How To Select Your Name Sourcing Company
Every week I receive 3-5 emails about companies that can do my sourcing for pennies on the dollar or you will see a pay per click ad that says hire a recruiter for $1000.00 per month and it got me thinking from our customers perspective why they hire us and not someone else.
I thought I would share some insight on how to pick your next name sourcing, resume database mining or candidate profiling company and be happy with your results.
1. Cost – We all know the expression you get what you pay for but in this case buyer beware. If you ready to send your sourcing overseas then get ready to do a lot of quality assurance on the work that is sent back. Labor is cheap overseas and yes that’s what you get is labor. You aren’t getting a qualified person that understands your needs, you’re getting a person that is not thinking and just taking direction. If you go this route be prepared to spend time on your results.
2. Experience – Before selecting the company find out what type of experience the actual sourcer has? How long have they been in recruiting, do they know the industry or do they know the lingo? Can the caller understand them or do they have an accent?
3. References – Have the company provide references to you that you can qualify. Most of our business is repeat business and it’s because of the quality of work. So make sure you can speak with someone that will vouch for the company and the quality they provided.
4. Time Expectation – Unlike going to Monster and sourcing resumes Name Sourcing and Name Profiling take a little longer. Make sure you know what your buying and the time line in which it will be delivered. Our Name Sourcing doesn’t take as much time as Name Profiling but when we conduct our Name Profiling we make sure that our clients understand that it could take as much as a month to complete the entire project.
5. Years In Business – Find out from the company you are reviewing how long they have been in business. This will give you an idea on their quality. I have seen companies come and go and it’s because of the their quality, client satisfaction and employee turnover.
These are just a few of the things to keep in mind when sourcing for a sourcing company. I hope that they will help you understand who where and what your buying.
Cheers.
Jason Gorham
CEO
Sharkstrike.com
Comments
Your explanation makes sense to me..but I dont think people who actually make these decisions are able to differentiate.
Names sourcing I did back in 1990 because the internet wasnt prime time. How is it different today? Wouldnt "names sourcing" be easier today??
Posted by: Rob Humphrey | June 25, 2007 12:27 AM
I've been in the recruting industry for over 10 years. When I started my recruitment career, most people found jobs either through a referral or through answering a newspaper ad. People still use referrals to find a job but I'm sure everyone has noticed how thin the Help Wanted section is in the newspaper.
In your article you mentioned the terms name sourcing, resume database mining or candidate profiling company. Ten years ago those terms were bascially non-existent. Even now, there are some recruiters that are just beginning to know those terms.
My general comments on your post is that you are doing a good job, educating the marketplace. We've all seen outsourcing explode over the past few years. Posts like yours will only expand the knowledge of the market on those types of companies and with awareness comes better acceptance towards considering using one of those services.
Neil Hernandez
Publisher
www.neilski.com
Posted by: Neil Hernandez | June 27, 2007 1:44 AM