Personnel search and selection with system
It’s easy to make the right choice!
It is better to invest time and money in professional personnel selection at the beginning, than have to later pay for costly training to develop incorrectly positioned employees. The »right« employee in the right spot is one of the decisive factors in a company’s success.
Everybody who deals daily in recruiting is aware of this. As human resources manager one has a multitude of other tasks to do, so external support makes sense.
When do the services of a human resources consultant really pay off?
When do the services of a human resources consultant really pay off?
The services of a human resources consultant pays off above all, when the firm does not have its’ own human resources department and the personnel selection is done by other employees who are thereby hindered from completing their own work. Here the outsourcing of personnel selection will bring a net gain for the firm, despite the consultant’s fee. In addition the professionalization and efficiency of the selection is increased.
Due to increased competition, and the sharp changes in the job market, in recent years even recruiting specialists are confronted and even overpowered with a deluge of applicants. The search for applicants is not the highest priority. It is rather the efficient selection process and above all the identification of the correct candidates that pose the greatest challenges.
Headhunting – blessing or curse?
Direct headhunting in times of an excess of applicants and globalization doesn’t make much sense, as they are in reality too limiting. This method tears an employee from his/her often long-term work environment. This means a massive loss of informal knowledge for the previous employer. Professional knowledge is comparatively easy to replace, social competence less so and the inhouse know-how must be newly built over a period of months.
Regardless of the fact that it is questionable practice to search for a job for someone who is already employed, it should go against the ethics of the consultants to operate in such job markets, especially in times of high unemployment. And finally what protects the new employer from the threat that the new employee simply changes firm once again?
Also the banal concept that someone who works for the competition will also work well for you, is quite incorrect. It is just as bad as the idea that the motto »bring your family« makes for successful personnel politics.
System leads to success!
The procurement of the services of a personnel consultant with a serious and efficient selection procedure pays for itself many times over. These services can be for selected aspects or for the whole procedure.
