Recruiting firms are not created equal. One of the most important question you need to ask any recruiting firm is: “What will you do to support me during and after the hiring process?”
Will they create a good profile of your ideal candidate? Do they just look at qualifications and go through a checklist? Or do they look at your goals and personality and culture of your company, both short-term and long-term? Do they help prepare you for your interview process? Do they help the candidate transition smoothly from their last employment to yours?
I don’t know what other search firms necessarily provide, but let me just share with you a couple things we do. At JK Consultants, we spend a lot of time upfront, learning about your culture, your short-term needs, and your long-term needs; have a real good understanding of who you are. In fact, we bring in a national agency, who’s an expert on doing a job fit survey, so that we can understand what is your right personality, what are some of your needs that is going to be a right fit for the right candidate.
That becomes our benchmark so that all candidates that we present to you can measure up to that benchmark. It also becomes a great interview tool.
Pre-qualification of candidates. We’ve all heard the horror stories of folks that have misrepresented their résumés or their background information. We, at JK Consultants, do a tremendous amount of due diligence and we know the people that these individuals have generally reported to or worked around, and that is one specific way that we make sure that we represent your best interest when it comes to doing due diligence.
One of the big differentiators at JK Consultants is the aftercare. Ask your firm: “What do you do after you place the candidate with my firm? What do you do to make sure that this candidate is successful? What do you do to make sure that I am successful in this hire?” We, at JK Consultants, have a program that we stay with that candidate and we stay with you.
So, in case there are any bumps in the road through your journey, we’re there to help you. Does your search firm provide that support and aftercare?