Co-operating with  recruitment companies currently tends to be more popular in Vietnam's human resources market. So, what are the advantages and disadvantages of cooperation with a recruitment company?

In this article, we will point out the pros and cons of working with a recruitment agency.

Advantages of the recruitment company

Cooperating with recruitment company makes the following outstanding advantages:

- Shorten recruitment time:

Surely, every business feels tired and time-consuming when sifting through hundreds of resumes just to select a few qualified candidates. Not to mention cases in which you do not find the right candidates and then have to go through the recruitment process again. However, if you  hire a recruitment company, the speed of processes will rise. Especially, with a professional recruitment company, they will network to quickly and accurately select candidates. In addition, they will also help you to solve all the problems such as communicating with pass/fail candidates, check candidate's qualifications, schedule interviews, etc.

Thereby, your job is just to go through the selected resumes and interview the candidate.

- Help improve recruitment quality:

The recruitment company's candidate selection has not only speed but also quality. In professional recruitment companies, they have specialists who will conduct various evaluation rounds to assess the suitable candidates before being shortlisted. Some recruitment service providers even provide additional candidate assessment tools such as inference tests, etc to get the best quality candidate profile.

- Provide professional information:

Once you pick a recruitment company, don't have to worry  about the professional information happening at each level or industry. Because recruitment professionals have vast specialist knowledge to help you learn, evaluate and offer a level of reasonable salary for each job position. This deep understanding from the recruitment service will help businesses choose the most suitable and qualified candidate.

- Minimize the risk when employees quit:

Many cases of new employees disappear without notice to the business or quit immediately during the probationary period. This will waste your time and money. With a recruitment company, on the other hand, it has the difference due to the "guarantee period" which means if candidates leave within a certain period of time, the service will find you a replacement right away without extra cost.

Disadvantages of recruiting companies

Nothing is perfect and these absolutely include the recruitment company but not really serious. Specifically, the recruitment company has some disadvantages as follows:

- Difficult to ensure the appropriateness with the corporate culture:

In some cases which the new personnel selected by the recruitment company to complete the job well but does not fit the corporate culture. This is completely understandable because the oursourced recruiment team has not experienced your company's culture so they will not understand it as well as your employees. Moreover, the recruitment company mainly focuses on professional competence.

- Not having full control:

Since you cooperate with recruitment companies, there is less control over this issue. Instead, you only makes the final decision and chooses your new employee. All processes and decisions at the before stage will be handled by the recruitment service.

- Skip the opportunity to promote the brand:

Employer branding plays an important role in attracting and retaining employees. Moreover, self-posting jobs will be the cheapest and easiest. And during the job posting process, you will use the company image and write a brief overview of your corporate culture, which can effectively promote the brand for the business.

All in all, to get quality candidates, get quick and save time, choosing a recruitment company is the most optimal solution. Contact us if you have any questions about hr recruitment services.