Securing qualified candidates for your company’s open positions is critical for hiring the right applicant. If you decide to use an outside recruiter to search for potential employees, it is imperative that your recruiter supplies you with high-quality job seekers—anything less than high-quality is a waste of your organization’s time, resources and money.
Ensure your recruiter’s picks will lead to success by looking for qualities that indicate that he is great at his job. Here are some helpful tips to discern a gem from a dud:
1. Industry Knowledge
Great recruiters are not necessarily experts on every position they try to fill, but they do have the necessary industry knowledge to know if candidates possess the right education, past experience and work ethic to be successful employees in a specific field.
2. Hunting and Gathering
Great recruiters are great networkers. They know that only searching databases is not the best approach to finding a winning candidate. They pick up the phone, use social media and reach out to people in their networks to select a company’s new hire.
3. The Right Questions
Great recruiters ask both the company and the candidate good questions to see if there is a match. Asking you the nature of your business, what your company culture is like and how much overtime would be required are signs that your recruiter is doing his homework to narrow down prospects. Receiving answers to good questions will help him communicate your expectations and the job opening correctly.
4. Energy, Honesty and Attentiveness
Great recruiters are energetic and work with passion to fulfill their clients’ requests. Because they want both companies and candidates to be satisfied, they do not embellish positives or downplay negatives when describing one to the other. They also have high emotional intelligence and are willing to give out their personal information and spend time discussing questions related to the project’s progress.
For your next open position, consider enlisting a great recruiter or adopting some of the strategies above to attract and hire your next employee. CAI provides recruiting services as part of its HR On Demand. For additional information, please see http://j.mp/hr-od or contact an account manager at 919‑878‑9222 or 336‑668‑7746.
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