Businesses using recruitment agencies to hire staff may be missing out on exposure to almost half of prospective applicants. Fifty-one per cent of respondents to Talent Propeller's recent survey said that due to negative experiences, they would rather apply for a position direct with a company than through a recruitment agency.
"The findings indicate a range of reasons," says Sharon Davies, Managing Director of Talent Propeller. "Common feedback was that there seemed to be little communication between recruitment agencies and candidates.
Agencies fail to return calls and candidates often never receive feedback as to why they didn't make the grade, or recommendations for how to improve. Most jobseekers just want honest advice on 'what am I doing wrong?'".
Another gripe from survey respondents was a lack of transparency on the identity of the hiring company. Davies says that in today's job market people want to know who they are working for. "Looking at a job listing with recruiter branding on behalf of an anonymous client simply isn't enough information.
"Scrolling through job boards with faceless recruitment jobs is uninspiring and a turn-off if you've had bad luck previously with recruitment agencies."
Davies says the survey shows that jobseekers aren't convinced that recruiters have a good understanding of the roles they're recruiting for, and instead are operating on the notion they should get a person into a role as quickly as possible rather than providing a fair and balanced assessment of an applicant to an employer.
We were
interested to find the 5 top things job seekers told us they wanted in the job
seeking process that they feel would add value or success of finding a job.
#1 59% Interview
Coaching
#2 59% CV Critique
Services
#3 55% CV Redesign
#4 55% Career
Guidance
#5 50% Skills
Testing
You can view the full survey here: http://www.talentpropeller.com/SurveyResults
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