The JobSync Blog
Refine Your Recruiting Efforts in Three Easy Steps
November 11, 2011
While the average jobseeker may take eight to nine months to fill a position, what is sometimes forgotten is that it can take recruiters and hiring managers almost as long to fill a job. As the Wall Street Journal pointed out earlier this year, some contend that there is a lack of qualified candidates out there. Yet paradoxically, when some hiring managers find a great candidate, they assume that there must be even ten better candidates out there and do not rush to hire that candidate. Instead, they often just continue recruiting.
Regardless of what may be prolonging your hiring timeline, there are three easy questions you can address to improve and clarify the recruiting and hiring process:
1. Do you know what you’re looking for and have you discreetly and appealingly outlined your requirements in your job listing? One of the most critical mistakes recruiters and hiring managers make is failing to carefully and compellingly define a job description. By carelessly outlining the attitude and skills needed for the position, this creates a shaky foundation for the rest of the recruiting and application process.
2. Are you hiring for attitude or skill? While most skills at a job can eventually be taught to a new employee, attitude cannot. Attitude will help a candidate reach his full potential and enable him to fit comfortably within a corporate culture. All too often, companies hire an individual to fill duties, not fill a greater role at the company.
3. Are you limiting your salary and benefits because you want to or you need to? In this job market, some companies are skimping on salary and benefits because they assume desperate jobseekers are in no position to push for more. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for: either less capable people will apply, or more capable will accept a position and simmer in bitter resentment. On the other hand, lower salary and benefits can be offset by other factors, especially as today’s worker is looking for more than a paycheck. These factors include the flexibility to balance work and life, the opportunity to make an impact, and a fun, collegial environment.
Think these three questions over and don’t wait another second. After all, you don’t want to wait for months later on wondering where all the good candidates are.
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