Hi,
Would like your analysis of five recruitment services, regardless if
they have online presence of not, but from a satisfaction and
effectiveness point of view.
I would be more interested in those which specialize in difficult to
acquire resources IF possible.
Being brief, though with substance is important in how you present them.
There's an added 50% bonus for an exceptional answer.
-Mao |
Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
07 Aug 2004 14:13 PDT
Hello Mao -
Do you require the analysis to be original information from the
researcher, or can it be from a 3rd party? And can the analysis be
simply "factual stats" of sorts regarding each company? Also, is it
more like "five top recruitment services" or must it literally be "top
5" according to some sort of ranking?
Thanks,
jbf777
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Clarification of Question by
6ra3-ga
on
07 Aug 2004 15:01 PDT
Hi,
I would like to have the researcher be the one providing his opinion,
even if its inline with the third party, I will assume that he does
genuinely agrees with it. I would also appreciate a summarized point
of view by the researcher in comparison to lengthy third party quoting
even if it's eventually agreeable.
Also, the analysis being statistically based would give it a lot of
value. But, I may be wrong in basing value of a recruitment company
on its stats where the stats might have been encouraged by very strong
PR and CRM policies which are hidden. Again, I would prefer to look
at what you would suggest as an appropriate analysis and explain on
what basis was it arrived at.
I'm not familiar with how recruitment services are ranked, I'm
assuming they would probably be ranged on their applicant to results
ratio perhaps. What would you suggest is an appropriate 'top'
defining parameter for recruitment services?
-Mao
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
07 Aug 2004 19:17 PDT
Mao -
Thanks for the clarification.
May I ask -- is the goal of this research to find the "top 5" -- the
"5 best" recruiters in the world? Or is the goal to find 5 "very
good" companies, based on some criteria, and then delineate their
strengths?
I don't think there will be a ranking of companies based on
"applicant-to-results". A lot of this sort of information is internal
and will most certainly not be disclosed by private companies.
Notwithstanding, I would think something like revenue would be a good,
albeit indirect, means of assessing a company's "effectiveness" at
least as a starting point. A company ordinarily doesn't climb to
those higher levels of revenue without being the best in their game.
Perhaps if you can disclose a little bit as to the use of this
information, this may help to hone the scope of the research a bit.
jbf777
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Clarification of Question by
6ra3-ga
on
08 Aug 2004 02:40 PDT
Hi,
Yes, I'm interested in their strengths and methods that give them an
edge in the way they provide the service which would help in
identifying success factors as we're interested in developing services
in this area.
Income would be fine in ranking, I guess it's the best unbiased
source. Would there be any market survey's covering
candidate/employer satisfaction?
Thank you.
-Mao
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
08 Aug 2004 12:08 PDT
Mao -
Thank you.
One other thing: would employment or staffing agencies be considered
"recruitment" agencies?
Thanks,
jbf777
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
08 Aug 2004 12:35 PDT
To answer your last question: I haven't done enough research yet to find out.
jbf777
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Clarification of Question by
6ra3-ga
on
08 Aug 2004 12:49 PDT
Hi,
No, employment or staffing agencies would not be considered as
recruitment agencies. I might want to cover that in another question
or if you're interested, we can agree to raise the bonus on this
question to cover them in the same way?
-Mao
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
08 Aug 2004 17:24 PDT
Mao -
I may be interested, but I would recommend posting it as a separate question.
For this question, just to be sure, are "executive recruitment" firms OK?
jbf777
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Clarification of Question by
6ra3-ga
on
09 Aug 2004 03:57 PDT
Hi,
Executive recruitment is very lose. If you mean those recruiters whom
look for exceptional people, although they happen to focus on
executive management, then yes. We would like to focus on rare to
find resources executive management or otherwise.
-Mao
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
09 Aug 2004 07:57 PDT
These companies find "executive band" or "senior level" professionals
for companies in a variety of capacities.
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
09 Aug 2004 08:58 PDT
I'm sure these companies are able to locate "hard to find" human
resources. If there's an executive needed for a "rare" position,
these companies can do it. Is this OK?
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
09 Aug 2004 09:17 PDT
I have an estimated ranking of 5 firms by revenue. I then located a
"top X" ranking based on an industry-insider customer satisfaction
survey. It just so happens that the 5 firms I ranked by revenue
correlate very closely to this other survey. Would this be OK to post
as an answer?
jbf777
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
09 Aug 2004 12:02 PDT
I don't know how else to measure "satisfaction" and "effectiveness"
other than through something like the survey I've discovered. Please
advise.
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Clarification of Question by
6ra3-ga
on
09 Aug 2004 16:16 PDT
Hi,
Revenue is a good indicator, but that wouldn't cover the question as
the revenue would identify what seems to be the companies which are
doing it right.
Now, identifying what methods are they using to be of satisfactory
service to their clients and provide them with an effective service is
important.
If we give those two elements some thought and come up with ways of
identifying them, it would mean the question is answered.
-Mao
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Clarification of Question by
6ra3-ga
on
11 Aug 2004 09:45 PDT
Hi,
I'm leaving on Friday morning on a trip and shall be back on the
following Friday, so I hope you won't lose interest if I stop
communication during my trip. :-)
-Mao
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
11 Aug 2004 10:10 PDT
Mao -
Perhaps I can post an answer during that time if you can OK the following:
I have an estimated ranking based on revenue, which correlates closely
to a different ranking based on customer satisfaction. The latter is
from an industry survey from over 300 industry insiders. If I can
determine the questions used on this survey which were used to create
the rankings, that will let us know which areas people feel these
companies excel in. I'm waiting to hear back from the source of the
survey to see if I can get some more light shed in this area.
Would this fit the bill for this question?
jbf777
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
12 Aug 2004 12:54 PDT
Mao -
Please scratch that. The survey only ranks on a 1-10 based on prestige.
I've talked to the leading market research firm in the recruitment
industry. The individual I spoke to said that this information is
really not available. Effectiveness and satisfaction levels with this
type of service-oriented industry is confidential, closely guarded
info. They do a rank based on a revenue as well. They said they
would be willing to do custom research into this area for a minimum of
$7500.
In terms of me addressing this question at a $100 price point, the
best I can give you is a rank based on revenue, as well as an
additional ranking the rep gave me off the cuff. The latter is from
what he knows of these company's performance levels (based on levels
of compensation of their typical jobs).
jbf777
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