Should HR use LinkedIn to shorlist candidates instead of Recruitment Agencies

Through this post I would like to highlight the growing current trend in many companies. Till now, all the companies pay huge amounts to recruitment agencies for finding suitable candidates for their respective companies. The recruitment agencies in turn provide the comapanies with the CV's of candidates through its strong reach and charge a huge sum from the company if the candidate is selected.

Why can't the company HR use LinkedIn to find candidates?
Today almost every professional has a profile on LinkedIn. The company HR can easily find suitable candidates for the required profiles by searching on LinkedIn. Infact many companies have started using LinkedIn for shortlisting candidates. I never took LinkedIn seriously but I changed my mind when I got few interview calls through LinkedIn. This trend is not yet very popular but I am sure this is going to gain popularity in coming years.

One point that can go against my view is that not everyone has a LinkedIn profile. I agree with them but at the same time I am sure, once this trend becomes popular everyone will be forced to have a LinkedIn profile. Infact this is the whole purpose of LinkedIn, to link all professionals together. Then why do we need a Third Party to link two professionals?

Why pay a huge amount when you yourself have access to thousands of profiles?
Its not far when companies will realize this and switch to use LinkedIn for recruitment. The golden period of Recruitment agencies will soon end in coming years.This is definitely going to help the companies in cost cutting measures as well. Ofcourse, for this to happen, the HR will have to take some pains.

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