are firms that are looked upon as lsquo head hunters rsquo lsquo raiders rsquo and lsquo pirates rs...........

Principles of Human Resource Management Recruitment & Selection

________ are firms that are looked upon as ‘head hunters’, ‘raiders’ and ‘pirates’ by organizations which lose personnel through their efforts.

Professional institutions

Labour unions

Recruiting firms

Employment agencies

Recruitment agencies are outside firms who go and find candidates for employers.

Do not confuse recruitment agencies with employment agencies. The main difference lies in who ends up being your employer.

If you get a job through a recruitment agency, you become an employee of the employer.
If you get a job through an employment agency, you become an employee of the employment agency.
There are employment agencies out there who provide IT support people to firms, but professional engineering roles are normally found through recruitment agencies.