Investigating Effective Ways to Maximize the Role of Recruitment Agencies

Autor: Ong Kim Yoke, Dayang Nailul Munna Abang Abdullah, Ridhawati Zakaria
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 107:13-21
ISSN: 1877-0428
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.393
Popis: The aim of this paper was to investigate the effective ways to maximize the role of recruitment agencies in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur was chosen as a location of this study. This qualitative study involved 7 informants from 3 categories: the recruitment agency operators, the employers, and the job applicants. In-depth interview was used as a method of data collection. Every response received from the informants was recorded. The findings revealed that the recruitment agencies should focus on recruiting both fresh and post graduates; provide constant training and innovation; increase the agency headcount; conduct industry mapping and carefully search for the clients and candidates; recruit the right candidates; reduce the recruitment fees, screen the good candidates with good working attitudes; stop collecting recruitment fees from candidates, and provide better consultation to ensure its effectiveness. As a conclusion, more research about recruitment agencies should be conducted in order to gain valuable outcome, thus contributing to the human resource field.
Databáze: OpenAIRE