Over the last year there has been a marked shift in power in the recruitment market. Our recovering economy has led to a significant increase of vacancies in comparison to this time last year. New survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) revealed that finance and accounting vacancies grew by 13%, IT by 11%, engineering by 7%, and media and marketing by 1%. This growth of vacancies coupled with a shortage of skilled professionals has turned an employer's market, into one solely in the hands of the employee.
In such a competitive market, securing the top talent will take flexibility in the offer presented, ingenuity in combatting counter offers and the tenacity to keep your potential employee engaged throughout the process.
In this post I want to give you an insight into what I've learned from recruiting in tough hiring markets.
The candidate experience is a potential employee's first and last impression and delivering a poor candidate experience is a sure fire way to put off future hires.
Create an easy application process; be quick to get successful applicants to interview, and communicate with candidates or your recruiter at each stage of the process so everyone is informed of what's happening.
Speeding up the hiring process and offering a positive experience will help potential hires to view you as an efficient, well-oiled machine …. one they might like to work for!
In order to attract and secure the top talent there's a real need for employers to create compelling offers. Developing a compelling job offer requires more than just bumping up the pay packet, the most compelling are often those that include a bespoke employment package.
As an employee, not knowing when you might be eligible for a pay review can be like walking down a dark tunnel with no end in sight but surprisingly, so many employers forget to make a pay review part of their offer.
When it comes to top talent it's highly likely that their current employer is going to try to counter your offer. They want to keep their employees and unfortunately they have the whole of the notice period to appeal for them to stay. Managers will be appealing both emotionally and via counter offers, so being aware and ready to tackle them is the best defence.
It’s important that you start thinking about onboarding your candidate as soon your offer has been accepted. Encourage their ideas on how they would like to be inducted into your company, this could include contributing to their own objectives for the first three months of their employment with you. If you have any company events, invite them to help solidify their feeling that they're part of your team.
My final tip for keeping future hires super engaged is to invite them to meet the people that they'll be working with. People buy people and by interacting with their future colleagues they'll build up the relationships that will protect your future hire from getting cold feet.
Written by Lindsey Newman, Director of Purple House HR, a niche recruitment consultancy specialising in the placement of Human Resources professionals. Whether you need to hire new HR talent or you're thinking about looking for a new HR position I'd be happy to discuss how I can help. Please get in touch:
0117 957 4100
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