Are there any interesting vacancies in your company? Employees are an important foundation of a strong business and company, therefore you must be able to find the most appropriate people to be employees in your company. Employee recruitment can be done by providing information through websites and job fairs or using business connections, references, and other more creative ways. Read this article if you want to know how to hire the right employees for your company.
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Method 1 of 2: Actively Recruiting
Step 1. Hire employees from within the company
One of the best ways to find the most suitable employees for a new position is to consider their loyalty to your company. Who has understood the company policies well and is trusted by many people? You can save time if you don't have to take the risk by hiring employees from outside the company to fill these positions. Carefully consider whether anyone on your staff is a good fit for the job, and ask them to apply.
Determine what important criteria should be considered so that you can select the most appropriate employees with help from department heads or personnel administration. Your fellow managers can provide input on the criteria that must be met for an employee to be successful, for example from the aspect of caring for small things, experience, education level, and adaptability. In addition, managers can also recommend someone they deem appropriate for the job
Step 2. Ask for references from employees
Make an announcement to let employees know that you want to hire a new employee. You can get references from people who know the company well, and they can recommend people who are most likely suitable for the job. Employees will not be risking their own reputation by submitting unqualified candidates, so you are safe if you choose this method.
- Employees in related departments usually have relationships with experienced candidates so that they can refer their friends or acquaintances who are looking for new and qualified jobs.
- Email your staff explaining the details of the job and ask them to forward your email to people they deem fit.
- The existence of an incentive offer to staff who provide the best references will be very helpful in finding the best employees.
Step 3. Leverage your business contacts
Someone from outside the company with new thoughts can sometimes be the most appropriate candidate to fill a job vacancy in a certain position. You can also take advantage of your contact information, instead of giving the opportunity to apply to people you don't know. Get in touch with people you've worked with for several years who already know you and understand what you want from an employee. Ask if they know of anyone to be the most suitable candidate for this position.
- Also contact your colleagues and business associates to get positive and negative references or input in recruiting employees.
- Your business colleagues can also provide advice on websites or job fairs that can greatly assist you in finding the best employees.
Step 4. Provide interesting information about your company and available job vacancies
It is important to select employees, but you should also be able to provide them with the best and most attractive offers by doing the following:
- Introduce your company culture. Describe the day-to-day working environment of your company, and describe in detail the "culture" of your company. Also tell us how happy you are to work here.
- Offer competitive salaries and benefits although this is not a guarantee that you will be successful in recruiting employees, but this offer will not hurt you.
- Explain that the position you are offering is a prestigious and challenging one. These two aspects are valuable incentives for getting the best candidates. Job satisfaction will arise from a sense of respect and the opportunity to learn new things and the opportunity to demonstrate success in dealing with obstacles.
- Offer what other companies don't. Flexible working hours, for example, is a very valuable benefit that is generally not offered by many other companies. Giving your employees the opportunity to work from home and take the time off they need will set your company apart from others.
Step 5. Build a candidate database
Hold regular interview sessions and get information about candidates who are eligible for employment, even if there is no need at this time, so that you are ready with a database of the best candidates in the event of a vacant position.
Enrich your database by asking these candidates for references. When you call someone your candidate referred to, ask for information about the candidate, then investigate the person you're talking to by asking them about their background. You can also hire managers from your candidates while they are still at the old company
Step 6. Use social networking sites
You can hire the right employees by taking advantage of online tools such as LinkedIn or specific websites in your industry that feature profiles of people in your line of business. Job vacancies are widely used by job seekers to find jobs that match their skills.
Even if the person you're trying to recruit is still working, it wouldn't hurt to have a meeting to get to know this person better. You can also talk about these job openings and find out if they are interested. If not, they might be able to propose someone suitable to be a candidate
Method 2 of 2: Passive Recruiting
Step 1. Explain in writing what are the advantages of your company
Employees with high quality work will find work in interesting and fun companies. The best candidates will ignore boring or uninteresting job details. The job details that you convey should be able to grab the attention of potential employees by providing a convincing explanation of your company's mission and the important role of the position to be filled.
- Describe what makes your company special and better than competitors.
- Provide information about the main goals of your company and provide an idea of the importance of these goals, for example to save endangered animals or sell the highest selling toothpaste.
Step 2. Give an overview of the company culture
Potential employees usually want to know what they would be like if they worked for you. Show your true company culture in order to attract suitable candidates. The style and content of your explanation must be able to give readers a complete picture of the condition of your company.
- If your company is prestigious and formal, use a formal style of language with standard words.
- If your company is relaxed and innovative, you are free to use slang or jokes to let people know that this job requires employees with strong personalities.
Step 3. Define the job to be filled
Start by listing the job title and background that must be met with the aim that people who do not meet the requirements will be filtered out by themselves and not drown you in a pile of applications. Provide detailed information about what is required of this job, including general and specific job responsibilities.
- Explain what will make this job interesting, but also give an honest explanation of the less glamorous aspects of the job. For example, if you want to hire an office manager, you need a candidate who is able to manage office activities well, and at the same time must be willing to take care of ordering office supplies and maintain a comfortable working atmosphere. People who are not interested in the less pleasant job of being an office manager will no longer be interested in applying.
- Do not list too many requirements to more than 5 in terms of background, work experience, and education. If you're too specific, you may overlook good candidates who are immediately attracted to the job even if they don't have the experience you want. A person's work ethic and attitude also have as important a role as skills or qualifications in terms of their success.
Step 4. Provide instructions for application submission
Ask for a bio and cover letter along with any other documents you need, such as writing samples. Be specific about the document format, contact information and how you want it to be sent, whether by e-mail, fax, sending attachments, etc.
The way a candidate submits an application can tell a lot about them. If someone is having trouble following predefined instructions, you don't have to hire them
Step 5. Upload information about job vacancies on websites and job fairs
You are sure to receive applications from thousands of applicants by spreading job vacancies in the public media. However, there will be a lot of bios for you to check, so think carefully about where you want to share this information. Choose a website that is most likely to attract suitably qualified applicants for this position, rather than spreading information randomly so that it is read by unqualified people.
- Upload this job information on your company's website on a page titled "Careers" or "Jobs." This information will attract applicants who really care about your company, instead of posting information on public media.
- Post this information on industry forums and relevant websites. For example, if your company is in the film industry, upload this information on a website in the same industry for people familiar with the industry to see.
- Upload this information on public job sites if you want to receive multiple applications, such as on Craigslist, Monster.com, Jobsdb, Jobindo, Upwork, and other websites for job vacancies. Be careful because you may receive spam.
Step 6. Try advertising
Large companies may place advertisements in business magazines or websites to attract the attention of candidates in a more attractive way. Lately, advertising on the main page of magazines or websites has started to become a trend among large competing companies.
Step 7. Select the best applicants and start interviewing
If applications start pouring in, start selecting the most appropriate person for the job. Look for applications from applicants who have the work experience, skills, and personality you need, and select several people to interview. From the results of this interview, you can make an informed decision about the candidate selected to fill this position.
- If you feel that the information you have disseminated is not successful in recruiting the right employees, review it and then adjust again.
- Be patient with collecting as many applications as you can and conducting interviews until you find someone you believe can do the job well. You may feel quite overwhelmed during this hiring process, but your hard work will pay off in the end.
