Category: Hiring

4 Ways to Supercharge  Your Employee Referral Program

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Employee Referrals are one of the most effective ways to find potential hires, and with the possible benefit of semi-vetted talent, it’s a strategy that you can’t afford to overlook. Here are four ways you can make Employee Referrals a powerful and continual resource for top talent:

 

Make it Part of Your Culture

Integrate employee Referral Programs so that they aren’t an afterthought. Make new employees aware of it when onboarding, reiterate it during management training and more than just spreading the word, educate your employees on how to identify top talent. For instance, particularly if you want them to keep their eyes open for other departments, make information such as open positions and required software skills available on your intranet.

 

Keep Employees in the Loop

Employees who make referrals often may be personally interested in how their referral is faring – if they were called in for an interview, are being considered for a position or even if their referral did not make the cut.  Keeping your employees in the loop keeps them from wondering, and also helps them respond to their referral’s inquiries. More importantly, it makes them feel that they are part of the process of adding valuable and needed talent to the company.

 

Make Referring Easy

Sometimes even employees who are the biggest fans of the company have a hard time selling how great it is to work for your company. Help them make a strong case by creating a marketing piece. One idea is to provide them with postcards that lists “Top 5 Reasons for Working with Us.” As an added bonus, you can make this piece work even harder by including compelling company images (branding, employees having fun, evocative graphics, etc.) and online and contact info.

 

Make it Rewarding

Last but not the least, even your staunchest champions would appreciate receiving recognition for their referrals. From thanking them in the company newsletter to giving them public kudos during meetings to presenting them with a gift card, these tokens of gratitude go a long way towards further referrals. If you wish to up the ante, you can have a quarterly or yearly raffle for bigger prizes to build excitement and encourage healthy competition.

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3 Traits that Indicate Your Seasonal Hire Might Be a Keeper

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Now that most of us have put away the holiday décor and sent the kids back to school, it’s back to business as usual. If you hired seasonal help for the holiday rush, you might be thinking that one or even more of them could be great full-time additions to your staff. Below are three strong qualities that are good indicators that your seasonal employee could be somebody you want hire.
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Is It Time to Hire That Long-term Temporary Associate?

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If you are like many employers, you probably have a long-term temporary associate or two who are quietly and efficiently getting things done for you. At this point, it can be hard to even imagine how you would get along without them. They integrate so well into your team that you may even have forgotten they aren’t a full-time employee already. There are several benefits to bringing them on full time now. Continue reading “Is It Time to Hire That Long-term Temporary Associate?” →

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Using Flexible Scheduling To Stretch Your Recruiting and Retention Leverage

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Even as the holiday season is underway, many companies are already laying out their 2016 strategies. If hiring or retaining employees is on your list but having the budget to beat competitors is not exactly in the books, no need to worry. According to the findings of our 2016 SCALE Salary Guide, flexible hours is a non-monetary perk that many employees desire but not enough employers offer. Continue reading “Using Flexible Scheduling To Stretch Your Recruiting and Retention Leverage” →

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Tips for Graduates Planning Ahead for the Job Market

For those about to graduate college, it’s time to get serious about your job search. Gone are the days where someone possessing a degree could easily land a job; today’s graduates need to put a good amount to effort looking for a job. The good news is that a little bit of planning will go a long way when you are about to hit the job market. Here are four tips you can utilize: Continue reading “Tips for Graduates Planning Ahead for the Job Market” →

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Did You Backlog a New Hire to Finish a Project?

The year is moving quickly. Plans to bring in new employees for Q1 may have been put aside so that you could finish projects. Now that Q2 is almost upon us and we will soon be in spring, putting this hiring off any longer may begin to affect you and the projects you committed to completing this year. While bringing in new employees on a full-time basis is important, it’s not always easy to do. The amount of candidate choices that employers once enjoyed is largely diminished; employers are fighting for job seekers, not the other way around. With this in mind, instead of going through the hiring process with just your resources, it may make more sense to outsource to a staffing partner. Here are two very important ways that a staffing company can help you with the process: Continue reading “Did You Backlog a New Hire to Finish a Project?” →

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How to Get Projects Done

 

With the calendar turning to March, it is almost the end of the first quarter. Because of how quickly the first part of 2015 has gone, you may be looking at projects that you haven’t yet finished, or even started, that need to be done by the end of the month. While you may have plenty of dedicated employees that you can turn to, they no doubt have projects of their own. Instead of taking your employees off their project to start another one, it makes sense for you to bring in temporary employees for specific projects. Here are three ways bringing in temporary employees will help you:

Dedicated Time to a Project

It is tough to get traction on a project when employees are juggling multiple responsibilities. When you go with temporary employees, you get professionals who have the dedicated time to focus on projects you need done. They can give a project the care that is necessary to get it done correctly without having to worry about other items that full-time employees need to focus on.

Specific Skills and Talents

Your employees no doubt have immense talent in what they do. Of course, their talents may not be right for a particular project that you need to get done. When you have a project that doesn’t seem to fit any of the employees in your office, temporary employees are the way to go. Employment agencies, like AppleOne, can find experts who have the skills to complete any project.

Help With Your Bottom Line

You selected or were assigned a project because of the impact it would have on the company. By completing the project on time you look good to your boss and you contribute to the company’s bottom line. You don’t want to delay bringing in temporary employees as you never want to wait until the last minute to tackle a project.

 

 

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Creating Job Descriptions to Catch the Attention of Exceptional Job Seekers

 

Because hundreds of thousands of jobs are being added to job boards each month, there is increased competition for job seekers. This is especially true with individuals who have outstanding resumes and work experience with top companies. To get these individuals, you need to stand out from the crowd, creating job descriptions that are going to grab people’s attention. Just like you want to get resumes and cover letters that are full of pertinent information, you also want to create a job description that is full of the information that applicants are looking for. When you are writing a job description, here are three important things to remember: Continue reading “Creating Job Descriptions to Catch the Attention of Exceptional Job Seekers” →

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