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Section 5

Job boards and recruitment agencies

A recruitment agency is a company that works as a ‘middle man’ between the
company looking for candidates and the candidates themselves. The recruitment
agency does the advertising and wades through all the submissions and shortlists
the best candidates. They usually do background checks (criminal record checks,
credit rating checks, reference checks and qualification checks), and they normally do
a first interview of the candidate before sending them to the client for an interview.

Recruitment agencies also keep a database of candidates to enable them to
sometimes fill positions without even advertising.

Companies normally do not use recruitment agencies to fill entry-level positions.
They would normally pay a recruitment agency’s commission only for positions
that are harder to fill. So, if you are newly graduated, you are unlikely to find work
through a recruitment agency. They will usually only be useful to people with at
least two- or three-years’ experience, and the higher level you are, the more likely
you will be to find work through them. But remember that agencies aren’t normally
trying to find a position to suit you; they are trying to find people to fill a position,
so you can sometimes be in for a long wait after uploading your CV to an agency’s
database. You should still also apply for jobs directly, and through job boards or
portals. Don’t think that just because one agency has your details that they will
find a position for you.

NB Remember that to register with a job board and/or recruitment agency is free.

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