It starts with an informative job posting that clearly states what you are looking for and explains what you are offering the candidate to join your team. It should be selling your organization, the job opportunity, what's in it for the candidate and why work for your organization over your competitors.
Understanding candidates' needs goes a long way in delivering an outstanding recruitment experience.
It also increases your chances of finding the right fit for your role.
Keep your ear to the ground, ask questions to the candidates you speak with to get insight about them and their wants and needs. Now is the time to be super observant.
A simple question to ask once you decide to make an offer is: What are the top 5 things in order, that are important to you in accepting an offer from us?
This will give you insight in creating an offer that speaks to the candidate, and help you craft an offer that they are going to accept.
While we can’t predict the future, we do have some understanding of current candidate needs.
According to current research, candidates are currently looking for:
- Higher pay than they currently have. Be ready and open to negotiate for top talent.
- Better work-life balance. Flexible schedules.
- Respect - People at every level want to be treated with respect
- A job close to home, or from home (including hybrid work)
- More vacation time or personal days. Most people looking for 3 weeks off their first year
- Higher levels of meaning and purpose
- More mental health support from employers
- Support for ongoing learning
As things change as we come out of Covid, attitudes may change. Keep an eye on changing candidate attitudes and reshape your hiring and comp plans accordingly.
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Myth: There are no good candidates out there.
Your Situation: Posting ads on big general national job boards and get little to no applicants, poor quality applicants, and/or lots of foreign applicants.
The Reason: You are posting your jobs on the wrong job boards. It's like going to your family physician for brain surgery.
The Answer: NetHire Job Postings - We are different. We put your jobs in front of the most qualified applicants because of our partnerships with 1000's of job and industry specific job boards that deliver the high quality candidates you are looking for. Yes, we also put you on the big national job boards, but we also provide technology to limit the unqualified or foreign candidates.
NetHire Job Postings bring better and qualified candidates that you want to hire.
