| With the changing climate of recruiting in business, it | | | | exist, knowing that their effort to apply is for |
| can be quite challenging for companies, especially | | | | something, not for a possibility in the future. |
| small companies to keep the rising cost of recruiting | | | | Specialized Recruiting agencies are a great way to |
| from impacting business. There are a few things that | | | | find candidates who are not actively looking for jobs, |
| small and large companies can do to reduce costs | | | | and therefore not on the same active hunt online and |
| related to recruiting and personnel turnover. | | | | in magazines, newspapers etc. One can consider that |
| First thing to do is make sure that your employees | | | | an agency like this is not actively looking to find you |
| are happy in their work. If you can keep them, they | | | | a candidate, they simple advertise the opportunity, |
| will not only stay but refer people they know for | | | | wait for a response, and forward this to you. The |
| jobs. Flex time, casual dress days, free or reduced | | | | result is you will pay often 15-20% of the employee's |
| soda machines, gym memberships or facilities, day | | | | first year salary to the agency. Agencies are |
| care on site, and incentive and performance | | | | something to consider after you have exhausted all |
| recognition programs have been shown to help | | | | other possibilities. |
| people balance their busy lives with their busy work. | | | | In recent years online recruitment has changed the |
| Next, offer something to people who refer | | | | recruiting process and is much more cost effective |
| candidates that get hired. Vacation days, Theatre | | | | than print advertising and traditional recruiting |
| tickets, vouchers, even a bonus on the paycheck will | | | | agencies. Agencies such as Comcept directly email |
| work. It will be money well spent and will be much | | | | candidates who are registered with them, and |
| less than a fee to an agency. Current employees are | | | | therefore the job opportunity reaches many people |
| known to refer qualified candidates. Stay in | | | | within a short amount of time. This is effective in |
| communication with your organization on upcoming | | | | creating an immediate targeted response. |
| job opportunities using the company intranet, | | | | Jobs can be added to many job sites and applications |
| newsletter, or staff meetings. | | | | often arrive within minutes of the advertisement |
| One way to keep the candidates coming is to keep | | | | being published. People use the internet all day every |
| your website up to date with all career opportunities. | | | | day, so access to these jobs is available to anyone |
| Avoid saying something along the lines of "We are | | | | who uses the internet. |
| always recruiting." People tend to apply for jobs that | | | | |