Flexible Recruiting Organizations

Got a call last week from a friend in the industry.  He had some questions from one of his clients about how to set up a flexible recruiting organization that can gain or drop scale quickly depending on requirement flow.

I have set up organizations similar to this in the past.  Focus on setting up local and off shore recruiting support. 

 Break your local organization into:

1) a strong, experienced senior core recruiters

2) mid level skilled 1-3 year recruiters

3) entry level sourcers

Set up off shore companies to provide:

1) sourcers that perform internet searches and produce resumes only

2) recruiters that perform searches and make initial contact to set up meetings for local recruiters

3) full level recruiting

Make sure to negotiate monthly contracts with the offshore companies.

Remember that this is the full level organization.  You should cut back or grow depending on the detail level of requirements and your client relationship.  The more distant your relationship and client contact, the more you build the off shore side.  The more exclusive your requirements, the more local and senior types.

The key is to take a very hard and honest look at your requirements and fit them into each category.