​In an economy where every business is desperately trying to gain a competitive advantage, ensuring that you hire the most talented and capable employees can help to give your company that extra edge. However, this is a well-recognised fact; the issue is how to actually achieve this desired outcome.

Human resources departments are constantly searching for the top candidates for the positions they need to fill, and in a marketplace where labour mobility is greater than ever, there is a requirement for an almost constant stream of talent into the company hierarchy. Moreover, the task is made more difficult the fact that not only are you searching for top talent, but also the candidates most likely to fit seamlessly into the company culture and practices.

That’s where specialist recruitment agencies come in. While the task of hiring appropriate talent may seem daunting to in-house human resources departments, dedicated recruitment agencies have a wealth of market experience in finding the right candidate for the right job. Using such agencies can relieve a great deal of stress, as you know that the positions within your company are being filled by candidates who have been thoroughly tested to ensure they are the perfect fit. With that in mind, here are just a few of the benefits of hiring your employees through a recruitment agency:

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1. Experience in identifying talent

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Recruitment agencies are essentially the middle-men between employers and the talent that they are searching for to fill the positions within their company. As such, they have a great deal of experience in identifying the talent that employers are most interested in hiring to their companies. Furthermore, not only are recruitment agencies experienced in finding the most attractive talent; they also know how to spot the candidates who have the potential to cause problems within your company.

Due to their expertise in the recruitment industry, specialist agencies not only know which talent to select, but they also know where to find it. In many cases, the ideal candidate for an open position within your company may be someone who is already employed, and as such may not be actively searching for a job. A recruitment agency can access a wider pool of talent, as ambitious individuals are likely to subscribe to recruitment agencies to be aware of the potential opportunities in the marketplace. This allows your company to access potential talent who may not otherwise be aware that you even have a position available. Recruitment agencies therefore help to increase the quality and quantity of potential talent.

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2. Industry expertise

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Utilising a recruitment agency allows your company to access the acquired expertise that comes with years of specialisation in the recruitment industry. By learning how to select the right candidates across a wide spectrum of the modern economy, a recruitment agency can help you to actually ascertain which skills would be most appropriate for the position you are trying to occupy. This can be very beneficial for SMEs, who due to their size have in-depth experience in one sector of the market, but a surface level knowledge of the wider economy. Recruitment agencies can, therefore, help to develop recruitment strategies that select candidates who can offer unique insight and experience for your company, ensuring an increase in the diversity of talent within your ranks.

Furthermore, recruitment agencies’ industry expertise ensures that they not only have access to local and national talent, but have the ability to recruit internationally. This obviously increases the depth of talent available to a company, and the increased competition for positions within your company that accompanies a greater quantity of candidates will help you to truly identify who is the best person for the job. Recruitment agencies’ industry expertise helps to select the right strategies for hiring employees, and the ability to tap into previously unavailable labour pools.

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3. Efficient use of budget and resources

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With so many different costs that can stack up for companies in the modern economy, maintaining a sizeable human resources department with employees dedicated specifically to recruitment can seem like an unnecessary drain on resources. This can lead to companies cutting costs in their recruitment department, but in some sense this is cutting off your nose to spite your face; by focussing less on hiring the right talent, in the long run, your company will suffer from a lesser quality of talent within the ranks.

Recruitment agencies benefit from the economies of scale that come with being a specialist in the market. Allocating your company resources towards utilising a recruitment agency rather than staffing an in-house team can allow the experts to focus on hiring the right talent, with the ability to access much greater resources and expertise in the field. Moreover, this lets you focus on what you do best – making your company the best it can be.

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To learn more about how using a specialist recruitment agency to hire your employees can benefit your business, contact us today!