Employers may find a very hard time to filter through applications and scheduling for interviews in order to make a perfect selection of candidates to fill new vacancies. Job hunters on the other hand will spend all their time sending applications on their own without any positive response from the employers. Most of these applications can go un-answered making the job seekers hopes to shift from hope, hopeful to hopeless.
Employment agencies slide in to fill this gap between employees and employers. They help firms to fill candidates in the open posts and at the same time assist job hunters to get jobs. As a job hunter, you will the services of an employment agency to get a job. An organization too will need to outsource human resource services from employment agencies. In a nutshell employment agencies are external human resource departments.
In most cases, they select the best candidates because human resource is their specialization. They also have a wide range of experience from dealing with different organizations and job candidates compared to a human resource department of a specific company. These agencies also assist the employees by linking them directly to potential employers for job vacancies available.
Employment agencies can be either private or public. Public agencies connect job hunters to government jobs while private agencies deal mainly with the private sector. Private agencies work on personal placements, executive job searches and temporal jobs.
Most job hunters do not find the employment agencies quite useful and thus they tend to overlook them. Studies have shown that most successful job hunters who land jobs are those who engage the services of employment agencies. Millions of people get employed daily through job agencies.
In most cases they are paid by the recruiting companies to fill out positions for them and conduct the hiring process but also they charge fees from job seekers who approach them to be linked to potential recruiters. As a job seeker when you want to get services of an employment agency, it is good to seek the services of a reputable certified agent that will keep your best interests in mind.
Employment agencies could be specialized in a specific field of job. You will have to consider your capabilities and needs as a good agency alone will not land the job you are targeting. Choose an agency that will suit your needs.
Link yourself with as many agencies as you can and register with them by leaving your details with them and in most cases they will need you to leave your resume with them. When a job opportunity comes up that meets your specific details, you can be called for an interview and if you are lucky you will get a job. This will ensure that you get your dream job.
