The recession is good for the HR Recruiters. They have less open job vacancies and they can focus their effort to the recruitment agencies. The recessions is a market for the companies, not the recruitment agencies.
The recruitment agencies are a very special business. They sell people as job candidates. They have some general contracts with the potential employers, but they do not have to send the excellent job candidate to the company, which could be the best target. They can send the job candidate to the company with the best payment conditions for the recruitment agency.
The HR Recruiters have a good opportunity to make the recruitment agencies really work for the company. The job candidates for the job position by the organization should be the candidates for the organization. This is a simple recruitment rule, but the recruitment agencies are not following this simple rule many times.
The recession makes the life tough for the recruitment agencies and they accept new conditions to the contracts, as they do not want to lose another client.
The HR Recruiter can set new conditions for the relationship with the recruitment agency as they have the power. The recruitment agency should work for the organization and the organization has a good opportunity to set the conditions for the cooperation. The recession is not just bad for the recruitment and selection process.
