Recruitment consultancy

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Recruitment consultancy is the practice of advising companies about recruitment as well as providing practical solutions. Recruitment consultancy is a phrase used more in Europe, in North America it is called Executive Search.

Recruitment consultants help companies improve their understanding of the types of individual they should be hiring and they then help find the right individuals to fill roles within the organizations. There are a number of different types of recrutiment consultancies. These include:

Graduate Recruitment Agencies - these agencies help firms recruit graduates as they leave university, or shortly afterwards
Temporary recruitment agencies - these agencies provide people for companies to hire on a temporary basis
Executive Search firms - these recruitment consultancies headhunt individuals from other firms, often on a retained basis for a client

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