Could you benefit from using a recruitment agency?

Could you benefit from using a recruitment agency?

If there’s one thing we’re sure of, it’s that the recruitment industry is continuing to grow. Despite a difficult few years due to the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, the UK recruitment market reached £141.2 billion at the end of 2021.

Data from CIPD shows that the number of weekly job postings more than doubled in 2023 compared to 2022, with vacancies higher than ever as the labour market continues to rise.

And it looks as if the demand to fill roles will continue into 2024, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) predicting that the UK unemployment rate is set to rise from 4.3% to anywhere between 4.5% and 6% by the end of 2024.

So, the data shows that they’ll certainly be jobs to recruit into, but will organisations choose to work with a recruitment agency to support with their talent acquisition needs?

It’s no surprise that we are in favour of companies working with recruitment agencies to support with their hiring needs. Here are just a few of the reasons a company could benefit from using a recruitment agency.

If you’re considering working with a recruitment agency to support your talent acquisition, get in touch.

You can also read our blog to find out more about the benefits of working with a recruitment agency.

What about candidates?

A report by recruitment platform Bullhorn shares that 56% of recruitment agencies cite talent as their top challenge in 2023. So, if you’re a candidate searching for your next opportunity, now is the time to reach out to a recruitment consultant, as agencies are determined to widen their talent pools and build bigger, quality candidate databases.

But, what’s in it for candidates? How can a recruitment consultant make your job search a successful one?

Here’s six ways candidates could benefit from using an agency.


Want to #WorkWithGlee? Whether you need our support with recruiting a new hire, are a candidate in search of a new role, or are a consultant looking to join our team, get in touch!

Bradley Jacklin

Asset Management incorporating facilities management & retail/ industrial/residential estate development.

9mo

Generally, a trend is that Agencies are not working closely with candidates and the job specification - what the agency wants is one or two CV's that seem to match, using AI, the exact Job spec, without looking into the candidate's broader transferable skills, personality, and knowledge. A Good HR practitioner would use these skills, to ensure that the Company has the best range of people to interview. It's not only about having had the experience, but also fitting the culture, and having a good commercial acumen to positively contribute to company success.

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Duncan Chandler

Head of HR and Culture | Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management

9mo

Any agency should reflect the brand they are representing. Yet too often we read of candidate experiences of being ghosted, sent automated rejections which are more an insult than anything else and some report that some agencies they don't even get any interest where their skills on their cv matches perfectly to the advert. Certainly there are some I would never entertain. It seems there are more job seekers out there who have in their minds the list of agencies they would never work with. It seems in many cases that firms can get the right talent, control the process to make sure the comms fits with culture and respond more quickly. It will be interesting when it swings again, and it will to being more of a candidate driven market as at the moment he hear these sound bits of a skills shortage, however the evidence is there are too many very good people who do not get spoken to by agencies.

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