Complete the Puzzle: Ways to Find the Best Talent for Your Team
Many job recruiters make sites like LinkedIn the core of their recruitment process, and while such staples make a fine foundation for recruiting, it takes a little bit of creative thinking to really complete a well-rounded team. Here are a handful of tips for recruiting outside of the typical LinkedIn box.
Branch Out and Use Different Recruitment Tools
Although it may seem like an exercise in futility and frustration, it is incredibly useful to imagine a scenario in which your company does not have access to LinkedIn and other run-of-the-mill job search resources. Conjuring a world where the normal routes to success do not exist forces you to think of new routes to success, and these new creative routes will help you find new ways to source the talent you need to get your jobs done. Look at unconventional places like GitHub, Instagram, Facebook, and Meetup – these are typically used merely as social networking sites, but they can work unforeseen wonders in the career networking realm as well.
Make Your Job Opportunities Enticing
Most people don’t say yes to something they find unattractive, so it is up to you and your hiring managers to make your company and its opportunities look great to prospective job candidates. Describe future projects to candidates so they know what they may work on and tell them how your company makes something work that they can be proud of. If a candidate can get excited about the job you have to offer, they are more likely to accept the position. Communication is key to your success in selling your company’s opportunities; work closely with your hiring managers to provide all the pertinent information potential hires will need and want to know about your company and its available jobs.
Tap into the Candidate’s Experience and Network to Maximize Results
In order to find the best candidate for the job, you must know exactly what that job entails and what the candidate should know about that job to do it right. Mastering these details goes a long way toward streamlining the hiring process and helps you and your hiring managers find the best hires for the job. In addition, it is good to follow up with candidates, even ones who didn’t get hired; this keeps your network strong and maintains positive connections between your company and the existing workforce.
Figure Out Your Metrics for Success and Stick to Them
There is a plethora of statistics to follow when gauging the effectiveness of your recruitment efforts, and it’s up to you to figure out which ones you want to track and, consequently, which ones you want to work on. Whether they’re referrals, face-to-face meetings, or completed placements, find what you wish to improve and watch your numbers for progress. See what works and what doesn’t, then get better. Above all else, maintain open lines of communication with your recruiters and your candidates to keep hiring processes cutting-edge yet smooth.
Improve your strategies and your connections, and the great new hires will flock to your company.
Visit www.PROPRIUS.com for more information on how to improve your team and career. PROPRIUS is an Artificial Intelligence Industry recruiting firm dedicated to projecting organizations to the next level.
If you are ready to accelerate your team, then schedule a 10-minute discovery call at https://PROPRIUS.as.me/Discovery. We have a dedicated search process designed to locate, connect with, and deliver the most talented candidates.
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Joshua Crawford | Managing Director | PROPRIUS
