I was interested to see in the Sunday Times Rich List the many owners of recruitment consultancies - perhaps I should think about changing career.... I was interested to see in the Sunday Times Rich List the many owners of recruitment consultancies - perhaps I should think about changing career.... They are successful and there are so many of them because employers keep making wrong recruitment decisions. Views wax and wane about whether staying with one employer for a long time is a good thing and whether you can trust people who flit about from job to job at regular or short intervals. Personally I think there is a lot to be said for staying with an organisation if there is a close fit of values, recognition of mutual benefit from employee and employer and there are opportunities for employees to grow and change as the organisation does. But first comes that all important decision - for both employee and employer - whether there is a match. Most people have a story to tell about the interview or recruitment process from hell. Yet it doesn't need to be like that. The key things to successful recruitment in my view are:
Research shows that a bad appointment can cost you up to a year's salary - a bad investment for you and for the employee - quite a lot of which could find its way to the recruitment consultant's pocket! If you didn't already, now you know how those recruitment consultants find their way onto that Rich List and some ways of minimising your organisation's contribution to it! |
15
Jun
2007