Tom Sorensen | NPAworldwide

What a hands-off list really means in recruitment

Most companies think their recruiter will not touch their people. That assumption costs money.

You give a recruiter access to your organization. Names, structure, top performers.

That is valuable intelligence. Without a hands-off clause in your agreement with the recruiter, nothing stops them from using it later.

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I have seen it happen in Bangkok. A recruiter placed a Finance Director. Three years later, they approached the same person for another client. The candidate resigned. The company paid twice, first to hire, then to replace, plus months of disruption.

You can fix this before you sign. The three absolute key points:

• No poaching from your company.
• Lifetime protection of placed candidates.
• Full disclosure of which competitors the recruiter cannot approach.

If a recruiter pushes back on any of this, you have your answer.

Get all the tips, under the headers below, and what you must request to be a part of your recruitment agreement. Continue reading…

Protect yourself from sleazy recruitment cowboys

--No poaching from your company

--Lifetime protection of placed candidates

--Check where the recruiter is blocked

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The candidate loophole

The following hits the CEO and CFO in the face