With so many candidates ready to work, and with vacancies increasing everyday, you’d think companies would have no problem finding the right employee with so many options to choose from, right? 

Nope, that is actually the problem. The amount of resumés that need to be sifted through, just to find the three or four eligible potential employees…… Well, not every company’s HR department can handle presenting a sufficient number of qualified candidates who have been vetted, and are clear on what the job requires of them. Not every company has that kind of time on their hands.  

Online recruiting is largely what companies rely on. However, that method can be so easily flawed. A company ends up posting a job hoping some qualified candidates will bite. But what can the company do to make sure every qualified resumé gets considered?  A third-party recruiting company, like CareerNation, is the perfect “middle-man” for companies looking to hire.   

Benefits of Third-Party Recruiting Companies: 

• Using a third-party recruiting company is the best time saver because they make sure to present a clear job description to the most relevant and eligible online crowd.  
• Neither the candidate or the company have to worry about making sure the employee is clear on their tasks, or that the potential employee has the right certifications/qualifications. 
• With companies only being approached by job-seekers with the right qualifications and who are ready to work, it speeds up the process of finding the right employee, giving the company more time to make money, and thrive. 

CareerNation’s website even states: “if your HR team is not equipped to handle your recruiting, screening, negotiation, hiring and training needs, it can be very costly, whether or not you ultimately hire the right person, but especially if you hire the “wrong” one(s).”   

An article on “Internet Job Hunting” states that there are far better ways to find a job than to sift through newspapers and “cold-call”, however there are still flaws with online recruiting that some companies just can’t manage resolving. Issues that impede the effectiveness of on-line recruiting such as, “the degree and speed of follow‐up on‐line applications, lack of specific and relevant job descriptions on a company’s Web site, concerns about the security of personal information, and difficulty in customizing, formatting, and downloading resumes to companies’ specifications.”  

A third-party recruiting service can help relieve all the concerns a candidate typically deals with when applying for jobs, and concerns a business has when it comes to getting the word out that they are looking to hire.  

Written by Marusya Madubuko 

Citations: 

Feldman, D. C., & Klaas, B. S. (2002). Internet job hunting: A field study of applicant experiences with on‐line recruiting. Human Resource Management: Published in Cooperation with the School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan and in alliance with the Society of Human Resources Management, 41(2), 175-192.