Monday, December 15, 2008

Recruiting The Right Candidates In A Down Economy

By Cade Krueger

Recruiters can create a lot of success in finding job candidates even in a difficult market, but it comes down to following certain guidelines that can prevent your ship from sinking. If you do these steps then you will sail to safely to open shores.

First you need to do everything you can to create impact job descriptions to what you write online and create a wow factor for potential candidates that will be viewing your job offers. It shouldn't be about job descriptions and benefits alone. It needs to be person centered. You should focus on the person instead of the job by stating what it will do for them as far as projects, impact, and potential future with the company.

You need to know your ideal candidate and what their demographics will entail. You should spot them right off the bat and focus hard on building success with them. Realize that they might not have a resume or the best one, but there is more to them than what is on a sheet of paper.

You have to have solid interviewing skills. This also is why it is important to know your job candidates. If you can ask the right questions and describe the potential of the job then they will see without feeling pressured by your questions.

It is vital that you can close the deal with your candidates. You need to learn how to express the significance of the money they will be making and the opportunity they will have with you compared to anyone else.

Next you need to have a good relationship between not only the job candidates, but also become a trust asset to your hiring manager or the corporation you are hiring for. The better job you do of building that relationship then the more trust you get to have more responsibility and more freedom.

Finally, it becomes important to implement technology that can help you with sourcing, such as TalentSeekr from EnticeLabs. It will only matter if you are diversified and creating avenues of success by proactively contacting candidates on the phone.

If you begin to focus hard on reaching your job candidates and spreading your net as far as possible and then retooling your skills, then you are going to do amazing things in the recruiting industry. You find success that others have only dreamed of. - 15431

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