Thursday, October 3, 2013

All you need to know about labour recruitment agencies

A company will seek the services of a good labour hire to find a suitable candidate for their job requirements. While many recruitment labour hire companies function from an office, today there are several reliable labour hires that conduct their operations via the internet and an online based environment using their company website.

Labour hires are also search through job vacancy websites for suitable candidate for a fee. They use keywords to  search and select the candidates they are looking for and based on the criteria a list of candidates are generated with their contact details. This can save a lot of time as opposed to going through thousands of jobs profiles and resumes that were received from placing a job advertisement.

One should remember that recruitment labour hire services providers do not work for the job hunter but for the employer. Therefore, if you think the labour hire will promote you, look after your job requirements or look into your interests then you will be badly disappointed, as this will never happen. You should make it as simple as possible for the labour hire to recommend you to an employer. But if you are not clear about your goals then you may find yourself and your resume being sent to the end of the stack of potential candidates for a job.

Here are some useful tips on how to deal with a labour hire which will recommend you as the most likely candidate for a suitable job in your line of work,

·         You should be quick and timely when responding to a telephone call or emails from the labour hire company. The labour hire is most often competing with other agencies to get their candidate hired for the job, therefore if you are slow to respond and act, then you are not only jeopardizing yourself but also recruitment hire loses an opportunity with their reputation at stake. If you neglect these small things a labour hire may ignore you and may not recommend you for some time for a potential job.

·         Labour hires are on the lookout for candidates that are looking for positions that are consistent with their work history, which makes them a likely candidate to promote to an employer. Make sure that your resume sells you as the most likely candidate for the job.

·         If you are looking at changing your career, this may seem a little unlikely with a labour hire as they most often match an employee with an employer from the relevant industry. It is most often tedious to match an employee from a different industry to the existing job roles. Of course as an employee who is open to challenges you may convince the labour hire to consider your resume and that you are the better candidate than candidates with the relevant work experience. This will make the labour hire recommend you even if you are not suitable for the particular job industry.

·         Make sure that your resume has all the relevant key words for the job, especially for what is advertised in the online job advertisement. The keywords help with selecting candidates for the right job description and profile.

·         Don’t expect the labour hire agency to promote you or work on your behalf, even though you have paid a fee, this is not going to help. You will have to take your turn and wait just like the missions of other people in their database until they fix you up with the correct job.

·         You should never pay exorbitant amounts of fee to the labour hire agency. Legally it is not correct to charge a fee or a commission. However, due to the overwhelming cost of applicant there may be a very small processing fee involved and that’s all to it, you should never feel obliged to pay any other fee or bare any other costs.

·         Always make sure you are happy with the job that you are fixed up with, never go for a job that you are unhappy with and you feel pressured to take by the labour hire company.


·       Be honest with information you provide such as school grades and employment dates etc are accurate.  Inaccurate information and inconsistencies can reflect badly on your resume and a potential employer may lose trust in you. 

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