| The same hiring challenges still exist in today's market. | | | | employment marketplace better than a professional, |
| First you have to insure that you have a competitive | | | | industry specific recruiter. They can access hidden |
| advantage to attract top talent. In the current | | | | talent that will never be found by newspaper ads, |
| economy, there are many good candidates actively | | | | job boards or applicant databases. |
| looking for a new position. But the task of attracting | | | | A recruiter will cast a larger net to find qualified |
| top talent by presenting your company's competitive | | | | candidates. After evaluating the candidates awards |
| advantage, sourcing the best candidate pool and | | | | and achievements, stability, progression and |
| differentiating among top talent has not changed. | | | | personality fit against the hiring profile specifications |
| The goal is to hire the best possible candidate. With | | | | the recruiter will recommend a short list of top talent |
| that in mind, we have conducted research to | | | | to be interviewed. It is in your best interest to send |
| determine what the American workforce wants in an | | | | the recruiter any internal referrals. This will confirm |
| employer. We have found that people want to work | | | | consistency in the screening process and ensure that |
| for companies that have a good reputation, high | | | | you are indeed seeing the top talent. |
| ethical standards and strong leadership. The findings | | | | A structured, planned and well organized interview |
| of our research also identified company benefits, | | | | process will significantly increase the odds of hiring |
| competitive salary, bonus programs, company | | | | top talent. Determine the key competencies prior to |
| matched 401(k)s, equity and advancement | | | | the interview. Next, develop interview questions |
| opportunities as very important considerations. | | | | around these key competencies. Take an honest |
| Based on that information, if you want to attract top | | | | look at your company culture and develop questions |
| talent you need to define and communicate your | | | | that will identify whether or not there is a cultural fit. |
| company's competitive advantage in order to attract | | | | Ask the same behavioral based questions to each |
| and retain top talent. | | | | candidate and compare what each candidate says to |
| Next, you need to identify and partner with a search | | | | determine strengths, weaknesses and areas where |
| firm that is reputable, knowledgeable and very | | | | you need to ask follow-up questions. |
| connected within your industry. Nobody knows the | | | | |