Why the Best Recruiters Don't Do It All Themselves.
Recruitment is a constant juggling act. Your priority is naturally to be on the phone with candidates and clients, focusing on relationships, securing new work and building up your pipeline, because that's how you make money right?
But behind the scenes there's a crazy amount of administration - CV formatting, advertising, searching, invoicing, business development - all equally as critical but somehow at the bottom of the to do list. So you end up doing it on an evening and working ridiculous hours. Sound familiar?
The best recruiters delegate. A Recruitment VA supports with all of this behind the scenes, allowing you to log on, make your calls and log off. Freeing up your evenings, and allowing you to actually step away from your desk, without the worry of a competitor filling your role.
What Does a Recruitment VA Do?
In short, whatever you need and whatever you don't enjoy doing. Main services can include:
Mapping and sourcing: You'll likely pick up the phone straight away to the people you know will be a good fit. Having someone behind the scenes doing your sourcing means you are always aware of the top talent and ensures no candidate is missed.
LinkedIn: Never miss a connection or message again. Your VA can manage your LinkedIn inbox, post content, max out your connections every week and help grow your pipeline.
Advertising: Adverts written, posted and applications managed on your behalf, ensuring candidates have a great experience and no applications are missed. Normally a nice to have, a VA makes it happen.
CV formatting: Every CV returned consistent, on-brand and professional, so your shortlists land the way they should.
A clean CRM: Your data is only as good as how you input it and let's be honest, it's time consuming and boring. But CRMs are expensive, if you are going to invest in one, maximise its potential. Your VA can clean your data, add new candidates and make sure you're getting your money's worth.
This list is by no means exhaustive. Some weeks you might need help keeping on top of your inbox, others it might actually be help with finally booking your client meetings.
A Recent Project
Cassandra came to me needing support with sourcing. She had back to back calls booked all day, but never had time to search for her new vacancies, potentially missing out on £1,000s in placements. Working closely with her, I took on the searching and mapping side of her desk completely. She now logs in every day to well-matched lists of candidates ready to call and a diary full of people who are looking to make a move. No more late night searching.
"Jess is exceptionally detailed, thorough and brings real recruitment expertise to every role I send her, no matter the industry or niche. She doesn't flinch at hard briefs, she tackles them with professionalism and agility, consistently delivering high-quality candidates across multiple industries. Her organisational skills, candidate mapping and sourcing acumen have significantly strengthened my hiring workflow."
Is It Right for You?
Are you regularly working evenings and weekends to keep on top of your desk?
Are you missing candidates because there aren't enough hours in the day to search and call candidates?
Are you too focused on delivery to ever complete business development?
Are adverts going up late, or applications sitting unread, because there's always something more urgent?
Do you want to bill more without stretching your hours any further?
Do you have a list of nice to haves that will elevate your business, a website, interview packs, candidate blogs, marketing, a professional workflow, but no time to do it?
If any of those sound familiar, it might be time to delegate. Ready to get your time back? Get in touch.
📧 jessica@mappedandmanaged.co.uk 🌐 www.mappedandmanaged.co.uk