{"id":2039,"date":"2026-10-02T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfor.nl\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:28:40","slug":"outsource-the-shortlisting-of-candidates-this-way-you-stay-in-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fosfor.nl\/en\/voorselectie-kandidaten-uitbesteden-zo-houd-je-de-regie\/","title":{"rendered":"Outsource the shortlisting of candidates \u2013 this way, you stay in control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outsourcing the pre-selection of candidates means that an agency takes care of the initial screening process: assessing applications, vetting candidates and weeding out the less suitable applicants. The final decision remains with you. You set the criteria in advance, you conduct the interviews that really matter, and you choose who to hire. When organised properly, outsourcing primarily saves you time. You don\u2019t lose any control over the process.<\/p>\n

What exactly does outsourcing the pre-selection of candidates involve?<\/h2>\n

Is your vacancy still open and is your inbox filling up with unsuitable applications? If so, you\u2019ll be spending your time reading CVs, ringing people back and sending out rejection letters. Outsourcing the pre-selection process takes that part of the work off your hands.<\/p>\n

In its guidance for employers, the UK government explicitly mentions both approaches as options: you must advertise the post and interview candidates, and You can do that yourself or go through a recruitment agency<\/a>. That source deals with the situation in the UK, but the decision facing Dutch employers is the same: do you do it yourself, or do you leave it (partly) to a specialist?<\/p>\n

The difference compared with full outsourcing lies in how the work is divided up. With pre-selection, an agency takes care of the initial stages. You retain control of the stages where you actually make the decisions.<\/p>\n

Which stages of the pre-selection process can you outsource?<\/h2>\n

Broadly speaking, you can outsource everything that happens before your own job interview. You can agree together exactly which steps these are. A common breakdown looks like this:<\/p>\n\t\t

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