How Executive Search Firms Recruit IT Professionals

A recruitment firm  source talent, manage candidates, and make the right hires for its clients. IT recruitment is one of the most sought out sector these days in the recruitment market. Right from IT Recruitment Consultants  to IT Professionals there is a great demand of candidates .

With the coming of Placement consultancy, Recruitment firms and Executive Search Firms the organizations’ staffing solutions are easily  solved as lot of skilled manpower is easily provided to them . So if you are an IT Professional and have already applied in a recruitment firm  for a new job , also you have gone through the interview round  you should know how these Executive Search Firms  Recruit IT Professionals for the final round i.e shortlisting of the candidates.

1) Check IT Specialist Skill

The first and foremost thing that an IT recruiter in an employment Firm or recruitment agency  will check in your profile will be whether you possess the skills or not i.e the  technical knowledge of Java, C++ and other necessary languages. It is essential to know whether the candidate has a knowledge of database management, information security, system administration or not as these skills are the forte of every IT Professional and also basic profile with which IT professionals pass out.

2) Reference Check

The other important thing done by an IT Recruiter of a staffing agency is checking up the references provided by the candidate. Like any other job profile it is essential to check the references given by the candidate with a critical eye checking with the reference about his/ her style of working, the kind of projects that the candidate had handled in his/her former organization.

It is a very critical process with which the recruiters often check upon with the kind of work the candidate has done. After having the  proper reference check only the recruiter makes up his/her mind to select an IT professional for the particular position.

3) Negotiations & Offers

After the recruiter of an Executive Search Firm is fully satisfied with the candidate’s skills and from the reference check provided to the recruiter the process of negotiations and offers start taking place . During the shortlisting process 2-3 candidates are shortlisted and accordingly negotiating process start taking place. The candidate who fully satisfy the requirements, skills and agreed with the kind of remuneration being offered to them are selected by the search firm for its clients.

Conclusion

Hence the Executive Search Firm recruit the IT professionals following these three methods .