The IT job market, mainly within specific
areas such as popular big data, application development (both Web and mobile),
business intelligence, and cloud computing, is a very cut-throat environment.
While more and more companies get on the bandwagon of these state-of-the-art
technologies and as the talent or resource pool gets minor, many industry
experts and research agencies warn of a potential shortage of IT talent and
skills in the pipeline. Companies are speculating where and how to get hold of
the top tech talent and retain them.
However, if you are willing to lay out the
money, an association with a specialist IT recruiter could be the answer to
your problem. To shed light on the topic and help make the hard decision of
whether or not to hire a search or recruitment firm to find your next employee,
here are some testimonials and facts on how organisations can get the most of a
tech recruiter relationship.
Why hire an IT Recruiter?
Obviously, the first question one should
ask is, “Why would I want to hire an IT recruiter?” The answer is, maybe you’re a small or medium
sized business that doesn’t have time or the adequate HR resources to hunt for
new talent or maybe you want to fill a mission critical position such as a
chief technology officer, vice president, managing director, or development
head, etc. and time is of the essence. In any case, the top talent isn’t
essentially the person you’ll get on job boards or through word of mouth or
online application. Frequently, the best resources or top industry talent are
already hard at work somewhere and not searching for a new position.
Here are some services a suitable IT
recruiter can provide for you:
1.
Recognise and approach passive
and active candidates through various means.
2.
Offer objective input and
insight regarding a potential candidate’s level of skills, expertise, and
background.
3.
Conduct and manage candidate
screening.
4.
Follow-up with the candidate to
ensure a response on time.
5.
Provide secrecy to
companies/employers that may need it.
But before you hire an IT recruiter, it is
important to know how much experience the recruiters have in the market and
what their professional network looks like.
If you engage in partnership with an agency that isn’t well connected in
the market, you will get CVs that are off the mark and end up creating more
work for you/your organisation because of the flood of resumes and tedious job
of screening through them to find the right candidate. A good recruiter or
recruitment agency actually builds a long-term relationship with the client
through regular communication and feedback and as the hiring manager you/your
organisation must reciprocate.
Probing for the top IT talent and
professionals can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack, but using a
head-hunter or a recruitment agency can help swing the odds in your favour.
Vertex IT solutions is a specialist IT
recruiter and training provider. We help
IT professionals find suitable jobs in Oracle, web and software development,
business intelligence, infrastructure management and IT support. For more
details, visit us at: www.vertex-it-solutions.com.
