As a business, it can be tempting to engage multiple recruiters to speed up the search for talent, especially in the candidate driven construction market. However, it's not always the best option. In fact, client-recruiter exclusivity often leads to better results.

Read on to learn why one is the ideal number when choosing recruiters.

Build a Stronger Relationship

A good recruiter should find the best talent for your business. When you work with multiple agencies, you run the risk of recruiters trying to quickly push candidates to you due to competition. Each recruiter wants to be the first to successfully fill your role. However, in the rush, they may never try to truly understand your unique business needs. This leads to them providing you with candidates that don't fit your business at all.

Building a strong relationship through exclusivity means you're working with a partner, not just a recruiter. They can take more time and spend resources on finding you the perfect candidate. By putting all your faith in that one recruiter, they're more likely to give you their all as well.

Prevent Duplicate Responses

It's not uncommon for job-seekers to work with multiple recruiters. When your company works with multiple recruiters too, you're likely going to have duplicate results for potential candidates. These candidates may question why your business is working with multiple agencies, hurting your credibility as a company. It's best to work with one recruiter to avoid this awkward and potentially harmful scenario.

Quality Is Better Than Quantity

A common mistake that businesses make is trying to rush the hiring process. You may have lost an employee and need a skilled replacement as soon as possible to ensure you meet deadlines. However, getting several dozen resumes of employees that only meet the bare minimum standards could lead to the wrong hire and a poorly executed job.

The secret to avoiding this – quality over quantity. Working with a single recruiter means they dig deeper, pay closer attention to all your requirements and come back to you with candidates that are more than qualified for the position.

Save Time While Filling Positions Faster

In theory, engaging multiple recruiters makes sense. After all, if more people are working on a job, you'll get results faster, right? In this instance, no.

This goes back to the quality over quantity argument. Five recruiters might send you 5 candidates each after only a week, leaving you 25 potential employees in total. In contrast, a single recruiter might take a few weeks, but send you only 5 highly qualified candidates. You could spend hours considering hurried results and not find any good matches. Or instead, you could spend less time interviewing a smaller number of great candidates.

Furthermore, client-recruiter exclusivity saves you time by only having to communicate with a single recruiter. By working with multiple recruiters, you must contact every recruiter and go through all their questions one by one any time you need to fill a position or change a job description. This takes valuable time and slows down the hiring process over all.

More isn't always better or faster. Instead of consulting multiple agencies, build a strong relationship with one recruiter to find talent that best matches your needs. Contact me today to start your exclusive recruiter relationship.