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    Saturday, November 12th, 2011
    2:27 pm
    What Can a York Recruitment Agency Do for My Business?
    If you have a business and need more staff, either because you are expanding or you have one or more member of staff leaving you are probably asking what a recruitment agency can do for you business.


    Well first let us look at what you want from your staff:

    • Your biggest priority is probably finding someone who has the right skills and experience that you are seeking.

    • Next you will be seeking someone who is dedicated to your company. You do not want someone who gives less than their all to their job is or easily distracted.

    • You will also want someone that is going to stay with your company, after all a high turnover is bad for business, bad for morale and really bad on your profit line.

    • If you have a happy team of staff, and that is what we are all working for, you will need someone who blends easily into your current company profile and corporate culture.

    • Lastly and perhaps most importantly you want an honest, trustworthy person with no hidden agendas or bad working history.

    Well a York recruitment agent will find such a person for you by carefully sifting through resumes, checking references and ensuring that they are the right fit for not only the job opening but the company as well.


    Which brings me to the horrors of finding just that right person:
    • Searching through numerous unsuitable resumes.
    • Fielding phone calls, answering emails from job seekers. Some of whom are far too keen.
    • Checking references.
    • Confirming that people really are that experienced.
    • Testing skills and checking abilities.
    • Even writing job adverts can be difficult for some companies.
    • Finding the time to undertake numerous interviews.
    • Finding the budget, resources and people for what can be an exhausting and tiresome process.

    A good York based recruitment company can do this for you. A good recruitment company will have a number of suitable people already on their books and will have regular adverts and job fairs running where they can easily find just the person for you. So how do you find the York based recruitment agency that is just right for you out of all the York recruitment companies there are?

    • Look for ones with regular adverts for people that are seeking the types of jobs that you have openings for. Many job agencies specialise in one area such as IT, manufacturing, hospitality etc.

    • Seek out those that look professional in their adverts, web site, job agents etc.

    • Ask a few to send you just 3 of their chosen resumes that they believe are suitable for you post. The good ones will chose good potential staff after asking you searching questions about your job agency.

    • Also do not forget that the disabled are a largely untapped source of quality, skilled labour that you may not have thought of. There are employment agencies that can assist you with your search as well as the complying with the Disabilities Act (AODA), Customer Service Standard effective January 1, 2012 that will effect ALL employers.

    Choose the York employment agent that you feel comfortable working with and hopefully you will quickly find out what a York based employment agency can do for you.
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