The search for good employees can be stressful and long. Every job you advertise will bring many responses, most of which will not be any good. You still have to read through every letter, email, and CV though; otherwise, you might miss the perfect candidate. However, there are ways to cut back on the time and hassle involved, it all just takes some planning.
Use Social Media
Social media can be a great way to get your job on the market, particularly if you need to do it on a budget. There are advanced searches on LinkedIn that will let you find candidates with the skills you need, or you can create jobs posting on Facebook. These are just a couple of examples; there are many ways to advertise your vacancy on social media.
Ask Existing Employees
Let all your existing employees know about the job as they may well know an ideal person to fill it. You could email the job description to them all so they have all the details, and even get them to post it on their social media accounts as well.
Referrals from employees can be really good as they will be aware of the character of the person they are recommending and will know if they will fit into your working environment.
Search For Them
If it is a high-level position you need to fill, it could be that actively trying to find someone is the answer. This is not always easy to do yourself, but there are professional executive headhunters that will do it for you. They will know exactly how to go about finding the right fit for your business, and after discussions with you will start their search. This saves you the stress of advertising, sifting through no end of CV’s and interviewing lots of people who are probably not suitable.
Know What You Really Need
A business has many different roles within it and part of the problem can be that you are recruiting for a job you know very little about. Before you interview anyone, talk to the people the new employee will be working with and find out exactly what their duties and responsibilities will be.
If you have someone else who understands the role much better, get him or her to sit in on the interview too. They may have more idea whether the candidate does really understand the job that has been advertised.
Set Them A Task
Once you have reduced the list of potential employees to the last few, set each of them a task, which you can pay them for, to see how they handle it and if the quality of the work they do is good enough for your business. This is a good tip for all job roles, but even more so if it is a role that has some importance attached to it.
If you recruit the wrong staff you production levels will start to suffer and that is the last thing that any business leader needs to happen, so take the time to do it right.