Why Have Recruitment PSL

Below is a list of reasons why an employer should limit the number of agencies it uses to a select few. Please feel free to add to it:

• Little formal recruitment strategy – hires are often ‘panic buys’
• No co-ordination or sharing of business information or best practice
• No economy of scale cost reduction; no bargaining power
• No formalised agreements regarding terms of business or service levels
• Isolated relationships with individual suppliers and line managers
• Large degrees of misinterpretation of requirements
• No project-based recruitment strategies
• Little use of internal recruitment methods
• Insufficient sector knowledge from individual agencies
• No consistency in approach or relationship Very high quantity of CVs and not enough quality
• Total lack of consistent screening methods
• Lack of relationship management skills
• Loss of good candidates through unprofessional or unstructured recruitment processes