Compare the outsourcing recruitment with the internal recruitment

Outsourcing recruitment and internal HR department are two forms of recruitment with fierce competition. Each form has its own strengths and limitations. So what is the suitable form for business?

In this week's article, Faro Vietnam will compare the outsourcing recruitment with the internal recruitment so that businesses can make the best choice.

The recent trend of outsourcing recruitment

Building an internal HR department taking the onus of managing human resources and recruitment has become too familiar to every business while the trend of applying an outsourcing recruitment is still quite strange to  businesses in the Vietnam market.

Outsourcing recruitment department is a type of agency in which the enterprise will transfer part or all of the recruitment to a company providing professional recruitment services. This cooperation will be through signing a contract with specific duration according to the project period.

Compare the outsourcing recruitment with the internal recruitment

To know whether to choose an outsourcing recruitment agency or internal recruitment department, we will analyze in detail as follows:

- Outsourcing recruitment not only guarantees urgent human resources, but also the quality of candidates, recruitment time and recruitment costs instead - requirements require headhunters with a lot of hands-on experience, skills and vast relationships network. These are centralized and advantageous by the outsourcing company. Using the recruitment agency will bring businesses a lot of benefits such as saving training costs and recruitment budgets due to the fact that they only need to pay costs when there is a recruitment project. At the same time, it helps businesses focus power on core business activities, gain more knowledge and recruitment experience in the future. The recruitment speed of this form is more successful thanks to the wide relationship network and the company's commitment to the quality of candidates during the recruitment process, even after the end of employment.

- Internal recruitment department:

It is a long-standing form of recruitment with standardized working processes built throughout many generations. Therefore, many businesses are afraid to improve this form owing to the mindset changing.

In addition, the enterprise also has its own confidential information related to vacancy and business, for that reason, the internal recruitment department still ensures its position in the HR market . Typical benefits of an internal recruitment department for businesses include the convenience of following every recruitment step, keeping recruitment information confidentially and penetrating the requirements for each position.

Should businesses use the outsourcing recruitment combined with the internal recruitment department?

If businesses still comprehend choosing self-recruitment or hiring external units, they can consider combining both bringing these advantages, such as:

• Businesses will learn a lot of experience and modern recruitment technology from an outsourced service company thereby completing the recruitment system after the end of the contract.
• The combination of these two forms help businesses reduce the dependence on the service provider
• Business have a dedicated team to manage and control recruitment
• Agency ensure the quality of candidates
• Business can save recruitment budget when applying recruitment outsourcing for some projects
• Information security is still absolutely guaranteed through commitments in the contract.

Above is a comparison between the outsourcing recruitment and the internal recruitment department. If businesses need more detailed advice on this type of service, please contact Faro Vietnam.

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