Creative Staffing in Portland
August 12th, 2008 3:43 pm
I’ve been involved with hiring and placing workers in creative positions since the late 90’s. It’s something that is easy to do, but difficult to do well. Most creative staffing agencies, or staffing agencies in general, will look to match paper resumes to paper job descriptions and hope for the best.
Throughout my 5 years of running the recruitment and hiring practice for a large interactive agency, I learned that making that connection is only part of the equation, and sometimes the best candidate might not appear to be the best on paper.
While never professing to be perfect at it (we are dealing with people after all) 52 strives to take creative staffing to a level that views the whole employer/employee relationship as just that….a relationship…one that can be a good or bad, but making that determination should never be based merely on what looks to connect on paper. It’s all about nuance and knowing the people involved. Again, easy concept but one that many miss or chose to ignore as it takes time to develop the knowledge and relationships required.