Why Small Companies Should Use Recruiting Firms to Hire Employees

If your company has grown to the point where you need to hire employees, recruiting firms are an excellent venue to making it a seamless process, for the following reasons:

Hiring the wrong employee can cost a company much more than money. Employee morale, company growth and company reputation are in danger with every new hire; this is especially true of small firms.

Why? Imagine the following:

Case Study: Addressing the Unknown

You're a six-person firm and have grown to the point where you need to hire a sales and marketing manager. For the company to get to the next level, you need someone who really knows what they're doing.

While placing an ad, screening resumes and setting up interviews may find a perfect fit, it costs time away from the daily duties of running the firm. AND, you may not know exactly what to look for in the employee - beyond the big skills, eg, a background in sales a marketing, the right degree and the expertise your business's sector.

However, the "right" employee is in the details. Eg, what are their motivations for taking the job, where do they see your company in five years, does their vision align with yours, how do they manage, what type of company culture are they accustomed to, what do they see themselves in five years.

All of these have direct impact on how they will perform their job - and whether they stay put.

A good recruiting firm will perform in-depth interviews - beyond the overt skills required to do the job, to assess how well potential candidates fit with your company.

A good recruiting firm will interview YOU, the hiring executive, to get information you may never have thought of that will determine who will best fit the job.

Cost-Effective Labor

Being able to try out an employee before you invest in them as a full-time employee is invaluable, as turnover is the number one cost to small firms.

Many companies have temp-to-perm arrangements that allow you to do just this. How does it work?