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The problems stem from one of 2 things - issues with your hiring process or issues with instructing Contingent Recruitment Agencies
Usually, companies instruct multiple agencies to compete with each other on the role, and even compete with their internal hiring team. The agency that find the candidate gets paid.
The contingent recruitment process, therefore, operates within a framework that is not
conducive to finding the best person available for the role and making a quality long term hire.
When you instruct multiple agencies to work against each other and against your internal team then they have to work at speed and don’t have time to go through a quality-driven process.
This leads to many of the common problems.
No clear strategic resourcing plan that reflects the business needs over the next 2-5 years.
Knee jerk recruiting with no clarity on what you're looking for or the right budget for role.
Headcount freeze / friction means your continuously fighting for extra resources.
Internal salary levels too low, so salary levels offered are not competitive with no additional incentives.
Not knowing how to measure skill gaps or how to measure fit.
Having too long a process, with too many people involved, that do not understand the role of legal counsel.
Deciding on who chooses the candidate, including unanimous hiring policies or GC’s initial decision being overruled.
HR/Internal Talent teams being too check-box fixated.
Length of time to hire too long for business-critical roles.
Not knowing how to source the best candidates or build talent pipelines.
Not knowing how to create job descriptions to filter out unsuitable candidates.
Internal HR team relies on outdated sourcing methods which result in candidates taking too long to apply. Takes too long to even get a job advertised.
Using generalist internal recruiters who don't have legal or in-house legal expertise.
Not selling your opportunity and brand properly to candidates or your talent pipeline.
Finding candidates with enough specific experience to fit the budget or who have a passion for understanding the business with the right commercial acumen and cultural fit.
Poor and outdated Interview techniques meaning that candidates cannot showcase skills and experience.
Inability to assess candidates fully to know, how what is shown on paper, translates to actual skill in the workplace.
Subjective opinion of stakeholders may sway the decision on the right candidate.
Difficulty in identifying lawyers who have social and emotional intelligence and can develop a working relationship with the business and can apply their legal knowledge to operational issues in a way that assists the business.
Using multiple generalist agencies or agencies that do not understand your requirements.
Agencies pushing a large number of unsuitable CV’s that obviously do not meet the criteria of the role resulting in time is wasted.
Delivery by agencies not commendable or not proactive enough with the vetting process.
Lack of honesty or not being straightforward in presenting the role to candidates.
Losing employees because of money.
Managing a Team; providing a challenging role.
Employers not being prepared to pay the market rate, or to incentivise.
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