Placement services are the need of an hour due to cut throat business competition and diversification in the business houses. All the organizations, whether big, mid-sized, or small approach the placement agents for the consulting services in order to reduce the cumbersome process of finding the right personnel for the job. Many a times, people do not get to know about the vacancies in the organizations and hence, do not apply. This not only leads to loss of an unaware deserving candidate but also lead to selection of a non-deserving candidate over the perfect one.

Here, the recruitment consultancy comes into the picture. The existence of placement consultants in the recruitment industry has given a new hope to both, recruiters as well as job seekers. The services offered by placement consultants are designed to meet the expectations and requirements of the company by providing them an eligible candidate.

Recruitment Industry, which is one of the highly competitive industries of the world today, is expanding its roots by efficiently meeting the manpower requirements of the society. Experiencing growth at an accelerated pace, this industry provides a platform to the job seekers and employers to bridge the demand-supply gap.

All the consultant agencies have a team of professional recruiters who hold good experience about the industry requirements. They have the potential to identify the best candidate and the client who would fulfill the market demands. Consultants maintain a database of job seekers looking for employment and scan through it to search for the right candidate; online job portals are another source for headhunting resumes that match with the job profile in question. Placement consultants conduct the initial screening of candidate profiles and even schedule interview with the company.

Role of a Recruitment Consultancy

Manage different databases of jobseekers and employees as per their eligibility and requirements, respectively

Collect and brief the profile of the job such as job responsibilities, desired experience, remuneration, etc.

Go through the database of job seekers registered with them

Update database on day-to-day basis

Contact job seekers via phone, email, walk-ins, etc.

Arrange interviews at a convenient place

Inform job seekers about the interview schedules and prepare them for the same

Role of a consultant from an Employers Perspective

Give updates about the latest demands in their sector in terms of skills and qualifications

Provide candidates as per their requirements

Arranging scheduled interviews as per the convenience of the HR manager

Help in coordination with the candidates

Brief the candidates about the company and its requirements

Make the task easier by clearing the subsidiary doubts