TEN (10) RECRUITMENT TIPS FOR HRs AND JOB SEEKERS
In human resource management, “recruitment” is
the process of finding and hiring the best and most qualified candidate for a
job opening, in a timely and cost-effective manner. Below are some tips for
both recruiters and job seekers.
RECRUITERS
1.
Selling the
opportunity to prospective candidates
This is possibly the most important part of a
recruitment process in mind. As a recruiter, you need to balance by giving a
client the best possible chance of securing the perfect candidate and with the
probability that such candidate is going to accept the position. In order to do
this, a recruiter needs to know why someone would accept a given position. A
good recruiter will be able to tell candidates:
§ Their hours of work.
§ Why the type of work
firm does is important to their development.
§ Social activities and
overall culture of the firm.
§ Discuss their concerns
about joining a smaller business and if appropriate advise them why those concerns
won’t be present.
§ Point to specific
examples of why the candidate would want to work for the business and equally
important why the candidate wouldn’t want the job.
§ Provide candidates
with information on how this position compares to others available in the
market.
2.
Interview
preparation and feedback
Interview preparation is the process of working
through the best way to present ideas and covering off on what are the likely
areas of focus for a meeting with the goal of helping a candidate feel
relaxed and confident going into the meeting and ensuring everyone gets
the best out of the meeting;
A good recruiter will know the areas
of concern for a specific candidate, alerting candidates to these concerns
prior to a meeting will help ensure the candidate addresses them in an
interview. Equally, they will know the reason why a candidate wouldn’t want a
job, communicating these concerns to a hiring manager allows them to address
those during the interview process.
3.
Process of
recruitment
They
carry out an analysis of the market, and create a candidate specification that
includes all details about the role, responsibilities, and opportunities
presented by the job. Recruiters make use of various tools for their search.
These include their own database, prior market research, their professional
networks, contacts and social networks. Once they generate a list of potential
executives, they screen candidates to identity and filter out those who are
most suitable for the job. Before the names of the shortlisted candidates are presented
to the client, recruiters will verify that their qualifications, executive
career background, and other information they have provided is correct.
The
client selects the candidate who is most suitable for the job based on
interviews and external references. Recruiters then facilitate the process of
salary and offer negotiation, and ensure that both the client and the candidate
are satisfied. In some cases, they assist the HR personnel of the firm in
inducting the candidate into the workplace.
Obviously,
the main reason why the recruitment process is implemented is to find the
persons who are best qualified for the positions within the company, and who
will help them towards attaining organizational goals. However, there are other
reasons why a recruitment process is important.
§ To ensure compliance with policies and laws in
order to avoid discrimination.
§ To ensure proper alignment of skill sets to
organizational goals.
§ To ensure effective and efficient recruiting.
4.
Prepare to
Recruit
Preparing
to recruit means doing your research about what are actually needed for
business success. Many employers fall into the trap of hiring just any warm body
that seems eager to work; only later to realize that low productivity and high
turnover costs the company more money than the employee makes. In so doing, the
recruiter review resumes, make pre-hiring test and look for good competencies
such as integrity and loyalty, but are important for anyone who works within a
group. Other competencies, such as competitiveness and problem solving, may be
more relevant to specific jobs to work in a field or position.
5.
Don’t put on an Aggressive attitude
Some
recruiters become very aggressive if a job opportunity doesn’t work out,
threatening that they will personally make sure that the person being recruited
will ‘never work again’ if they don’t do as they are told, and that they will
‘ruin their reputation’.
JOB
SEEKERS
1.
Save time and
stress on Job Search
You can save time job searching by using advanced search
options on job boards. All the major job boards have an “Advanced Search”
option where you can search by keyword, location, a radius of a location, job
title, company, and type of job, date posted and other options. Other than
incurring expenses and spending time going from company to company and Focus
your search on jobs that you’re qualified for.
2.
Keep Applying and
never lose Hope
Don’t stop
applying for jobs while you are waiting to hear back from an employer. Most job
seekers are rejected by over 15 employers before landing a job. Learn from your
mistakes and keep applying until you get the right offer.
3.
Be yourself at
the job interview
Rehearsed
answers, fake smiles, and saying what you think the interviewer wants to hear
instead of what you actually believe, mislead the employer. Employers want to
know whom they’re hiring and that’s the person they expect to show up for the
first day of work. This is an extra, but, yes, hiring managers
do look at your shoes, dressing, and the like. It is important to look your
best from head to toe!
It’s important to follow-up after a job interview. This is a way to show your
appreciation for being considered for the job.
4.
Networking as an essential component of
successful job search
Networking is an important part of any job search. It is
the process of establishing contacts for the purpose of gathering information,
communicating your career goals, seeking advice, and obtaining leads on jobs.
Unsurprisingly, the larger your network is, the more likely you are to be
successful.
While online sites are great places to
network, you also want to spend some time engaging in face-to-face interactions
with potential new connections. Establishing personal connections can improve
your likelihood of getting a job and allow you to engage in deeper discussion
about career plans, like future advancement in the field.
Through competition for new jobs at an all-time high,
employees must have the skills employers are targeting. From the ability to
communicate effectively to the willingness to wear multiple hats around the
office, employers today seek workers with a variety of the skills.
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Honesty and loyalty
- Communication skills
- Ability to work as a team
- Application of work ethics etc.
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