Friday, March 29, 2019

How Executive Search Firms San Francisco Find Qualified Candidates

By Donald Reynolds


Some of the positions in the company that are hardest to fill are those in the upper management. While many companies try to find a qualified person internally, they sometimes have to resort to hiring the services of executive search firms San Francisco to screen the candidates for a top position. Here are the ways that the agencies use to look for the best candidates.

Recruitment agencies that have been in the industry for years of even just months have a huge database with the information of job seekers who have submitted their profiles. Whenever a position is opened, recruiters narrow their options by searching for candidates with relevant experience and education. While the information may be months old, this is still useful since there may be former applicants who are again looking for opportunities.

Job ads through newspapers and online still yield a lot of response for recruitment agencies. Although this will cost some money, recruiters are likely to get a response from people who are actively looking for a job and are ready to start soon. Because of the amount of applications, the agency is expected to narrow this down to only the top five to ten candidates before forwarding the profiles to their client.

Recruiters take advantage of their access to an online job portal database. Because many candidates have their resumes stored through their profiles at job portals, recruitment agencies pay for access to basic profile information to find suitable candidates for the position. To protect the candidates' privacy, job portals require their permission before sharing the information to recruitment agencies.

LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, is a great tool to find individuals within a specific industry. This network is also used as a recruitment tool by agencies to be able to reach out to suitable candidates. Because of privacy issues, a person can only see the current job title, summary, skills and endorsements of the user. If they are interested to talk about the opportunity, they have to send a message to a possible candidate.

Almost every industry has professional groups and associations. By getting in touch with officials or members of these organizations, recruiters may be able to find recommendations for suitable candidates. The information about the job vacancy may also be cascaded to the active members, and the recruiters will then get applications from respected people in the industry.

Recruiters expand their network with other recruiters and human resources personnel. Through their networks, they may be able to get referrals for the candidates that they need. The traditional word of mouth method of getting referrals and recommendations still work well in the recruitment industry. This may be one of the reasons that recruiters are actively expanding their reach.

Finding candidates for management positions is not as easy as filling in entry-level positions for a company. An upper management position requires lots of background and reference checks. Finding someone to fill in the position should also be done discreetly. The company who is looking for a new manager may not want to publicly announce that they cannot promote an existing employee. Likewise, the candidate will also not want to let his current company know that he is seeking opportunities outside his company.




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