Does your company struggle to hire despite partnering with multiple recruitment agencies? Does your company find it hard to fill job openings even with an in-house team of recruiters and job ads on Indeed, ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn, and other platforms? Even with an employee referral program in place, do they still struggle to find the right candidates?
You’re not alone. Many employers mistakenly believe that the key to a successful hiring strategy is the size of their candidate pool. They think the more recruitment agencies, employee referrals, and job candidates, the better. However, if you have everyone—from staffing agencies and headhunters to in-house recruiters and employee referrals—working on your job openings and still can’t fill them, you clearly don’t have a sourcing problem.
In fact, your candidate sourcing efforts are likely making your hiring strategy worse. Managing numerous agency relationships means your in-house recruiters spend too much time juggling these connections instead of focusing on recruiting quality hires. Using multiple agencies also tells candidates they can always come work for you, diluting your employment brand’s exclusivity.
Recruitment Agencies typically work on commission and need to submit candidates quickly, often before they can thoroughly vet them. This rush can lead to poor matches and wasted time. Moreover, they submit the same candidates to multiple employers, increasing your competition for talent and making it harder for your company to hire the best candidates.
If having a large candidate pipeline was the magic bullet, all these efforts would have filled your job openings. In reality, in-house recruiters often lack the time to truly act as ambassadors to candidates. Most in-house recruiters have less than an hour a week to focus on any one job opening, and with numerous agencies submitting candidates, the competition for talent compounds the problem.
It’s not the size of your candidate pool that matters—it’s the quality. “A smarter hiring strategy focuses on recruiting the talent you want rather than waiting for candidates to find you,” says Dr. Steven Lindner, Organizational Psychologist with The WorkPlace Group.
Whether you’re receiving thousands of unqualified applicants or very few applicants, both scenarios are detrimental to your hiring process. The sheer number of candidates is irrelevant if none of them meet your requirements. A smarter hiring strategy focuses on the quality of your choices rather than the quantity of job candidates.
This is where The WorkPlace Group can help. We don’t wait for candidates to find you. We actively curate and land the talent you need and want. Our team uses structured candidate assessments and purposeful methodology to ensure candidates are qualified. Unlike agencies that represent candidates, we only represent employers. We serve as a white-label team, seamlessly integrating with your company’s brand and interests.
We don’t just fill positions; we find the right people who will contribute to your company’s success. To learn more about how we can help, please contact us.