Hiring has always been a challenge, and it’s not going to get any easier in 2016. Last month we offered you 10 pieces of advice gleaned from years of professional recruiting. This month we are back with 10 more insights:
- Be Selective – It’s tempting to work with as many staffing partners as possible. The better strategy is to work with just a few and form a deeper, more personalized relationship with each one.
- Get Seamless – Your recruitment strategy should appear to be one seamless process to anyone who navigates it. Make sure there is not a discernible distinction between your recruiting partner and your in-house recruiter.
- Describe Reality – A poorly written job description will only produce poorly qualified candidates. Make your descriptions better by describing your company culture, offering an honest portrait of the working environment, and accurately describing day-to-day responsibilities.
- Act Efficiently – The recruiting process is often filled with redundancy and waste. Making a real attempt to act efficiently instead does a better job of serving your needs and the needs of the candidate you hire.
- Review Carefully – After interviewing a candidate, bring together any relevant stakeholders and review the candidate’s skills/experiences/performance from beginning to end. This systematic process ensures that important information does not go overlooked.
- Understand Challenges – Meeting your recruiting goals requires you to understand the challenges that will hold you back. At all times, be aware of the issues that make it difficult to recruit for your company, your industry, and in the general labor market.
- Build Reputation – Your company has a single brand that encompass a number of aspects, including your character as an employer. A positive reputation can cause talent to flock to your organization. A negative reputation can have the opposite effect.
- Get Creative – You may not be able to use a massive salary and comprehensive health benefits to attract employees. But could you use outside-the-box benefits like flexible scheduling, free day care, or tuition reimbursement to make yourself more attractive?
- Go Passive – Some of the best talent out there already has a job, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be recruited. Don’t exclude passive candidates from your candidate pool simply because they may be harder to find and attract.
- Create Pipelines – In order to satisfy your staffing needs over the long term, create partnerships with colleges/universities and professional organizations to funnel talent directly into your organization.
Advice is nothing more than words until you put it into action. Learn how to make all these smarter staffing strategies work for you by consulting with The Squires Group.
