It can be so difficult for you to stay ahead of the competition when it comes to being a recruiter. It can be a cutthroat situation and you have to find your ideal candidates before your competition even knows they exist. So how do you separate yourself?
You have to find them well before they leave their job or put their resume on a job board because they are already taken if they are talented enough. In fact you need to shoot for being there on day one of their interest. That is something your competition will never be able to compete with.
It is probably common that if you are struggling with recruiting then you are finding candidates that have been approached by competition several times before you do. If this is the case then you have a problem and you have lost the chance to gain trust.
When a candidate finds a job they are excited for the first six to twelve months and then after that they have a chance to feel growing discomfort. They are willing to at least see what is going on in other offices.
Initially this type of person is open to exploring other job opportunities out there and peek into different doors to see what life would be like in other offices. You need to give them this as soon as possible by providing an outlet for them to look into these environments. EnticeLabs has an applicable tool called TalentSeekr that automates this process of helping ideal candidates get a look into your company culture.
Next you have employees that are willing to get their feet wet to talk further with confidants from past professional experiences or even a recruiter they have worked with before. They are still employed, but more interested than before and realizing that their current job isn't cutting their needs.
The next step is they become a searcher and look on search engines like google or even career sites, niche sites, user forums, etc. This will happen during the first couple weeks and should be the latest you get involved in this process.
If you can optimize for the keywords that your candidates are searching for then you will find them first. Often they search for "position, city, job" when looking for a new career. If they have made it to job boards then you have gotten involved too late in the process. - 17943
You have to find them well before they leave their job or put their resume on a job board because they are already taken if they are talented enough. In fact you need to shoot for being there on day one of their interest. That is something your competition will never be able to compete with.
It is probably common that if you are struggling with recruiting then you are finding candidates that have been approached by competition several times before you do. If this is the case then you have a problem and you have lost the chance to gain trust.
When a candidate finds a job they are excited for the first six to twelve months and then after that they have a chance to feel growing discomfort. They are willing to at least see what is going on in other offices.
Initially this type of person is open to exploring other job opportunities out there and peek into different doors to see what life would be like in other offices. You need to give them this as soon as possible by providing an outlet for them to look into these environments. EnticeLabs has an applicable tool called TalentSeekr that automates this process of helping ideal candidates get a look into your company culture.
Next you have employees that are willing to get their feet wet to talk further with confidants from past professional experiences or even a recruiter they have worked with before. They are still employed, but more interested than before and realizing that their current job isn't cutting their needs.
The next step is they become a searcher and look on search engines like google or even career sites, niche sites, user forums, etc. This will happen during the first couple weeks and should be the latest you get involved in this process.
If you can optimize for the keywords that your candidates are searching for then you will find them first. Often they search for "position, city, job" when looking for a new career. If they have made it to job boards then you have gotten involved too late in the process. - 17943
About the Author:
Cade Krueger works with recruiters as the Director of Sales for Entice Labs and assists recruiters with locating legitimate job candidates for excellent hires. He also endorses a recruiting tool, called TalentSeekr, for job recruitment that reaches five times the audience at a tenth of the cost of job boards. This assists to save recruiters time and money.
