Our Thoughts
Recruiting Trends Conference 2014
Nov 6, 2014
Recruiting can be a costly measure for any size company. The time that it takes to search and sift through applications and resumes, then adding the time to contact and interview applicants can be a burdensome process.
Extra Help, Inc. focuses on recruiting for our clients, so they can turn their focus on what matters to them, running their business. In today’s world of recruiting, Extra Help is continuously learning and discovering innovative ways to keep building our talent pipeline with quality applicants.
Recently we attended a Recruiting Trends Conference 2014 in Las Vegas, NV, with the goal to become even more valuable to meeting our clients’ employment staffing needs. We had the opportunity to share best practices of recruiting and talent acquisition with some of the best organizations from USA, Canada and Saudi Arabia.
The valuable lessons and experience that we gained during our conference allows Extra Help to continue to be a leader in the areas of:
- Recruiting– We should be hiring self-motivators, forward thinkers and rapid learners, and also be asking the candidates for people they know are good referrals. We need to have a written and distributed strategic recruiting plan in place, and hire for future skills by developing a pipeline before an open job exists. We also learned about some great search engine tools to help streamline our recruiting processes: Prophet, Sell Hack, Source Hub and Capture were a few great tools we saw for the first time.
- Talent Acquisition-Having a great applicant tracking system was the topic of conversation at the conference, and we were informed more innovative systems are on their way to assist with talent acquisition! Using your data from your applicant tracking system is the key in effective recruiting by researching: employee referrals, boomerangs, branding, candidates you met at certain events and community based interviewing.
- Social Media and Recruiting-There were statistics that showed candidates are seeking jobs more on Facebook than LinkedIn now, and to make sure to have updated and creative job descriptions. Companies are starting to create job videos for high level positions and are getting interaction through multiple social media channels.
- Compliance and Legal Issues of the Hiring Process
- Culture– Candidates join cultures and not companies. There are six pillars of company culture to be aware of (Vision, Values, Practices, People, Narrative and Place).
- Stay interview– One of the most powerful things we can do is conduct a “stay interview” with our employees. Ask them the following questions:
-What do you look forward to coming to work for everyday?
-What are you currently learning and want to learn in the future?
-Why do you stay with us?
-What could cause you to leave?
-What can I/we do to make you stay?
Let us help you with your staffing and recruiting needs! Learn about our job opportunities on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
