I love this post. I have been thinking about recruitment for the past few months as I am now a job seeker myself.

I intend to write a blog on why HR got so lazy with recruitment. The use of recruitment companies has had a very negative effect (in my opinion) on the business of recruitment. Why would you outsource the most important aspect of the organisation – getting the right people? Now that the recruitment consultants are the gatekeepers between the job seeker and the organisation, I wonder how many great people get overlooked for an interview because they don’t meet the recruiters expectations (which are often uninformed)

I’m almost at the point where I will not apply for a job if it is via a recruitment agent – I want to work for a company that cares enough about its people to take the time to do its own recruitment.

So, get off your butt HR and take back control of the really important aspects of the business!