Job board Vs Recruitment Agency

You want to attract the best talent to your business but suddenly find yourself facing a tough choice. Should you use a job board or employ a recruitment agency?

On the one hand, thanks to our digital age, traditional job boards have evolved into interactive online portals, such as jobs24.com. This enables businesses to easily promote their latest vacancies directly to jobseekers.

On the other hand, recruitment agencies remain popular, too. They are the experts who can put forward vetted applicants for a company’s current and long-term needs.

On both hands, the best solution in some instances comes from a blend of these two methods of recruitment, with agencies using the pulling power of job boards on behalf of their clients.

So which route is best for your business?

Let’s look more closely at the job board first. This platform can be especially beneficial if you want to find good staff fast. As soon as your posting ‘goes live’, prospective candidates can get in touch, meaning it’s entirely possible to fill an urgent vacancy before the working day is done.

It’s worth noting, however, the more effective a job board, the more work there can be – success sometimes makes the applicant checking process for in-demand vacancies challenging.

This is where recruitment agencies can help by essentially filtering applicants on your behalf. Their meticulous process not only shoulders much of the workload but ensures hidden gem applicants make the cut.

It’s worth noting job boards tend to have a much greater reach but a sharper focus. At jobs24.com, for example, we can fine-tune a recruitment strategy to attract the most suitable and best-equipped candidates from all across the UK or from within your local area.

We can create an in-depth company profile that helps job seekers fully understand your business and appreciate why they really do want to be part of your team. It’s all about working closely with clients to create targeted recruitment strategies.

It’s perhaps no surprise research indicates more than two-thirds of job seekers prefer job boards, compared to just under one third who would rather go for recruitment agencies.

Nevertheless, it’s worth bearing in mind that recruitment agencies are trained to be experts in sourcing staff. As objective strategists, they may even grow to know your business needs better than you do and, therefore, be able to select the most appropriate candidates on your behalf.

They also tend to keep databases of prospective personnel, which means when you employ their staff-finding services the perfect employee may already be ready and waiting – negating the need for a fresh round of advertising.

When it comes to deciding the best method – or methods – for your own recruitment targets, it all comes down to the individual needs of your business.

If you’d like to know more about how to attract applicants who share your company ethos and can help you take your business to the next level, get in touch with the experts at jobs24.com.

Posted on March 2, 2020