Specialized recruitment agency
A specialized recruitment firm can be an expert in a sector of activity, such as a recruitment firm specializing in digital marketing, or an expert in a particular profile, such as a recruitment firm specializing in purchasing functions. A little focus on the advantages and disadvantages of these recruitment specialists:
Advantages of a specialized recruitment firm
If you want to recruit new employees only on a specific profile or in a specific field, you can go to a specialized recruitment firm.
Expert in its field, the specialized recruitment firm makes it possible to unearth high-potential profiles (executive manager, business developer, etc.) or scarce profiles (information systems director, mechanical engineer, etc.). Consultants are also often former professionals in the sector or position for which they are recruiting.
Thanks to their expertise, the consultants will therefore be better able to understand your issues and effectively support your recruitment project. You can thus hope for a rapid and qualitative recruitment, provided of course that you choose your service provider carefully.
Generalist recruitment firm
A generalist recruitment agency will not, a priori and as its name suggests, have any particular expertise in a particular sector or profile.
Benefits of a Generalist Recruitment Firm
The advantage of a generalist recruitment firm lies in its ability to recruit talent on various profiles or in various sectors. In other words, you have a single point of contact to carry out all your recruitment projects. For example, if your company is experiencing strong growth and you need to recruit for several departments, this may be a good option.
Multi-specialist recruitment firm: a choice alternative
A multi-specialist recruitment firm allows, in theory, to combine the advantages of a specialized and generalist recruitment firm, without their disadvantages.
It is therefore a generalist structure, due to the different sectors in which it recruits, but with extensive expertise in each sector. You therefore benefit from a single point of contact and specialized recruitment for all your recruitment projects.
This type of firm is extremely rare because being specialized in several themes requires some experience in each sector and profession. Remember to question your multi-specialist recruitment firm to check its expertise on the profiles and areas for which you wish to recruit.
Conclusion
You are looking to recruit only on a specific profile or in a specific sector: you can go to a specialized recruitment agency.
You wish to recruit varied profiles to complete your various internal teams: you can choose a generalist recruitment agency.
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