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Update – August 2022

Recruitment is hard right now

Today’s labour market is making it more difficult than ever for hiring managers to find and keep great staff. So what should you do if you just can’t find your next key staff member?

Fortunately, current hiring challenges don’t have to mean the end of effective talent planning. With the right skills, knowledge, and strategic approaches, you can overcome recruitment hardship and return to quality recruitment solutions.

What’s going on in recruitment and with candidates?

Increasingly, hiring managers are reporting that job seekers are not accepting employment offers.

Instead, applicants are seeking alternative roles and better packages, often with competitor companies.

Recent shifts in the labour market have opened up new opportunities across many industries. As unemployment rates drop, it becomes more difficult for hiring managers to find the staff they need.

Today’s job market belongs to jobseekers, often forcing hiring managers into competition with one another.

What stands in your way?

When it comes to acquiring new talent for your company, there are several things that could be standing in your way.

One is speed, get on to it,  don’t delay, make it fast, don’t procrastinate

Job Seekers often complain that hiring processes just don’t meet their needs or expectations in a way that motivates them to sign a contract. When hiring managers don’t impress at the interview stage, would-be employees explore their other options. They have choice.

When hiring staff for your company, it’s important to consider how you communicate what your business can offer its employees.

Simply offering a job is no longer enough to turn candidates into team members. To truly impress new talent, you need to offer them a better reason to choose you.

What can managers do to get good staff?

The good news is that many of the elements holding you back from effective talent recruitment are within your control. Here’s what you can do to improve your chances and start onboarding new employees.

Improve job advertising, promote the offerings and benefits

Before you can find great staff, you’ll need to create a great advertisement!

Use a skilled head-hunter/search professional. The best staff are not looking, they need to be found.

Always be as clear as possible about your company and its values. Offer a detailed position description and selection criteria for new recruits and give job seekers a sense of what value your business can offer them, at work and beyond.

Find out what matters most, to the candidate you want

Understanding what’s important to applicants will optimise your recruitment outcomes. As you develop a stronger understanding of the needs and wants of your ideal candidate, you can adjust your communications to address the things that are most important to them.

The easiest way to find out what your best candidates want is by asking them!

As part of your interview process, add these powerful questions to the start of your interview and watch your recruitment improve

When it comes to making your next move – what is important to you?

Why are those things most important to you?

What is a dealbreaker?

If your needs are met, can you make a decision?

As you communicate with candidates throughout the hiring process, take note of recurring themes, and look out for patterns.

Some staff needs may vary from person to person, but others might be a universal offering you can provide to improve hiring value.

There are many ways your company can look after its employees. You might provide learning opportunities, great remuneration, and a range of other benefits. Flexibility is also a new requirement many seek. Your business might be the chance your employees need to make an industry or career impact.

As part of your hiring process, communicate your employee value proposition (EVP) clearly and succinctly, but don’t stop there. It is important to go beyond the generalist nature of your EVP and address the things that matter most to your candidate from their individual perspective.

Demonstrate your culture

A positive corporate culture is always important, especially at the recruitment stage. Staff spend a significant portion of their lives at work. If your culture is poor, the potential employee will find out, they do their homework now

By demonstrating that you have a good culture, you can provide candidates with a reason to join you. The more real life examples you can provide, the better.

Be willing to adapt

Finally, willingness to adapt is essential for hiring managers hoping to secure good talent.

As the labour market continues to change gears, new developments are always on the way. Adapting to quickly changing hiring environments can allow you to seek great talent whenever you need to.

When hiring a new staff member, approach every interview with a positive and open mind.

The candidates are interviewing you too.