An IT director offers his take on how to get through the hiring process without resorting to paying recruiting firms.While staffing is not a luxury (although "enough" staffing might be), sometimes it seems like the recruiting process is. In the SMB market, especially, paying an agency fee is an easy and frequent target for cost-cutting. Recruiting is always tougher than it really should be. From my observations there always seem to be plenty of jobs, and plenty of candidates—the challenge is getting them to find each other.
As someone who has spent time on both sides of the interview desk, let me share some ideas for finding staff without having to pay an agency.
Your company Web site. More and more companies are actively maintaining a careers section of their Web site (as opposed to a static page that invites candidates to submit an e-mail to a never-reviewed mail-box like resumes@company.com). Active maintenance includes posting all current jobs with details (including location, title, description), purging the list of filled jobs, and allowing candidates to create a job agent to alert them of new postings that match their interests. Offerings in this space, like tools from BrassRing and Taleo, can be customized and integrated into your company's site.
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