Reflections of a Recruiter: Joy Benson’s Stories Part 1
As a HR Manager, one of your responsibilities is to anticipate staffing needs. Staffing needs arises when there are promotions and former positions need to be filled, evolving business strategies have created new job roles, filling vacant positions as result of someone resigning, filling “hard to find skills” job roles etc.
As a recruiter, I help bridge that employment gap quickly.
Some Managers have told me, “Joy I can fill these positions myself, why do I have to pay for it?” This is what I say in response: ” Let me be your back-up plan”.
1. I have access to a tremendous pool of QUALITY talents that you may never come across because I have invested quality time and resources to build that pool and frankly, you don’t have that time. As a HR manager, you are besieged by other pressing concerns.
2. As a recruiter, I have access to the “Hidden” job market where Top Quality Candidates who are not actively searching are. Job boards and Job posting websites only tell you about people who are unsatisfied with their current jobs or out of work and are in an active job search but you see that doesn’t address if they are top quality or a fit for your organization.
3. There are “hard to fill” positions in organizations that requires a certain trained skill set to identify candidates that only I can do.
4. Why do you want to unnecessarily make your job harder when I can take that heavy burden of recruitment off you. Remember it’s what I do for a living .
I amend my earlier position, “LET ME BE YOUR NO 1 PLAN”
Recruitment is serious business, its imperative that you get it right from the start.