowledge can be invaluable to the smooth process of your next hire.

2) New Vacancies

Emailing a job description is simply not enough to find quality candidates through Recruitment agencies. It is important to provide more information about the team dynamics, type of person who will suit the team, and specific experience required which will add more value to the vacancy. This information can speed up the process, and ensure that suitable CV’s are sent to you.

3) Meet your IT Recruitment Consultant

Meeting your IT Recruitment Consultant shows both parties commitment to the hiring of the best talent, it can be as simple as seeing where the new hires will be sitting, how to get there, the office environment etc so that the Recruitment consultant can build up a picture of what the company is like to work for and therefore pick the types of candidates that are suitably matched. When speaking to candidates you will want your Recruitment Consultant to portray your business in the best light possible, whilst still being realistic! IT recruitment consultants meet many candidates each week and feel that when you meet with them you learn a lot about them and the type of company they are looking to work for. You can learn a lot more from a face to face meeting than a phone conversation which helps when picking which candidates will be suitably matched to your business.

4) Networking

ALL of the Impact IT consultants are on LinkedIn. Networking is a vital tool for IT recruitment and if this is not done correctly then you will not find the best candidates for the roles. Social Networking can be very time consuming so it takes great discipline to manage your time properly and maximize the potential. Some of the best candidates I have placed have been through a long term search for the candidates ‘dream job’. This can take months to search for but you get much better results acting as a consultant rather than just doing a key word search on job boards and, “trying to fit square pegs into round holes,” which is something we unfortunately hear about all too often within the industry.

5) Using Recruitment Agencies exclusively

In order to fill your positions quickly and to get the best IT recruitment service possible you need to give your Recruitment Consultant an exclusive period on the role. Once you have chosen a good Recruitment Consultant, they will devote their time and put the role at a high priority to find you the right candidate. By only choosing one IT recruitment agency it will also free up your time only having one point of contact for all recruitment. Using an exclusive period on a role encourages both client and recruiter to work together to ensure the position is filled. Using more agencies doesn’t necessarily mean more choice; it can actually be detrimental as it becomes more of a game of speed rather than quality. This can also sometimes lead to the dreaded situation where two agencies have put forward the same candidate which no party wants.

Using an experienced, specialist IT recruitment agency can help employers to ensure their next hire is a positive one. When an IT recruitment agency pride itself on delivering the best results they can be seen as an extension to your company. They professionally represent your company when speaking to candidates to ensure that your organisation will be highly regarded throughout the marketplace.

September 2010

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