
Placement industry in India is becoming very large with the increase in the demand as
well as easy availability of professional and trained manpower.Moreover number of jobs, candidates and companies have become so large that need for job consultants, who act as a mediator between candidate & employers,
have felt badly. This has given a way to increase in the number of placement consultant agencies in India.
These placement consultant agencies are in contact with top MNCs, corporate firms, private limited firms and other big & small companies in India and abroad.Companies, which are commonly called client, tell their
manpower requirements to these placement agencies which in turn find the
right candidate for them. Internationally India is a place that is the most
sought after for employees because they have right mind set, education and
knowledge. Sincerity, responsibility and dependability are other features
that has led to the more demand of Indian manpower. So with this placement
consultant agencies are mounting in number.
What is a Placement Firm?
Placement firm is a human resources
sourcing or a recruitment firm, which does the employee hunting for their
clients . It is also called manpower consulting, manpower recruitment
agencies, hr consultants or hr recruitment firms. For recruitment and
selection almost all the big or small companies these days do human
resources outsourcing. These recruitment firms find the suitable employee as
per their client's requirements. The initial round of interview are either
taken up in these recruitment firms or can be scheduled at the company
itself. Or the human resourcing outsourcing firms can schedule the
candidate's interview over the phone. The placement consultant agencies not
only work for Indian companies but also do the hiring for organizations in
abroad.
With the increase in the number of candidates and need for job, the human
resources outsourcing firms or the placement industry India is recognized as
the fastest growing industry. In India only, while 150 lacs agencies help
non-professional labor with placements such as construction, transport and
certain industrial jobs, about 800 lacs work with professionals in
ever-widening fields, such as nursing,
IT, HR,
engineering and teaching. Recruitment
firms or consultants take the commission from employee's salary if their
selected candidate got the job. HR Sourcing (placement) is a large and
complex universe in itself, encompassing many different functions associated
with the HR department. The human capital marketplace remains highly
competitive and is poised for enormous growth in the next 10 years, since,
companies around the world are investing heavily in their human resources
infrastructure.
Rise of the Placement Industry in India
Any and all aspect of HR
can be outsourced. The research by Gartner, Inc., shows that around 80
percent of companies these days are outsourcing at least one HR activity,
and the number such companies and the extent of human resources outsourcing
is swiftly increasing. Companies are now looking at specialized firms in
recruitment and placement to complete various aspects of human resource
management.
Benefits of Recruitment Firms
While outsourcing is beneficial in
many ways and also make sense for various reasons. The major benefit is in
terms of cost cutting in companies' expenditure on recruitment and
administrative work. There is seen large reduction in the costs of routine
transactional and administrative work of the company that goes for human
resources outsourcing. Another key reason is the belief that a company
should outsource all non-mission critical aspects of its business.
The Placement consultant agencies, more commonly known as the professional
employer organization (PEO), are well-equipped to take on the entire human
resources activity. Most PEO clients are small- to medium-sized companies
that sign up with a PEO, obtaining better deals on the purchase of benefits
as a group rather than as a single small entity. Larger companies are also
outsourcing HR tasks, but they more typically go with specialty firms. The
most commonly outsourced function is employee assistance, and outplacement
services.
Apart from firms and companies, candidates can also consult the placement
and recruitment firms for job. Online they can submit their resume and
explain their job requirement. On having any opportunity, the candidates are
then called for the interview. Candidate can check for the employment in
India and abroad.
Key Players in Placement Industry are :
Hewitt Associates, Towers
Perrin, Watson Wyatt, Sibson, Mercer Human Resources Consulting, AON
Consulting
Recruitment Firms in India
Larger companies are also outsourcing
HR tasks, but they more typically go with specialty firms. The most commonly
outsourced function is employee assistance, and outplacement services.
- ABC International Placement Services
- Times International Inc
- Bhardwaj & Company Chartered Accountants
- International Manpower Resources Pvt. Ltd.
- Total Strategic Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
- Designing Solutions, Gurgaon
- Esource Global HR
- BRAINSTORM PLACEMENTS
- Suven Consultants
- M-Power HR Solution
- Cindy Placements & consultancy
- Smart Serve H.R. Consultant
- Horizon hr Solution Pvt. Ltd.
- M.K.CONSULTANT
- JOBKOMPASSE
International Recruitment Agencies
- Align Recruitment
- Antal International
- Pearls International Recruitment Agency
- Beneploy
- Alda Professional Placement Services
- Assignment America
- CMS-Comprehensive Medical Staffing