5 Reasons Why You Need a Recruiting Agency
5 Reasons Why You Might Need a Recruiting Agency to Find a Unicorn
In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need outside help finding the best talent for your agency, but sometimes, your internal hiring team might need extra support to find the perfect fit for your team – a hire that feels like a custom match – the unicorn. The best talent is likely not looking for a job – they need to be found and poached.
Here are 5 ways an outside firm like Lighthouse Recruiters could add value to your internal team’s hiring efforts:
1.Specialized Expertise
External recruiting agencies often specialize in sourcing niche talent. They bring extensive industry knowledge, networks, and expertise in identifying and attracting top candidates from your biggest competitors who might not be accessible through traditional channels.
2.Time Efficiency
Recruiting is time-consuming.
By leveraging an external agency, CEOs and heads of HR can offload the time-consuming tasks of sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates.
This allows the in-house team to focus on core business activities, improving efficiency.
3.Wider Reach and Networks
External agencies have extensive networks and reach, enabling them to tap into passive job seekers and candidates not actively searching for new roles. This widens the pool of potential candidates beyond what an in-house team might reach.
4.Objective Evaluation
External recruiters offer an unbiased perspective. They can assess candidates objectively, focusing solely on skills, experience, and cultural fit without internal biases or pressures.
5.Confidential Searches
In some cases, a CEO might require a discreet search for top talent. External agencies can conduct confidential searches, maintaining the privacy of both the company and the candidate until a suitable match is found.
If you feel the value of finding the Michael Jordan of the ad industry is worth the investment of hiring an outside specialist, visit our website or schedule time with our Executive Recruiter, Joe Ames, today.