Why is good quality recruitment important?

Written by

Tom Wickstead

I’m going to start off by revamping a well-loved saying, so I ask forgiveness up front to all you football fans reading this: Recruitment isn’t life and death – it’s more important than that! 

Companies who invest in their staff are usually the most successful. Coaching and development is crucial, but let’s face it, it can only take you so far; you have to recruit the right people into your business in the first place.

Let’s stay with the football analogies for a minute and think about this – if you take a young David Beckham and coach him on the strategies needed to run the 1500 metres he will undoubtedly improve, but he will never become a Mo Farah. But if you coach him on Sir Alex Ferguson’s imposing Scottish attacking style and he will become a world-class player.

It’s employees that make a business

They are the difference between success and failure. I think that is universally accepted, but how do you get the right people into your business in the first place? How do you ensure that your football team is full of “David Beckhams” and your track team is full of “Mo Farahs”? An industry leading recruitment policy – that’s how.

Good recruitment is the difference between quality, enthused staff and a workforce that only turn up for a pay cheque. If you have the right people with the right skills in the right place in your Company, you will succeed. Spend the time to get this right at the very beginning and your business will thrive. You will reduce staff turnover, increase productivity, increase profits, and always exceed your customer’s expectations.

So, with so many operational and financial benefits hinging on the performance of its teams, it’s hardly surprising that many great companies invest substantially in their recruitment process. If you don’t have the skills and expertise in-house, outsourcing provides much-needed support in the area you need – so why not use it? Consider the cost of getting support, then balance that against the cost of getting it wrong.

Successful companies all have one thing in common – a productive and happy workforce full of round pegs in round holes. With these needs taken care of, they have the freedom to focus on their strengths.

Consider Outsourcing

By outsourcing your recruitment requirements to Candidate Source, you too can have that freedom. With our help, finding the right people for the right positions, you can direct your efforts into succeeding at what you do best.

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