It can be a huge challenge to find success in a down economy because it becomes emotionally difficult for a lot of people to keep their heads on straight as recruiters. Most will cave in and not use this time to their advantage. There are several things you can do to make a difference in your recruiting.
Probably one of the best things you can do is take the time to put in a 80/20 rule for your employees if you are a manager. Keep on the top 20% of your most productive recruiters and extend their contracts to show faith during challenging times. Then you will need to look to trim the excess with the bottom 10% and look to even take more out if necessary.
With the middle 70% you are going to have to be intelligent and look at each situation by an individual basis to find out exactly what works and what doesn't work during a challenging economy. Effort is so important with each person and often they just need time to prove themselves.
If you don't have managerial responsibilities, you do have personal responsibilities you need to take care of and these same rules apply. You have to analyze with a fine tooth comb what works and what is wasting your time. It is amazing when you map out exactly what your day is filled with and what you actually get done.
Look to train and make improvements in your strategies and look for ways to train out of the box during non work hours. If your are a front line recruiter then be smart about your efforts and use your day time to really focus on phone calls and evening on emails and training.
Start planning your hiring needs by the quarter for all of your important job positions that you have to fill. Get your line managers to update their quarterly plans and have them perform tracking just as often to realize what is working well. You have to be very smart with the time you have because this is a great open window to make improvements.
Make sure to find out what social media avenues work well during this time frame and implement them such as Entice Labs and Jobs2Web. These are great ways to find new markets of potential candidates that can lead to a solid nuturing pool.
Keep your head on straight and use this time as a chance to cut out the unnecessary areas of your recruiting that are holding you back. You can still create a lot of success in a down market. - 15790
Probably one of the best things you can do is take the time to put in a 80/20 rule for your employees if you are a manager. Keep on the top 20% of your most productive recruiters and extend their contracts to show faith during challenging times. Then you will need to look to trim the excess with the bottom 10% and look to even take more out if necessary.
With the middle 70% you are going to have to be intelligent and look at each situation by an individual basis to find out exactly what works and what doesn't work during a challenging economy. Effort is so important with each person and often they just need time to prove themselves.
If you don't have managerial responsibilities, you do have personal responsibilities you need to take care of and these same rules apply. You have to analyze with a fine tooth comb what works and what is wasting your time. It is amazing when you map out exactly what your day is filled with and what you actually get done.
Look to train and make improvements in your strategies and look for ways to train out of the box during non work hours. If your are a front line recruiter then be smart about your efforts and use your day time to really focus on phone calls and evening on emails and training.
Start planning your hiring needs by the quarter for all of your important job positions that you have to fill. Get your line managers to update their quarterly plans and have them perform tracking just as often to realize what is working well. You have to be very smart with the time you have because this is a great open window to make improvements.
Make sure to find out what social media avenues work well during this time frame and implement them such as Entice Labs and Jobs2Web. These are great ways to find new markets of potential candidates that can lead to a solid nuturing pool.
Keep your head on straight and use this time as a chance to cut out the unnecessary areas of your recruiting that are holding you back. You can still create a lot of success in a down market. - 15790
About the Author:
Cade Krueger consults with recruiters as the Director of Sales for Entice Labs and assists recruiters with sourcing job candidates for ideal hires. He also promotes a product, called TalentSeekr, for human resource recruitment that finds five works the candidates at a fraction of the investment of job boards. This assists to save recruiters work and money.