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| Reasons for using R2R? |
| Author: | Georgie Girl |
| Date: | Tuesday, 5th Sep 2006 10:56 |
| Views: | 1,567 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Other | | URL: | http://web.ukrecruiter.co.uk/forum/Forum/read.php?i=3332 |
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Hi. This question is not an invitation to knock R2R agencies but to understand the reasons they exist and why recruiters as job seekers use them.
Question: if a recs job is to track down and evaluate opps for candidates, logic says they would do the same for the themselves? Therefore, by knowing their (local) competition, and by making direct approaches to employers they would find a position without the help of an intermediary. However, given the number of R4R companies they must be fulfilling a need. So, why do recruiters use them?
Is it due to lack of time, their knowledge of what a company is really like, discretion, something else?
Technology makes it easy to name gather and make a direct approach to a potential employer. You can email direct 24/7. It is possible to make a call during the day to introduce self so I am intrigued.
Some of my peers who have recruited staff have commented that consultants sometimes use R4R simply to neg a better offer from their current employer.
Employers who have used R4R - how do the retention rates of R2R candidates compare with those recruited direct?
Welcome feedback from individuals who have used R4R, employers and R2R consultants.
Just to reiterate this is not an R4R bashing exercise.
Thanks
Georgie |
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| • | Reasons for using R2R? | | Hi. This question is not an invitation to knock R2R agencies but to understand the reasons they exist and why ... |
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Georgie Girl |
05/09/06 10:56 |
3332 |
| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | When I relocated I registered with several agencies not really thinking about using R2R and I was getting no where. ... |
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Bev |
13/09/06 16:20 |
3506 |
| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | Hi Georgie Girl
There is a lot of debate around the quality of recruitment to Recruitment firms and I think like ... |
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Elizabeth Jacques Jones |
13/09/06 11:17 |
3501 |
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Georgie Girl |
08/09/06 15:18 |
3408 |
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Shelley |
08/09/06 14:38 |
3406 |
| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | I must admit that poorly written adverts by R2R inspire me to find out who the end client is (i.e. ... |
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Rick |
08/09/06 12:00 |
3400 |
| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | In two years of doing r2r we mainly engage in hunting down the big billers for clients. Posting hundreds of ... |
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dv8 |
07/09/06 22:20 |
3392 |
| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | Rick and MM thanks for your feedback.
MM the point about administrators is that generally speaking they lack the recruiters know ... |
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Georgie Girl |
07/09/06 16:15 |
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| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | there a loads of reasons why candidates use rec2recs
1 they have current local vacancies
2 They can ask and get answers ... |
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mm |
06/09/06 21:32 |
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| • | Re: Reasons for using R2R? | | I have worked within IT Recruitment for a number of years now. The number one reason from my experience is ... |
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Rick |
06/09/06 16:34 |
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