How do great recruiters provide their company and clients with candidates that are going to make an impact?

Let’s find out…

1. Continue Self Improvement

Learn thoroughly and strengthen all sources for candidates. It requires relentless study that makes a job posting effective, new marketing tactics, testing actions and applies what have learnt to strengthen job ads. Also, stay updated on the latest recruiting news and best practices so that can leverage the information.

2. Have the Big Picture in Mind

It is important to have a clear company strategy in mind that you can refer to whenever you’re looking to fill a certain position. Make it visible to you on a sticky note, wall paper on mobile or memorize it always. When learning about a potential candidate, identify if their skills, character and experience are the best fit for leading your organization to growth. Ask yourself, “Will this person help my organization reach our ultimate vision?” If you can’t confidently answer yes, continue sourcing.

3. Explore Further

We know that possessing the right skills is not the only plus point for a candidate to be the right hire. As a recruiter is essential to find the candidates who are not only qualified, but who also fit the company culture. Ask the right questions and dig a little deeper in the screening process. Classify which characteristics or values your successful employees commonly possess, and then create interview questions that help identify candidates with similar attributes.

4. Think outside of the box

Emphasize the job need rather than the skills when needed. If a candidate has previously performed a similar job, they probably have the skills. Therefore, instead of listing skills that candidate should possess, clearly explain the key job expectations. This will help enhance talent community by including a more diverse group of candidates with varying experience and backgrounds without affecting the quality of hire.

If you want to engage passive candidates, you need to figure out how to target effectively for a career move. Imagine the career story of your top three ideal candidates. What roles did they fill before? What skills did they possess that made them a good fit? Once you’ve answered such questions, you’ll have a better picture of making job postings resonate with passive candidates.

5. Use Recruitment KPIs

Identifying the results of the efforts each day is the best way to improve your recruitment practices. Utilize recruiting KPIs helps understand recruiting initiatives from a high-level perspective. By reviewing critical issues in progress and performance, will be able to decipher which recruiting tactics are working and which are not. Then can readjust the actions to maximize ROI.