Some companies are not sure when it’s time to bring on a staffing firm. Many have robust human resources departments and hiring falls under their purview. Others would rather leave a specialized search to their hiring manager, someone who understands the position and the company’s need. And in either instance, organizations often feel it is simply too costly and time consuming to engage a staffing partner.

Here are two key reasons for using a staffing firm.

1) HR has its limitations. A human resources department’s breadth of responsibilities makes it nearly impossible for HR managers to have a go-to network of appropriate candidates. HR is often the collector of resumes, and does not have vetted candidates on hand, specific to niche areas. Nor do they conduct targeted searches or recruiting.

When you use a specialized staffing firm, you are working with experienced, singularly focused recruiters who sift through hundreds of resumes, as well as, pre-screen and interview dozens of candidates weekly. As such, once a candidate is submitted to you, you can be confident that only qualified candidates are in front of you. You are provided with immediate top talent and saving a ton of time.

2) Hiring managers need to focus on their day job. If you think your creative director or marketing director has time to stop business as usual and spend 2-3 weeks recruiting, think again. If you are paying a creative director 150K and they have to spend countless days recruiting to fill their own roles, then you are paying more than if you called a specialized staffing firm to assist you with your search. Recruiting, screening and qualifying candidates takes a lot of time. Securing a professional recruiter to conduct this for you reduces time and expense.

Communications Collaborative is a boutique firm, focusing solely on marketing communications and advertising roles. We only work with marketers, in-house agencies, agencies, and design shops. And because we are networking and building our marketing and creative community all the time, we have candidates most companies don’t have on their bench. And equally as important, we have recruiters that have a depth in this industry and are rich with referrals.