What the Best Recruiting Pros Are Doing RIGHT

You've reviewed your current staff's performance, set your company's goals in the coming year, and planned for the people you'll need to hire.

Now comes the tricky part: how do you grab the best talent for your company -- and away from your competition?

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Recruiting professionals are riding the wave of this year's hottest staffing trends to place the right people with the right clients at the right time. Here are four trends you can seize to beat the competition -- and to find better talent.

1. Using data to make better hiring decisions.

Collecting data about candidates, the industry, and the hiring process has gotten easier than ever. We know that when used correctly, that data can improve hiring decision quality and speed. So why are so many companies letting that data languish on servers instead of putting it to use?

Get a leg up on your competition by creating a data-based decision model that focuses on the following goals:

  • Revealing which sources produce the highest-quality applicants and employees;
  • Targeting the interview questions that best identify leadership potential and performance;
  • Determining whether -- and which -- references accurately predict a candidate's future performance;
  • Identifying your new hire failure rate; and
  • Highlighting which single factor has the biggest impact on hiring success.

2. Developing a referral program that offers maximum impact.

According to an ERE Media article, top companies are now finding nearly 50 percent of their new hires through referrals by existing top talent. To cultivate your top performers' ability to bring in new talent that meets their standard, build a referral program that gets results.

Start by identifying the most crucial results. A good referral program can produce higher quality, higher retention rates, and faster and more inexpensive hiring processes -- if done right. Where does your company need to start?

Then, focus on implementing referral program best practices, like:

  • Encouraging current staff to "hire for the team,"
  • Teaching employees how to assess both technical skill and cultural "fit" when considering a referral,
  • Creating a system that responds promptly to each referral that contacts your office. Follow-through is essential in maintaining a successful referral program, and
  • Providing feedback when employees make referrals, so they know what to look for in the future.

3. Shrinking your hiring time.

A slow hiring process is notorious for shedding top candidates as it drags on. The best candidates may receive job offers from competing companies with faster hiring processes, or they may simply decide that a company that drags its feet is not the right place for them.

Since candidates may drop out of the hiring process in as little as 10 days, being the first to make contact keeps your company in the running with these top performers -- and helps you encourage them to join your company, not a competitor's.

Reduce time-to-hire by:

  • Finding the unnecessary delays in your hiring process. Where are tasks taking more time than they should?
  • Measuring the correlation between hiring speed and hiring quality, and
  • Working with a staffing firm to reduce time-to-hire without reducing candidate quality.

4. Making it mobile.

If every recruiting application, document tracking system, and point of contact isn't available in a streamlined mobile version, you are missing top candidates. Over 43 percent of job seekers use mobile devices in their job search, and 2016 may be the year that number rises to more than half. There is no better tool for communicating with candidates and maintaining relationships with promising talent.

Best practices in making your company's recruiting mobile include:

  • Developing a website and application app that allow candidates to apply easily from any mobile platform;
  • Creating a method for candidates to accept job offers directly via mobile;
  • Including a live video interview option; and
  • Tracking which forms of communication are most responsive among your applicants, and then using those channels as much as possible. Don't overlook texting!

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Here's Help Staffing and Recruiting specializes in your industry and can help you fine-tune these trends to find the people that fit your company's specific goals, culture, and approach. Contact us today to find great people, fast.

Source:

ERE Media article: http://www.eremedia.com/ere/recruiting-trends-for-2016-and-their-supporting-best-practices-part-2-of-2/