THE SECRETS OF UAE RECRUITMENT AGENCIES THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW

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Introduction

Recruitment agencies were hitherto the go-to organizations for overseas employers, especially those in the Gulf, UAE to be specific, for good candidates. However, lately, employers have found these agencies to be overpriced, unethical and some are downright deceitful. Therefore, many people have grown weary of the agency model of recruiting a candidate. Hiring a recruitment agent to fulfill your workforce requirements may seem attractive on the face of it because you pay only on the success of the recruitment process; you will be surprised to learn that these agencies have their downsides. Lately, looking at the sullied image of UAE recruitment consultants, other models of recruitment have come to the fore. However, in this article, we will only discuss some downsides of recruitment agencies in the UAE. Many employers based in the gulf, especially, the UAE, have decided to employ other models of recruitment, due to the reasons mentioned below.

Secrets of UAE recruitment agencies you should know

i. Agencies promote their own brand with your advances

When an employer in the gulf comes out with his workforce requirements and approaches an agency to fulfill them, the agency in question will demand an advance from the client at the time of signing the contract. With this money, the agency will promote their own brand. They will advertise your requirements with their branding on all the leading job advertising sites, using your money. With new models of recruitment, this is not followed. In the new model of recruitment, the employer brand is made a prominent part of the job advertisement. Thus, with the new model, you will ensure that the money you spend will go towards enhancing your brand value, rather than help some non-descript workforce agents advertise their own brand.

ii. Recruitment agents own the candidates who apply for the jobs you send them

Agencies will not think twice before offering candidates who apply for your job roles, other jobs with your competitors, or other employers they represent, more so if the other client is offering them a better placement fee for their services. Moreover, recruitment agents are more concerned about negotiating a higher salary for their candidates, rather than fulfill your requirements. This may affect your bottom lines. Recruitment agents claim to own all the applicants who apply for your job roles, through their advertisement. Thus, it is better for an employer-based overseas to deal with organizations following the new model of recruitment.

iii. Agencies minimize your advertising reach

Agencies wish to maximize their own profits. They will not provide you with the resumes of their best candidates if you offer agencies an agency fee, which falls at the lower end of the scale. Moreover, the agency will minimize their spending on your requirements by limiting its advertising. On the other hand, in the new model, overseas employers get a chance to source candidates from everywhere. In the new model, the organization squeezes every bit out of your budget by offering you candidates from different sourcing channels. In the new model, you can spread your recruitment to reach wider.

iv. Agencies look to increase candidate wages

With a recruitment agent, their fee depends on the annual package you offer your new recruit. Therefore, they are always looking to increase their candidate wages, irrespective of whether you can pay that much or not. Some agents also take money from the candidate apart from asking you for a fee for their services. The higher the package they negotiate for the candidate, the more they demand from the candidate, for getting him employment. However, in the new model of recruitment, the process is the opposite. Here, the remuneration of the organization, which helps you to source workers, is commensurate with the amount of work it is required to do.

v. Agencies are also prone to poach your top performers

Recruitment agents will contact your newly recruited employees, after a few months of their engagement with your company, with attractive opportunities. They will do this to extract more money from the candidates in return for offering them the opportunities. Here, again, they will take money from the new client and the candidate you have recruited. This will render your recruitment costs redundant and you will have to conduct your recruitment process again. Thus, if you work with agencies, you are sure to spend more on your recruitment expenses. On the other hand, if you work with an organization that is following the new model of sourcing candidates, you will save a lot of money on recruitment.

vi. Recruitment agents make the employer pay for every hire, every time

Recruitment agents who work with you will advertise your roles under their name collect a number of good candidates and then bill you for each candidate your recruit. In case you find three new people you wish to hire, you will have to pay three times the fee. Thus, a recruitment agent will charge you a fee for each candidate you hire, even if he does not have to do any extra work or minimal extra work, whether you hire one or more candidates. With organizations following the new model of recruitment, this is not the case. They cut down your recruitment costs by 80%.

Conclusion

Thus, you have gone through the secrets of recruitment agents. Now, I would like you to avoid approaching recruitment agents for your worker requirements and approach organizations, which follow the new recruitment model.