Recruit Ireland found itself an a bit funny situation this month. On one hand they are the main sponsor of the National Recruitment Federation Conference later this week. The NRF is the association of the Irish Recruitment Agencies, and most of them are actually Recruit Ireland’s paying clients. On the other hand Recruit Ireland has decided to give Free Jobs Advertising for Ireland’s Employers – that are basically the clients of the agencies, hence their clients. Employers loved it since there is something free for them. We all like free things. Agencies hated it since they lost revenue while their cost (a fee that Recruit Ireland charges) is still the same.
Via the various channels different recruiters have publicly disapproved the move by Recruit Ireland. All the Recruitment Agency blogs and Social Networking Discussions state the clear and strong disapproval with the move. Recruiters feel it’s not a fair move. And they all raised the question – What will their own association (that charges them for membership as well) do about it? The 2009 NRF conference will therefore be very interesting, with the Recruit Ireland as the main sponsor, and 118 agencies, most of them angry (none has spoken anything positive about the move!)
From the Recruit Ireland’s perspective it was probably a – no brainer. They are not managing to sell any advertising to the Employers, and the Jobs site always looks better with the Employers jobs on it. No one likes the 100% recruitment agency dominated web site. So they decided to give it up for free to employers. It will fill their database of potential future clients.
I am really looking forward to the NRF conference later this week since there will obviously be some interesting discussions!
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You could say that reactions to the move by recruitireland have been strong. You could also say that there is much confusion about the motivation behind the move. This blog: Recruitment agencies angered by Recruitireland.com offering free job slots to employers suggests that it may be a move to prevent them from going under, but a hell of a gamble at the same time. Certainly more than one agency has mentioned that they will be carefully considering their annual subscriptions. It is not like there is a shortage of job sites!
I too am looking forward to the NRF conference.
I was the person who started the discussion on Linked In about this issue, although I am sure that I beat many many people to it by a matter of seconds, such is the disgust at the actions of Recruit Ireland.
I have read Ian’s blog and he may have a point.
If agencies allow themselves to be shafted like this they will never gain traction in the Irish market again.
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But
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Regards
hemen parekh
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With regards
hemen parekh
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth
Are jobseekers right in asking ,
Where is the level playing field ?
63 years after Independence, Indian Recruiters are still asking the candidates ,
What community do you belong to ?
What does your father do for living ?
Which is your home state ?
Why did you divorce ?
What is your mother tongue ?
Who is prime minister of Hungary ?
Jobseekers are wondering :
” Does my work-performance in this Organization depend upon what my answers are ? ”
Am I exaggerating ? Has anyone faced more irrelevant questions ?
And do questions get “ tailored “ to the candidate sitting across the recruiters ?
And what questions are Recruiters elsewhere asking ?
With regards
hemen parekh
http://www.CustomizeResume.com
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth