A company relies on employees to be contributing to a profitable bottom line. While some employees will have a significant impact, others may be smaller, or at least less noticeable, but all of them are important. Recruitment and employee retention can benefit a company, providing an edge if done properly and strategically. Here are some helpful suggestions to help attract and retain the best employees.
- Always be Recruiting: Have a good sense of the talent that will best benefit your company, and always be on the lookout for a person that will be able to advance your company. Even if there are no current openings, you never know when something will come open, or growth will happen.
- Build a Standardized Hiring Process: Don’t count on your conversational skills to choose between candidates. At a basic level, your standardized hiring process should include criteria-based screening of an adequate number of candidates, a background check, standardized assessments and structured interviews.
- Make your Job Post Matter:Â You should tell candidates about what your company does and stands for. Include your mission statement. Make clear what your expectations are, from the start. You want potential employees to proactively identify with what you’re all about–before they even submit an application.
-  Interview Multiple Applicants: Commit to meeting and interviewing a specific number of people, don’t hire the first person you like. You never know if the next person will be a better fit for the company.
- Ask Probing Questions: Use the interview to find out an applicant’s attitude, energy level, life goals, ability to take on responsibility, track record, and ability to work with the flow of your organization and your work culture.
- Check References: Often we get too busy and assume that we won’t get a thorough reference regardless, but take the time to try. You may find out enough to narrow down your choices.
- Train your New Hire: Recruitment doesn’t end with the offer letter. You’ve got to give new people the tools to do the job well.
- Keep Expectations Clear:Â From day one make sure that employees understand what is expected of them, how you will measure it and what the benefits are for achieving their goals.
- Offer Compensation: Offer talent an attractive compensation. Be fair and recognize effort by rewarding with benefits or salary.
- Continue Development of Employees:Â There is so much potential that frequently goes underutilized in organizations, offer employees feedback, coaching, cross training and opportunities for advancement.
You are sure to reduce your turnover and increase proper hiring by utilizing these tips.
