Making the Right Choices
March 9, 2006 1:10 PM
I feel like it's been a while since I last updated my blog. There hasn't been much going on...I've just been building the usual small empire...and then watching it crumble when someone doesn't do what you hope they'll do. It's a bit like building sand castles when the tide comes in!
I'm currently involved in discussions with a client over our fees, which reminds me about a point I've wanted to raise for quite a while.
When considering which recruitment consultancies to use, it's interesting that clients place quite so much emphasis on rates. Clients often hope for (perhaps even expect) the cheapest ever fee to work with an agency, and on that basis end up working with a recruitment agency whose service leaves something to be desired.
You have to wonder about this expectation that in the recruitment industry you must look for the cheapest fee. Personally, I would urge people to more often consider what they will sacrifice as a result.
Candidates, I'm sure, know about this sort of thing, in a different but related way. If you've got three job offers and the salaries come back as high, mid range and low, do you automatically take the best paid job? Does the extra money make up for a not-so-good job match? Whilst the ideal will be to have the perfect match with the perfect salary, this isn't always achievable. It's definitely worth drawing up a pros and cons list to any job you're considering - and putting the salary at the lower end of the importance spectrum. I learned that the hard way years ago. All the extra money doesn't make up for a bad match on the job side - and you'll soon find yourself looking for another job.
Comments
Pricing is something that I'm always interested in . When wearing my photography hat I have witnessed the true horrors of going for the cheapo photographer rather than the best you can afford.
stewart - March 9, 2006 1:51 PM
It's nice being offered a job at the best of times, but I find there is a double edged sword here. A candidate wants to sell himself/herself to the employer, but on the other side the employer then wants impress the candidate.
So really what Im both saying is that neither can work from a blank sheet of paper as it is always tainted. Bringing it back to salaries, how can we possibly choose between companies with some expanding on the truth and some not?
Gerry - March 14, 2006 10:49 AM