Recruitment entails a plethora of activities besides hiring people.
So just where should the recruitment function fit best?
Indeed, should the actual recruiting be outsourced rather than be part of a company’s internal set-up?
Understanding the true costs of recruitment needs to be established.
Definition of the recruitment objectives needs to be in place.
A strategic statement at Board level is required to empower others to implement.
Getting recruitment right is a critical success factor.
Ignoring line management influences is a mistake.
Making the system bureaucratic and inflexible makes it pointless.
Think about brand reinforcement in the design of a strategic recruitment policy – this is a companywide challenge.
If your brand is strong you might elect for an in house route, more difficult with a weak brand when outsourcing might make more sense.
Level of talent and time might dictate a flexible route to market. Build in the required flexibility.
Ask yourself challenging questions? Is recruitment best located in HR or is it better aligned to marketing and brand maintenance?
What is the applicant’s first experience of our brand? Is it what we want it to be, is it well delivered? Is it consistent? Does you plan call for effective briefing of out sourced support?
Recruitment is about partnering – internally and externally and you need to get it right as people are the life blood of any business.
It’s about understanding the growth targets and overall business plans. As a recruiter you should be pre-empting the recruiting - ahead of when the business actually feel the need but this requires effective and timely communication internally and externally.
Perhaps the most important fact about where to position the recruiting function should be the quality of the people who are doing the recruiting.
Appointing the right recruiter, be it internal or a recruitment company, is of utmost importance.
There are
horses for courses choose your jockeys well and remember the stable jockey is not always the right choice.
You own the horse, get involved. It might be necessary to change the trainer and jockey to get the best results.
Author: Chris Slay
