5 Ideas to Attract the Right People

Guest Post by Marty Stanley, Dynamic Dialog, Inc.

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1)   Have clear job descriptions. It sounds obvious, yet unclear accountabilities and experience requirements can result in a poor candidate selection pool. In addition, a well written position description saves the recruiter or hiring manager time by screening out unqualified candidates.

2)   Highlight the best features of your organizational culture in your job posting. This will help attract the people who want to be in that kind of environment. Not everybody wants an onsite gym or to bring their dog to work. There are people who are looking for a solid, stable workplace or one that prides itself on service.

3)   Post the job opening in places that your best-fit employees will be looking. Which online job boards are the best? Internal referral bonus programs can often be a good solution.

4)   Ask relevant job related questions when you interview people. Ask for examples of how they performed XYZ, based on the accountabilities of the job description.

5)   If you have core values or know the traits of the people who do best in your work environment, ask appropriate, (aka legal) , questions about how they demonstrated those core values or traits on the job. For example, how do they manage multiple priorities? Or provide an example of excellent customer service in a sticky situation.

Marty is an author, national speaker, facilitator and executive coach. Prior to starting her own business, Marty was vice president of human resources for three large companies with three dramatically different cultures.

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