Home Help Vs. Using A Recruitment Agency

HIRING HOME HELP DIRECTLY USING A RECRUITMENT AGENCY VS Read our guide on the pros and cons of advertising versus using a recruitment agency with years of expertise. Save your valuable time and money by learning the most effective way to get the help you need, now. DIRECT ADVERT RECRUITMENT AGENCY COST Spending money on any form of advertising doesn't guarantee that you'll get any decent You will pay a fee which will open up a wide range of specialist services and access to many responses. suitable candidates. AUDIENCE REACHED A newspaper will only reach a small, niche market on the day the newspaper is printed. Online adverts invite the attention of time The agency will begin the search for you as soon as you make the request. They will look at their database and also open the position to a suitable global wasters. audience. SPEED OF VACANCY BEING POSTED Depending on the deadlines, you may have to wait up to a week to see your Immediately whilst candidates are picked with matching skills and experience from the database' vacancy posted. ADVERT WORDING A specialist recruitment agency has the experience of knowing the phrases needed to find you a nanny or housekeeper. You may not know exactly what to write on the advert in order to attract candidates. CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS A great deal of time will be needed to sift through and read all the applications Applications and CVs are read and evaluated by experienced recruiters. Only suitable candidates are invited to your initial interview. and their CVs. PRE- INTERVIEW SELECTION Telephone calls will be needed to carry out pre-interview selection. This takes time and Every interested person wanting to be a nanny or housekeeper must attend an interview at the you need experience. agency to determine suitability. SETTING UP INTERVIEWS The agency will set up the interviews for you. You'll need to select and contact candidates and put aside time to 21 interview them. INTERVIEW You will need to interview candidates yourself – probably without experience of what to Interviews will already have taken place with the candidates on the agency's database so you'll already know they are suitable before you ask or how to handle the situation. meet them. REFERENCES Requesting, chasing and checking references yourself is time consuming. Candidates have references checked before being added to the agency database. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT A specialist area which could be problematic if you aren't a recruitment and legal expert. Use a standard set of approved terms of employment personalised to your requirements. This includes agreeing on a salary. SupaCare Services www.supacare.com Made by High Impact | www.highimpact.co.uk