A few recent posts here have alluded to a certain dissatisfaction with recruitmrnt agencies.
To those of you who recruit staff, may I ask why you don't recuit directly? Is it an issue of cost, expertise, time, fear??? Or a combination of some of these elements?
It strikes me that by relying on recuitment agencies, you could end up with a pig in a poke (although I appreciate that not all agencies are the same). After all, they send you the people they have on their books which is bound to exclude a potentially large catchment group.
To those of you who recruit staff, may I ask why you don't recuit directly? Is it an issue of cost, expertise, time, fear??? Or a combination of some of these elements?
It strikes me that by relying on recuitment agencies, you could end up with a pig in a poke (although I appreciate that not all agencies are the same). After all, they send you the people they have on their books which is bound to exclude a potentially large catchment group.