Jeremy Kaplan
You’ve probably heard how profitable owning a recruitment agency can be. In fact, it’s likely one of the reasons why you’re wanting to start your own. You’ve probably also heard how many recruitment agencies have tried and failed in a competitive industry so you want to make sure you’re going to go about it the right way to make it a success. The truth is, the recruitment industry is a tough nut to crack regardless of what country you reside in, but it’s very much possible if you have the determination to succeed.
Make a Business Plan
The obvious first step to take when starting a recruitment agency is to make a business plan like you would before starting any other business. A business plan should contain a variety of details from finances to achieving yearly targets. Targets can be anything from landing one or two clients every month to having a bigger annual turnover. Always write your business plan in as much detail and make sure it includes essential information such as startup costs, running costs, and your overall yearly targets.
Find an Investor
The recruitment industry doesn’t offer a cheap way to start a business, so you’ll need to make sure you have a big investment to get started. It’s not just starting an agency within an office environment that’s going to be costly, but smaller expenses can quickly add up when you’re paying for marketing and advertising services or you’re investing in Bond recruiting software to make running the agency much more efficient.
Find a Recruitment Niche
Instead of jumping into the industry all guns blazing, try and think of a way you can compete with the bigger fish by trying to compete in a niche that’s not as competitive. Once you’ve established the business in a specific niche you can start offering your services in new industries to take your business further.
Get Legal and Follow Regulations
Where you are in the world will determine which rules and regulations your business will have to follow to make operating legal. It’s not just specific laws that you’ll need to abide by, but you’ll also need to make sure employees are allowed to work in the country and are of the legal age to conduct the work. There’s plenty to consider here so you’ll have to prepare yourself for a lot of challenging work if you’re going to start an agency on your own.
Ensure Your Agency is a Cost-Effective Solution
One of the main problems you’ll face when starting an agency is that there are many agencies already out there that offer the same services for a low cost. It’s important you try and compete with these agencies otherwise small businesses may be put off from using your services.
It’s by no means an easy feat starting a recruitment agency and you’ll encounter many issues along the way, but if you stay positive, come up with a unique business model and work extremely hard, there’s no reason why you can’t be a success.
