The effects of unpredictable people!
Did you see the Apprentice on Wednesday night?
The five remaining candidates had to go through the job interview from hell. Three of Sir Alan Sugar’s (SAS) trusted advisers wanted to know all about their personal life as well as testing their shrewdness and key strengths. After these interviews only two candidates would remain in the final.
I want to talk about the Katie issue in particular, as this raised a couple of important points in my mind about the fees Recruitment Companies charge.
It was agreed by 2 out of the 3 interviewers that Katie was bright, capable, powerful and aggressive, could do the job but would upset people in the process. Claude (one of the interviewers) thought she was a showman and a great talker, but that was it.
The long and short of it, is that Katie was offered a place in the final as SAS thought she would do a great job for him. Whilst SAS was talking to the other candidates, Katie’s cheeks went a strange pink colour and there was no joy on her face. She was looking down and kept looking strangely at SAS. After a conversation with SAS, Katie bows out of the competition.
This got me thinking about the Recruitment Companies and the work that they put in to get employers the right candidates. They spend hours researching, talking to people and eventually presenting employers with a shortlist of people. The Employer interviews and finds the perfect person, only for them to turn round and say, “no thanks, I think I’ll stay where I am”.
The Recruiter has more than done their job and through no fault of their own has worked for nothing. This almost justifies in my mind why Recruitment Companies have to charge the fees they do.
I spoke to Jason Blackall, Director of JPL Group about my thoughts on this subject and he said “said “ I feel this is very true of the recruitment world! Unfortunately recruitment companies sell and rely on one of the most unpredictable products…people. Contrary to popular belief recruitment companies do work very hard and try to ensure that each candidate we deal with is 100% genuine, but we can only rely on what information the candidate gives us. Unfortunately there are so many factors that can change someone’s mind after accepting an offer, anything from a counter offer from their current employer, a chat with the partner, fear of the unknown and even the price of fuel suddenly going up (believe me even this has happened). Each of these factors are way beyond our control and no matter how many practices we put in place, human nature is that people do what people want….and if what we want them to do is different to what they want to do…it means we won’t be securing a fee.”
So next time you question the fees that Recruitment Companies charge, please consider that they put a lot of time and effort into their candidates and on a number of occasions don’t get paid, even though they did a great job for you.
The five remaining candidates had to go through the job interview from hell. Three of Sir Alan Sugar’s (SAS) trusted advisers wanted to know all about their personal life as well as testing their shrewdness and key strengths. After these interviews only two candidates would remain in the final.
I want to talk about the Katie issue in particular, as this raised a couple of important points in my mind about the fees Recruitment Companies charge.
It was agreed by 2 out of the 3 interviewers that Katie was bright, capable, powerful and aggressive, could do the job but would upset people in the process. Claude (one of the interviewers) thought she was a showman and a great talker, but that was it.
The long and short of it, is that Katie was offered a place in the final as SAS thought she would do a great job for him. Whilst SAS was talking to the other candidates, Katie’s cheeks went a strange pink colour and there was no joy on her face. She was looking down and kept looking strangely at SAS. After a conversation with SAS, Katie bows out of the competition.
This got me thinking about the Recruitment Companies and the work that they put in to get employers the right candidates. They spend hours researching, talking to people and eventually presenting employers with a shortlist of people. The Employer interviews and finds the perfect person, only for them to turn round and say, “no thanks, I think I’ll stay where I am”.
The Recruiter has more than done their job and through no fault of their own has worked for nothing. This almost justifies in my mind why Recruitment Companies have to charge the fees they do.
I spoke to Jason Blackall, Director of JPL Group about my thoughts on this subject and he said “said “ I feel this is very true of the recruitment world! Unfortunately recruitment companies sell and rely on one of the most unpredictable products…people. Contrary to popular belief recruitment companies do work very hard and try to ensure that each candidate we deal with is 100% genuine, but we can only rely on what information the candidate gives us. Unfortunately there are so many factors that can change someone’s mind after accepting an offer, anything from a counter offer from their current employer, a chat with the partner, fear of the unknown and even the price of fuel suddenly going up (believe me even this has happened). Each of these factors are way beyond our control and no matter how many practices we put in place, human nature is that people do what people want….and if what we want them to do is different to what they want to do…it means we won’t be securing a fee.”
So next time you question the fees that Recruitment Companies charge, please consider that they put a lot of time and effort into their candidates and on a number of occasions don’t get paid, even though they did a great job for you.
posted by Heidi Whitelock @ 13:50
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