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<\/a> Imagine your new employee, working under pressure for the first time in their new role, slowing your team down yet another time. At this moment you might say, \u201cThis isn\u2019t working out,\u201d and you might have to go through an awkward transition, forced to hire a new person\u2014yet again. Many eyes might well glare at you for enabling this frustrating mess. Let\u2019s stop here and rewind. We can focus on recruiting strategies to find a more qualified applicant pool. We\u2019ll assume that you have some basic hiring preparation regarding a job description, work culture assessment, and a job posting. How do you find the best available employee to fit your profile? First, let\u2019s review some traditional methods of recruiting. Then we\u2019ll explore some evolving recruiting strategies and some of the latest trends. Afterwards, you might consider a different recruiting approach for your next key employee. Here are some traditional methods of recruiting: some old school (let\u2019s say prior to the year 2000), some tried-and-true, and others too cost-prohibitive to consider: \u2022 Print<\/strong>: Classified ad, print ad in trade magazine or newsletter, unemployment office job posting. Sign in window or at place of business near foot traffic. \u2022 Website<\/strong>: Your company website, job specific website. \u2022 Other Media<\/strong>: Billboard, radio, TV. \u2022 In-Person Social Networking<\/strong>: Referrals. Networking, job fair, word-of-mouth. \u2022 Third Party: Employment Agency<\/strong>: Temporary or permanent. Recruiter\u2014retained or contingency. Here are some more contemporary tactics that I see established business owners using today: \u2022 E-mail Campaign<\/strong> to customers within a geographic radius of employment. \u2022 Outsourcing<\/strong>: The sourcing and prescreening of applicants to third party HR firms. \u2022 LinkedIn<\/strong>: A targeted campaign of network connections. \u2022 Mobile Phone Apps<\/strong>: These are becoming like dating websites, matching employers with employees. Recruitifi<\/a> caught my eye. \u2022 Networking<\/strong>: Hiring notices sent to network contacts via an email blast, phone calls or face to face. \u2022 Targeted Websites<\/strong>: Industry-specific or functional-discipline-specific. \u2022 Employee Referral Bonus Program<\/strong>: For a third party or employee. \u2022 Employee Development Program<\/strong> \u2022 Recruiting Directly from Competition<\/strong> \u2022 A Hybrid Approach<\/strong> of traditional and other recruiting approaches mentioned herein Corporate Trends in Recruiting<\/strong><\/p>\n- \n
- 1. Corporate Talent Networks\u2014using online social media tools and even vendors to build an audience for potential talent. Not just applicants for a job, but an audience of people interested in jobs at the firm\u2014including alumni, fans, candidates, and current employees. 2. Social Sourcing\u2014LinkedIn\u2019s recruiter tool is more of a standard today than a trend in HR departments. Tools are evolving to develop competency ratings based on social profiles. 3. Recruiters as Sources, Not Recruiters\u2014the focus is shifting to make the recruiter a talent sourcing specialist and initial screener, while the hiring manager becomes a better interviewer. 4. Assessment Tools\u2014more tools keep evolving. 5. A Great Candidate Experience\u2014to promote positive word of mouth and minimize negative online comments.<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
(Learn more about this.)<\/a>4 Trends That Will Define Recruiting in the US in 2015<\/strong>1. Intense competition is the main obstacle to hiring talent. 2. Social professional networks are the #1 source of quality hires in the US. 3. US companies are more likely to recruit passive talent than their global counterparts. 4. US companies are above average in prioritizing and proactively managing their talent brand. However, they have some catching up to do in properly funding and measuring their talent brand. (Learn more.)<\/a> As you plan your strategy to recruit your next employee, it\u2019s valuable to consider traditional methods of recruiting, tactics that established business owners are using, and trends in corporate recruiting. You\u2019ll increase your odds of hiring right the first time. While we\u2019ve ignored cost and time requirements here, it makes sense to adjust the recruiting tactic with the applicant pool before selecting a recruiting method, For example, hourly employees generally use different methods than salaried staff to find work. Also, the millennial age bracket is probably more likely to use a mobile phone to find jobs than a baby boomer. As your HR needs grow in size and complexity, consider doing what the big leagues do: developing a talent network, social sourcing, and creating specialties in the recruiting value chain. Whatever methods you choose, I hope that you can evolve your recruiting over time to build a better workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How Will You Recruit Your Next Key Employee? Imagine your new employee, working under pressure for the first time in their new role, slowing your team down yet another time. At this moment you might say, \u201cThis isn\u2019t working out,\u201d and you might have to go through an awkward transition, forced to hire a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,41,4,43],"tags":[72,73,74,75],"class_list":["post-4872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manage-control-delegate-job-description-resource-allocation","category-employees-subcontractors-fte-people-human-resources-new-hire-oranziation","category-lead-leadership-executive-strategy-resource-allocation","category-organization-efficiency-delegate-abdicate","tag-human-resources","tag-new-hire","tag-recruit","tag-recruiting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerbusinessventures.com\/nsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}