Agency Partnership Framework

We are currently working on a framework for other Recruitment Agencies to work with us. Agencies working together? Whatever next? Well we haven't got it working yet; (although we know we've got a fantastic product that will work for other agencies); when we’ve introduced the idea in the past it didn't generate much interest. We feel that agencies may have thought that all we were after was their client list. So we’ve decided that we need to offer a benefit in line with traditional recruitment agency services. We propose that all vacancies that we receive from our clients, we will inform our partners and get them to identify candidates for us for a pre-arranged margin and vice-versa (of course we would be working on it ourselves at the same time). This way we both gain something straight away. It doesn't matter who found the candidate, just that the client is happy with the service. The construction industry has been working like this for years using sub-contractors which are invisible to the end client. Why can't we set up partnerships with other agencies that work in exactly the same way? Once this partnership is established and we have worked together successfully we could explore other/further opportunities. For example: When a client finishes Contractors or halts permanent recruitment because they are off-shoring the testing department; the agency will lose a revenue stream. Traditionally there is very little that they can do about this. Partnering with Together Recruitment will also bring access to Test-Direct. Test–Direct as a solution partner, offer near shore solutions which might allow agencies to win some of this business back.
We would also look to partner with Development Companies and other service providers to fill any gaps in the service that we offer to our clients and continue to open new markets. There are many possibilities. Yes it's unconventional, but I am working hard to ensure it will work to the benefit of all parties and hopefully we'll have recruiters eager to partner with us.