How to attract & hire hard-to-find candidates

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How to attract & hire “hard-to-find”candidates?
Workforceplanning is what you need.
A sexy job description/candidate profiling.
Pick your search & posting channel
Improve your branding
Speed-up your selection process.
Time kills deals.
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Workforce Planning
DecideWhere, When & How many People youneed.
Add 3-4 months and yougot a realistictimeframe. (istheir a learningperiod on the job??)
Mention the date your candidate willreallybe performant…
Communicatethese dates to Management and business managers.
LEVERAGE DECISIONS
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A sexy jobdescription/candidateprofiling
Don’t write down tasks: it gives the idea to take a lot of effort and no fun.
Write down the mission of the job & accomplishments, achievements, performance and don’t forget the fun-part.
Start with a brief description of your company and the mission of the unity, the candidate will work for. This gives the idea of being part of a greater story.
Let it read by someone out of your entity even out of your company.
Lack of knowledge can be resolved, lack of attitude not.
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Pick the right search & postingchannels:
Defineyourtargetpublic
Post the jobdescription in the (on-line) community of yourtarget public.
Not every job belongs in vacature & stepstone.
Use universities, specialists, social media, groups, discussion forums,
Social media: your candidate is part of the network of your business managers.
Hunt the second degree connections of your business colleagues of the targetentity
Employeereferral program (whenretentionis not a problem)
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Improveyour branding
Company profiles on linkedin, facebook in line withcompany web & companyjobsites!
Write down yourcompany culture and a way of communicating.
Get the marketing department in
Keepit simple.
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Speed up yourselectionprocess. Time killsrecruitment deals.
2 weeks betweenfirst interview and salaryproposition is the max.
The candidate is yourclient.
Who is in control?
Selection & Recruitmentis becominga “sales-business”…
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Make up yourintegrity-compassforrecruitment.Habits/Values.
H/V applied H/V notapplied.
H/V desired
H/V undesired.

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Meer tips??
patrick@ethiconomy.be
+32 496 940 219
www.ethiconomy.be
Thanks.
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How to attract & hire hard-to-find candidates

by Patrick De Wijngaert on Apr 14, 2011

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