There is a lot of money that is wasted in sourcing job candidates and you have to be careful not to waste those well used funds. Often it can happen in the least expected areas and here are some things to avoid in order to help you source candidates and retain them well.
So much of your struggle begins with poor interviews, weak recruiters, long application process and bad job board ads. This happens often because skill sets are not retooled and there isn't enough educating.
Job boards are becoming less and less of an avenue to reach clients. People are realizing that ideal candidates come from proactively searching for people interested in leaving their current careers.
You will find out that the best resumes don't mean the best candidates. You have to know your ideal candidate and realize that they are getting targeted usually from day one that they are interested.
Traffic on job boards have gradually decreased over the past few years because people are realizing it isn't an ideal place for traffic. 3 years ago Career Builder and Monster had 1% of the traffic and now it is down to less than .2%.
Companies are finding a lot more success using niche sites or social networks to find job candidates. If you can interact and put a face to your jobs then people are going to get excited about it.
Job candidates begin not by leaving their job, but by being curious about what is out there. If you can reach them soon and build their trust then can make all the difference. It can be evident even in employee referral programs.
A very wise tool to use is the TalentSeekr by EnticeLabs to get a good connection to candidates in their nice sites. In a bad economy it is a smart decision being that it is a tenth of the cost of job boards with 5 times the reach of the same job boards. - 17943
So much of your struggle begins with poor interviews, weak recruiters, long application process and bad job board ads. This happens often because skill sets are not retooled and there isn't enough educating.
Job boards are becoming less and less of an avenue to reach clients. People are realizing that ideal candidates come from proactively searching for people interested in leaving their current careers.
You will find out that the best resumes don't mean the best candidates. You have to know your ideal candidate and realize that they are getting targeted usually from day one that they are interested.
Traffic on job boards have gradually decreased over the past few years because people are realizing it isn't an ideal place for traffic. 3 years ago Career Builder and Monster had 1% of the traffic and now it is down to less than .2%.
Companies are finding a lot more success using niche sites or social networks to find job candidates. If you can interact and put a face to your jobs then people are going to get excited about it.
Job candidates begin not by leaving their job, but by being curious about what is out there. If you can reach them soon and build their trust then can make all the difference. It can be evident even in employee referral programs.
A very wise tool to use is the TalentSeekr by EnticeLabs to get a good connection to candidates in their nice sites. In a bad economy it is a smart decision being that it is a tenth of the cost of job boards with 5 times the reach of the same job boards. - 17943
About the Author:
Cade Krueger instructs recruiters as the Director of Sales for Entice Labs and assists recruiters create methods to improve their human resource recruitment by finding early bird passive candidates. He also endorses a product, called TalentSeekr, for online recruitment that reaches five times the candidates at a fraction of the cost of job boards. This assists to save recruiters time and money.
