Frequently Asked Questions
For Recruitment Agencies
What is Recruitment Supplier?
Recruitment Supplier is a UK recruitment platform designed to help agencies get found, collaborate and access opportunities. The platform combines a searchable recruitment agency directory, split fee job sharing functionality and recruitment tender alerts in one place.
Why would a recruitment agency join Recruitment Supplier?
Many agencies receive requirements they cannot easily fill due to sector specialism, geography, client demands or internal capacity. Recruitment Supplier allows agencies to increase visibility, collaborate with other recruiters on split fee arrangements and generate revenue from opportunities that may otherwise be turned away.
What are Job Shares on Recruitment Supplier?
Job shares allow recruitment agencies to post roles onto the platform and collaborate with other recruiters. This is commonly used when an agency wins a role outside its normal niche, lacks capacity or wants support on a difficult assignment.
How does split fee recruitment work?
Agencies can collaborate directly with each other on shared recruitment opportunities and agree their own split fee arrangements between themselves. Recruitment Supplier facilitates the visibility and connection between agencies but does not take a percentage of agreed recruitment fees.
Does Recruitment Supplier take a cut of split fees?
No. Recruitment Supplier does not take a percentage of split fees agreed between agencies.
What are Recruitment Supplier tender alerts?
Recruitment Supplier shares recruitment related tenders, frameworks and public sector opportunities relevant to UK recruitment agencies. This includes opportunities across temporary recruitment, executive search, healthcare, professional services and other recruitment sectors.
Can agencies collaborate outside their usual specialism?
Yes. Many agencies use Recruitment Supplier to work with specialist recruiters in sectors or locations outside their usual focus, helping them retain client relationships and generate additional revenue opportunities.
What is included in a free vs paid membership?
Free membership includes a standard agency listing in the directory, making your business searchable and discoverable by employers based on your sector, specialism and location. Paid membership includes everything in the free tier plus enhanced agency visibility in search results, access to post and respond to Job Shares, split fee collaboration functionality, recruitment tender alerts and additional profile features designed to help agencies promote their services and connect with other recruiters.
For Employers & Hiring Teams
What is Recruitment Supplier?
Recruitment Supplier is a UK platform that helps employers discover and connect with recruitment agencies across different sectors, specialisms and locations. The platform includes a searchable agency directory covering a wide range of recruitment disciplines.
Why would an employer use Recruitment Supplier?
Finding the right recruitment partner can be difficult, particularly for specialist, niche or hard to fill roles. Recruitment Supplier helps employers discover agencies based on sector expertise, recruitment model, geography and specialism rather than relying only on existing networks or generic online searches.
What types of recruitment agencies are listed on Recruitment Supplier?
The platform includes agencies operating across temporary recruitment, permanent recruitment, executive search, healthcare, technology, construction, industrial, finance and many other specialist sectors.
Can employers search for specialist recruiters?
Yes. Employers can search for agencies based on recruitment niche, sector expertise, location and recruitment specialism to help identify suitable recruitment partners.
How does Recruitment Supplier differ from a normal recruiter directory?
Recruitment Supplier is designed specifically around recruitment supply and collaboration. Rather than simply listing company names, the platform focuses on helping employers identify specialist recruitment capability and helping agencies collaborate on opportunities.
Can employers contact agencies directly?
Yes. Agency profiles are designed to help employers identify suitable suppliers and connect with them directly.
Is Recruitment Supplier UK focused?
Yes. Recruitment Supplier is focused on recruitment agencies actively operating within the UK market.
Why do specialist recruitment agencies use Recruitment Supplier?
Many agencies use the platform to increase visibility, strengthen collaboration opportunities and generate business through split fee partnerships and shared recruitment opportunities.
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