WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER OUTSOURCING TALENT ACQUISITION

admin-dev • Aug 10, 2016

Talent acquisition is a huge part of any successful business; you want the best and brightest to fill positions in your company. But, like so many human resources functions, finding qualified candidates and the best people for the job can be a complicated and time-consuming task. Fortunately, there’s a way for businesses to manage the process in a more effective way. Here’s why you should consider outsourcing your talent acquisition functions.

SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

While your HR staff are well-trained and knowledgeable, talent acquisition may not be their area of expertise. In fact, the demands of your business may ask them to develop expertise in other areas or even be generalists. That means that outsourcing these functions can get you access to specialists with better tools and expert knowledge at their fingertips. These specialists can guide your candidate search process with more precision and accuracy than you can in-house, which means you can be sure you’re getting the best applicants.

TIME IS MONEY

You’re busy and so are your HR staff. But finding talented people to fill positions is an important function that demands a lot of time and attention. The truth is that busy professionals—yourself included—may not have time to adequately engage in the process, especially at the early stages. You may receive hundreds of applications, and it’s no small task for your HR staff to pick through all those resumes to ensure you’re getting the best apples in the bunch. Worse, busy schedules can mean slow-downs and delays in the search process. That could mean it could take you months to fill a position you really need filled by the end of next week. That can take a toll on your business’s productivity—and your bottom line.

By contrast, outsourcing allows you to give the task of sorting through applications over to specialists who have expert knowledge, better tools, and more streamlined processes. They’re also dedicated to the candidate search, which means they can devote more time to it. That can make the process much faster—and you can get that crucial position filled when you need it filled.

FREE YOURSELF

As mentioned, talent acquisition can be a time-intensive undertaking, and chances are you and your HR staff already have full schedules. This problem can be exacerbated when someone leaves your company unexpectedly or when you face a sudden uptick in demand—which means you need to expand your workforce quickly. By outsourcing, you free yourself and your HR staff from this time-consuming process, which means you can get back to the core functions of your business, while still being sure you’re getting the best candidates for the job.

AN EXPANDED SEARCH

Outsourcing your talent acquisition can also mean you tap into networks you were previously unaware of. Since you’re hiring specialists, they have better knowledge of the job seeker market and where you’re more likely to find qualified candidates. They may surprise you by finding exceptional candidates in places you never dreamed of—and would never have looked yourself.

WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY

Whether you need to add 10 positions by the end of the week to keep up with demands or you need to engage in a longer-term search, outsourcing talent acquisition allows you the flexibility to deal with your workforce needs in an effective manner. If you suddenly needed to devote a lot of time and effort to filling several positions, the HR department’s other work may be neglected. In fact, you might need to add more HR staff just to handle the new demands! Talent acquisition specialists, on the other hand, can scale up and down as you need them.

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