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The trend towards outsourcing recruitment is increasing every day, according to Celeste Hinde, MD of Syndicate Personnel Specialists. However, it's no longer about simply tapping the skills required into the computer database and spewing forth a list of potential matching candidates. “It's about developing knowledge pertaining to who are the best people employed in each area at the time,” says Hinde.

Focusing on key areas such as sales and marketing, supply chain, IT or finance and accounting means that recruitment companies can develop expert knowledge of the disciplines required, as well as the specific skills and abilities of candidates within specific industries.

Understanding the topic at hand and asking the relevant questions of potential candidates are often areas that in house HR staff (often expected to recruit for an entire company) find difficult. They have a heap of other responsibilities such as administration, payroll, training and employee development, so it's almost impossible to expect them to develop expert knowledge of all the various departments within the organisation.

Hinde believes in more that just ‘placing a candidate': “We aim to put highly qualified sales, marketing and supply chain people into positions where they will flourish, contribute significantly to the company and have lasting impact. We also believe that a mutually beneficial relationship with our clients is only possible if we can truly understand the business as well as the company culture and objectives of those we represent.”

[19 Sep 2007 09:13]


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