Headhunter or Recruitment Agency:
Which is better suited for your staff search?
Headhunter or Recruitment Agency:
Which is better suited for your staff search?
Finding the best employees is an important task for every company. After all, every personnel decision has a medium and long-term impact on the success of the company. But how do you find executives and professionals that match your company? Do you take charge of staff searching yourself, or is it useful to go through a headhunter or recruitment agency?
The decision on which type of service to use is not always easy to make because the differences seem minimal. However, there are certain indicators that argue more for a headhunter or for an HR recruiter. Thus, the type of employment, position to be filled, and qualification sought can be decisive for one option or another. As leaders in personnel consulting, we show you the differences and give you guidance for staff searching.
Why does your company need a headhunter or recruitment agency?
Why does your company need a headhunter or recruitment agency?
The short and understandable answer is: time and resources. Indeed, the search for qualified candidates involves considerable effort and costs a lot of energy and money. You have to post job offers, review applications, conduct interviews, and check references - all of this can be very time-consuming for all parties involved. Headhunters and recruiters like Hays, on the other hand, already have a network of potential candidates and simultaneously have the experience and know-how to select the appropriate candidates for your vacant positions.
In addition, headhunters and recruitment agencies place great importance on discretion: they search in a targeted manner, without it becoming public or the employees of your company being informed. A certain delicacy is required, especially for key positions. But where are the differences between headhunters and recruiters?
What is the difference between headhunting and a recruitment agency?
What is the difference between headhunting and a recruitment agency?
What is the difference between headhunting and a recruitment agency?
Headhunters
Recruitment Agency
Headhunters
- Individual order
- Individual and targeted search
- For individual positions
- High-level position
- Permanent position (C-Level like CEO, CFO, CMO, etc…)
Recruitment Agency
- Individual order or permanent service as a partner
- Broad search in a large pool of candidates for one, several or many positions
- Search for executives and professionals with qualifications common in the market
- Permanent position, worker detachment or interim assignment/project (Freelancer, service contract/work contract)
- Accompanying personnel consulting
Why is Hays not a headhunter, but a recruitment agency?
As a leading recruitment agency, at Hays we specialize in the search for executives and professionals in various sectors with different recruitment and consulting solutions for your company - this distinguishes us from pure headhunters. We provide you with highly qualified experts for intermediate and senior positions, for example in the fields of Finance, Human Resources, Healthcare, Sales, and Marketing.
If you notice a growing shortage of skills in the fields of Education, Engineering, Human Resources, Purchasing or IT, we quickly and easily find your future employees in our large pool of candidates comprising more than 700'000 executives and professionals.
Depending on your needs and the legal situation, we provide your specialists in permanent positions, by detaching workers in temporary work, as freelancers by service contract or work contract, and we find your staff for interim assignments or projects abroad.
Our contract options at a glance
Personnel recruitment
Contracting
Employee leasing
Workforce-Management
Service & Solution
Our contract options at a glance
Personnel recruitment
Contracting
Employee leasing
Workforce-Management
Service & Solution
YOUR BENEFITS THROUGH RECRUITMENT WITH HAYS
How to find the right headhunter or recruitment agency for your staff search?
- What position(s) do you want to fill?
- How specific is this position?
- Is it a general job placement?
Our advice: The more specific the position to be filled, the more it is recommended to work with a headhunter. If, on the other hand, you are looking for the right candidate for your general positions or if you need temporary staff, then the recruitment agency will probably bring you quick success.
In any case, it is important that you can trust your headhunter or your recruitment agency and its experience in the relevant sector. Recommendations from other companies or colleagues as well as a search for evaluations and references of the mediator are a good possibility.
In the end, the chemistry between you and the personnel service provider must also be good - only then can you work together successfully and find qualified employees. We will be happy to help you with our personnel placement solutions to successfully fill your vacant positions.
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