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The in’s and out’s of recruitment in the UK

By: JSB

Recruitment agencies earn their money in fees from companies who wish to recruit staff. To job seekers, the services of recruitment agencies are free. The recruitment agency gains a fee which is normally a percentage of the candidates starting salary.

Recruitment agencies are ruled by laws of data protection. This means they have a duty of care to guard any personal information you give them, for example a CV, with their life, and can only release your details onwards to somebody after you have given your permission. Penalties for companies in breach of data protection laws can be severe.

When you apply for a job to a recruitment agency your details will be entered onto a database. This will essentially record a profile which will allow recruitment consultants to match your details up to new vacancies appropriately as they come in. Once they find a match for you they will call you up to see if you are interested.

Recruitment is usually split on two broad types, temporary recruitment, and permanent recruitment. The former involves the placement of temporary workers with clients. Examples of this could be administration staff through to builders or pharmacists. This is often used by companies to cover sickness, holidays or as a stop gap for vacancies. In this scenario, the recruitment agency employs the candidate for the client, charging the client for costs and a management fee on top.

Permanent recruitment is where the recruitment company finds a member of
Staff for a client and is paid a one of finders fee for doing so.

Recruitment agencies routinely spend thousands of pounds per month advertising vacancies in order to build their databases. The bigger the database of potential candidates, the greater the chances they can match candidates to vacancies when they first come in.

Head hunters are different from recruitment agencies in that they tend not to advertise to find their candidates. They source candidates through research, networking and ultimately direct approaches to potential candidates.

Recruitment consultants are usually paid a modest basic salary with up to 50% or more of their earnings coming from bonus pr commission from placements made. Top recruitment consultants can earn in excess of £100, 000 per year.

A good recruitment consultant will usually earn more and more the longer they stay in the business, simply because their personal network will grow. People they place will eventually come back again and again generating greater earnings potential with less effort.

If you are thinking of a career in the recruitment industry, there’s enormous potential for earnings and career progression, but it’s not for everyone. The more information you’re armed with, the better chance you have of determining if it’s right for you before you leap in. Good luck.

Article Source: http://articleaddict.com

John Bult runs internet job sites for recruitment agencies in the UK

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