Headhunter Services in Indonesia: How the System Works
See how headhunter services in Indonesia help companies recruit senior professionals, from candidate lists to salary negotiation and who pays the fee.
Headhunters may not be widely known among the general public, but for professionals the service has become a new way to move a career forward. Headhunters in Indonesia are not a single institution. They are service companies that act as agents between job seekers and companies that need a professional for a particular position. How do they work? This article looks at how headhunter services work in Indonesia.
The Role of a Headhunter
If you follow professional football, you may know player agents, who get busy as the transfer window approaches. That makes headhunters easier to understand. Just as a player agent acts as the go-between for a player and a club, a headhunter links professional workers with a company. A headhunter keeps a list of professionals who can be put forward to companies looking for staff in a particular position. The positions most often searched through headhunting services in Indonesia are department head, manager, senior executive and even CEO. Some headhunting firms are also willing to look for candidates for positions below those levels.
The headhunter is a bridge that negotiates the terms of the arrangement between the company and its client. Unlike a football agent, a headhunter is not tied to, or paid by, the candidates they put forward. So a headhunting firm will try to build a list of the best people across a company's various positions, people who can be "sold" at a high salary. The headhunter's main clients are companies that need a professional above all. A headhunter list usually contains the candidates the client needs, and the client can pick the ones that match what the company is looking for.
How the Arrangement Works
The arrangement between a headhunter and a company is mostly about easy access to people who fit the position the company needs to fill. The company submits its need for a position along with the standards it wants. The headhunter provides a list of candidates who match the client's specifications. From that list, the company can screen track records and CVs to find the right fit for the position. After that, the headhunter negotiates the paperwork, the employment agreement and the candidate's salary with the company.
Workers whose names are on the list will be contacted by headhunters in Indonesia once a client has made a request. The candidate is told the details of the deal negotiated with the client, and if they accept, they can go straight on to working at the new company. The headhunter's fee is charged to the client, meaning the company that is looking for staff.
