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Are you still waiting for the RIGHT applicants?

 

Stop waiting for the RIGHT applicants. Instead, actively pursue them using these strategies.
Stop waiting for the RIGHT applicants. Instead, actively pursue them using these strategies.

Internal recruiters often find themselves screening unqualified candidates while their counterparts from competing firms attract truly transformative talent. Why? Self-sabotage. Some maintain laborious hiring processes that turn off potential hires and send them running elsewhere. Others simply use the wrong recruitment resources, relying on job boards and other passive tools that prove fruitless in the modern job market. Is your organization committing one or both of these hiring faux pas? It’s probably time to make some changes. Stop waiting for the RIGHT applicants. Instead, actively pursue them using these strategies:

Know who to look for
Before you contact an executive search firm or post a want ad on your website, you need to carefully consider who you’re looking for. Design a simple job description, along with a more exhaustive profile that outlines how one might succeed in the open role, Entrepreneur advised. This way, you can easily define success and map specific candidate qualities to that outcome.

“Stop waiting for the RIGHT applicants – actively pursue them instead.”

Get an external partner
Many companies continue to use job boards and other online resources despite their flaws. These enterprises usually fall behind in the War for Talent, as qualified, experienced hires dodge the web and instead work with executive search consultants. With this in mind, consider partnering with a retained executive search firm. Such an organization can help you develop a long-lasting talent pipeline and connect you to the RIGHT applicants.

Offer respect and transparency
Finding qualified potential hires is only half the battle. You need to facilitate candidate-centric internal processes to close the deal and add new talent. This requires engineering respectful and transparent interviews and evaluations, according to Alison Green of “Ask a Manager” fame, writing in U.S. News & World Report. Lead likely C-level staff through accelerated screenings and leave them with a clear picture of where they stand.

Ready to attract the RIGHT applicants? Contact YES Partners today. Our talented executive search consultants can put you in touch with truly talented business leaders.

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Finding people is easy, but finding the RIGHT people is not. YES Partners helps companies FIND the right people for all company functions, across many industries.

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