Igloo RPO publishes free guide to reducing the cost of hiring in SMBs

Igloo RPO has published a free guide to help SMB companies lower their overall hiring costs. The guide urges SMB owners to consider a range of methods, some which they may never have tried and others which they could simply be doing better.

Introduction
The last five years have been good to the recruitment industry. The majority of industry sectors across the UK have been growing steadily; creating mass demand for skilled and experienced employees across the board. As with all supply and demand scenarios, recruitment companies have taken advantage of this by charging up to 35% to help companies fulfill their hiring needs.

Among those most at the mercy of expensive recruitment fees are small and medium-sized companies. With little or no dedicated recruitment personnel within their workforce and nowhere near the buying power of their enterprise counterparts, SMB owners and managers often see they have little other choice. With the economy in its current state, many recruiters are reducing their fees substantially which has to trigger questions about the true value of contingency recruitment in the first place.

Iglooís free guide gives SMB owners and managers the opportunity to consider and explore the various alternative and complimentary resources that can be applied to reduce the cost and hassle of recruiting. Whilst the methods mentioned in the forthcoming pages may not eliminate the need for external recruitment providers altogether, they should at least reduce agency dependency and therefore the overall cost of recruiting in the long-term.

What to expect
The October document from Igloo RPO discusses how SMB owners can reduce dependency on external recruitment suppliers by making use of a variety of resources available to them – some free and others at a smaller cost than recruitment fees.

Whilst the guide does not suggest all companies can totally eliminate the need to work with external recruiters, in the words of Louise Whitehead, Igloo RPOís Managing Director; ìthe guide is simply there to encourage SMB company owners and directors to think about how they can maximise the resources available to them that are either free or carry little cost. Whilst in some cases companies may be fortunate enough to eliminate recruiter fees altogether, we anticipate the majority of people reading the guide will see how they can reduce spend on external fees, freeing up budget to invest in more strategic HR initiatives.î

There are a range of topics covered in the guide and these include:

ï 5 free candidate sources
ï Maximising your networks
ï Internet advertising
ï Making referrals work for you

Companies are welcome to download a copy of the guide in PDF format and can do so right now at http://igloorpo.com/OctWPDownload.html.

For more information on Igloo RPOís services please visit www.igloorpo.com or call 0844 357 0189.