Hollywood’s awards season may have officially come to an end, but awards in the staffing industry are heating up with Inavero’s 2016 Best of Staffing Awards, sponsored by CareerBuilder.
After looking at the data and comments from real-life clients, Inavero compiled a list of the top three things that make Inavero’s 2016 Best of Staffing Award winners stand out from the crowd.
1. Winners save their clients’ time and act quickly.
Reliability and timeliness is of the utmost importance for staffing clients. They need to be confident that they can count on you to deliver what they need when they need it — even if it’s a tight turnaround. Then they will gain your trust and turn to you for their staffing needs.
Our staffing firm found candidates for our position within 24 hours and kept me in the loop throughout the process. My e-mails and phone calls were always taken or responded to very quickly. They also did a great job of checking in with me to make sure the candidate was meeting our needs.
They met our needs quickly and provided a perfect candidate without overloading me with candidates to interview.
I rely on them because I know they can meet my needs and do it quickly.
2. Winners hire proactive, engaged and empathetic recruiters.
It’s not enough to have just any recruiter work with clients — you need to hire recruiters who not only get the job done efficiently, but who also act as a client’s trusted partner. You should be confident that everything they do and every decision they make is in the client’s best interest and in alignment with the client’s goals.
Their recruiter and sales rep worked very closely with me, and I felt like the recruiter was a member of my own team, not someone working with an outside agency. He made me feel like my open positions were a priority.
They were proactive in meeting with me when we had an opening that they could help us fill, and they shared salary info for the industry with us. They were very eager to please, and I am confident their candidates would have been a good fit for us.
3. Winners ignite rapid referrals.
Would your clients be ready and willing to refer your firm to others who are looking for help? Just as restaurants and hair salons rely on customers to promote their business, staffing firms rely on clients. Clients have the power to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to any recruiting firm they have worked with, so pay attention to what they’re saying about your firm — it will affect not only your reputation, but also your future business.
When I have a good experience with a recruiting firm, I have no problem recommending them to someone who asks me for a referral.
If a friend or colleague was looking for a job, I would be very willing to give them names of recruiters I felt were better than others.
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