The question of internal vs. external resourcing is something all organisations grapple with when they’re approaching a certain size. How your organisation structures your recruitment and training has to be a big part of that conversation.

In this article, we want to talk a bit about why a professional recruitment agency is the best choice for most businesses. Read on to find out more about the benefits of enlisting the services of a professional recruitment agency.

Cost-effective vs. effective

It’s important to recognise that there are specific conditions under which it makes sense to build an internal recruitment and training team. However, it’s also important to give some thought to just how specific those conditions are.

Discussions about resourcing usually crop up in relation to the financial and budgetary considerations that all businesses have to make. It’s only natural to want to limit your expenses. But you do have to think about what you’re actually cutting back on in order to stretch a budget.

Professional agencies win out on depth and breadth

The fact of the matter is that an internal team isn’t going to match the efforts of a professional recruitment agency. Regardless of how carefully your team is selected and resourced, they simply aren’t going to match an external agency for depth and breadth.

The budget you’re trying to save means that you can’t have everyone. What this means is that you’re making careful trade-offs about the aspects of training and recruitment that you want to cover.

But expertise and experience are something you’re either going to have to pay for or reach a compromise on. Professional recruitment services are those that have made it their business to develop their knowledge of recruitment and training. 

Their services may cost more on the ‘by the hour’ interpretation of value for money. But a specialised professional recruitment agency is going to put more eyes, hands and minds in contact with your recruitment and training needs.

The quality vs. quantity problem

The question of quality vs. quantity often gets lost in the discussions that surround internal and external resourcing. It’s easy to see why. Everything costs money and a financial projection is much easier to look at than an abstract conversation about recruitment and training quality. 

The very idea of quality is hard to pin down. But just like anything, if you’re getting more for less, there’s a catch. The long-term impact of lessened experience and expertise is a drop in the quality of outcome you can expect.

The quality of your recruitment and training isn’t as abstract as you would think – it’s just harder to project. If you let the conversation about your recruitment and training to be purely budgetary, you can’t then expect the sorts of workforce performance metrics that are made possible by enlisting the services of a professional recruitment agency.

Work with Zoom Recruitment

Zoom is a professional recruitment and training agency that specialises in developing strong workforces for organisations working in industrial, commercial, mining, civil and rail projects. We have decades of experience in recruiting and training the individuals and teams that can sustain intense working efforts for your organisation.

If you’re looking to learn more about what Zoom Recruitment can do for you and your organisation, get in contact with us today. Our expert consultants are here for you to draw on.