When the economy becomes such a challenge it become ever more important to think intelligently and not get emotional about sourcing job candidates during this environment. If you invest wisely you can actually jump far ahead of your competition by intelligent marketing and planning whether that is your co-worker or a peer in another company.
One of the smartest things you can do if you are a manager is to institute a 80/20 rule by making sure that the top 20% of your recruiters are kept and they are also given renewed contracts. There is nothing more attractive then getting a guarantee from a company during a difficult time period. You will obviously have to cut your bottom 10% to deal with the difficult economy and trim down the fat.
The middle 70% will take more time to decide on who should stay and who should go because this can fluctuate a lot and you have to be careful not to get rid of good employees that could end up becoming your top recruiters. So much of it comes down to pure determination and you have to be aware of who has it, even if they haven't mastered their skill set.
Even if you are not a manager these same rules apply and you have to be smart with analyzing how to spend your time and focus on the 20% that is going to pay off the most. Find areas that suck your time and don't create productivity in finding ideal candidates.
Next you need to train and make necessary improvements in your strategies with yourself and those that you are in charge of. Focus on time when you can improve your craft and make your recruitment valuable during the day.
What is going to be smart is to start planning your hiring needs by the quarter for all of your major positions that you are looking to fill. Get your line managers to also update their quarterly plans and have them preform quarterly tracking to find out exactly when you need to turn on your sourcing efforts even further.
One of the smartest things you can do is look at social media options like Jobs2Web and Entice Labs as avenues to attract the appropriate talent during a difficult economy. This can be a breakthrough for your recruiting in nuturing the right candidates when many recruiters are jumping ship.
Keep your head on straight and use this time as a chance to cut out the unnecessary areas of your recruiting that are holding you back. You can still create a lot of success in a down market. - 15431
One of the smartest things you can do if you are a manager is to institute a 80/20 rule by making sure that the top 20% of your recruiters are kept and they are also given renewed contracts. There is nothing more attractive then getting a guarantee from a company during a difficult time period. You will obviously have to cut your bottom 10% to deal with the difficult economy and trim down the fat.
The middle 70% will take more time to decide on who should stay and who should go because this can fluctuate a lot and you have to be careful not to get rid of good employees that could end up becoming your top recruiters. So much of it comes down to pure determination and you have to be aware of who has it, even if they haven't mastered their skill set.
Even if you are not a manager these same rules apply and you have to be smart with analyzing how to spend your time and focus on the 20% that is going to pay off the most. Find areas that suck your time and don't create productivity in finding ideal candidates.
Next you need to train and make necessary improvements in your strategies with yourself and those that you are in charge of. Focus on time when you can improve your craft and make your recruitment valuable during the day.
What is going to be smart is to start planning your hiring needs by the quarter for all of your major positions that you are looking to fill. Get your line managers to also update their quarterly plans and have them preform quarterly tracking to find out exactly when you need to turn on your sourcing efforts even further.
One of the smartest things you can do is look at social media options like Jobs2Web and Entice Labs as avenues to attract the appropriate talent during a difficult economy. This can be a breakthrough for your recruiting in nuturing the right candidates when many recruiters are jumping ship.
Keep your head on straight and use this time as a chance to cut out the unnecessary areas of your recruiting that are holding you back. You can still create a lot of success in a down market. - 15431
About the Author:
Cade Krueger consults with recruiters as the Director of Sales for Entice Labs and helps recruiters with sourcing job candidates for ideal hires. He also endorses a product, called TalentSeekr, for human resource recruitment that reaches five works the audience at a tenth of the investment of job boards. This helps to save recruiters work and money.
