If you need to hire someone for your team, you'll probably take one of 2 options.
1: You can run job ads
2: You can work with a recruiting agency
Both of these options aren't great
Let me explain,
1: Running Job Ads
This is cheap, and you'll get a ton of applicants (if you're going to do this, go with LinkedIn ads.... it's the best platform for this by far)
But you're not in control of who applies
If you get 500 applicants, and spend 30 seconds looking at each profile, you've just spent 4 full hours looking at profiles
95% of these people are entirely unqualified
But that's ok - you still have 20 candidates
Now by the time you reach out, and get people on the calendar, you'll book about 10 first calls
(It's really weird how often you'll reach out to an applicant and they totally ghost you)
You now have a pipeline
2: Working with a recruiting agency
Now if you've got a recruiting agency that you've previously seen success with, this isn't an issue. You've got a relationship and it works.
You probably know this.
But if you don't have an agency that you've worked with before, it's not fun.
It's a lot more expensive than running ads, and you're going to wait at least 2 weeks for your initial tranche of candidates
The sort of recruiting agency you work with is a crucial part of the equation here
You can work with a contingent agency (no win, no fee), BUT there's a reason they fill about 1 in 5 jobs that they start. Mostly because the role is "hard to fill" (low comp, unknown company, tricky skill requirement, difficult geography).
Zero commitment goes both ways
Or you can work with a recruiting firm that charges an upfront fee. These agencies tend to have a much higher (90%+) rate of filling jobs. But you're probably out $10k+ at this point.
And if you've never worked together, you just don't know how it will pan out
Luckily there is a third option
I'm calling it 10 Of The Best
Here's how it works
- You have a call with me. We talk about the sort of person you want to hire
- I then go and find a pool of candidates who match that exact description. I'll also write messaging for the role, that's based on a framework I use that gets 30-50% response rates
- You then message these candidates and have them book directly with you
The result:
You get at least 10 significantly better candidates vs. what you'd get with job ads (and with about 1/5th of the time on your end)
It costs you 10% of the price of working with a conventional recruiting agency ($3k)
Want to learn more?
There's a video here that explains it in more detail
Want to talk with me about if this might be a good option for you?
Book a time on my calendar here