8 Terrific Tips For Recruiters To Find The Right Candidate
Recruitment Strategy to get the right candidate- Introduction
Successful recruitment agencies across the globe attribute a major chunk of their success to foolproof recruitment strategies. When working in a field as dynamic and as diverse as talent acquisition, recruiters need to adapt and grow with time.
To find the right candidate from millions of skilled humans, recruiters need to factor in a lot of things ranging from client requirements to harnessing the power of the world wide web.
In this blog, Tobu brings 8 incredible tips that will help recruiters in attracting the right candidates for their vacancies.
Blog Overview:
- Define The Ideal Candidate
- Clear & Crisp Job Descriptions
- Vacancy Posting
- SEO for Your Careers Page
- Social Media
- Activating Your Passive Database
- Flexibility
- Email Resume Extraction
Tobu Tip #1 Define The Ideal Candidate
As a recruiter, one of the first things you ought to do when looking for the perfect candidate is to define who is the ideal candidate.
Sit down with your clients and understand in detail what they are looking for in the candidate.
Once you have nailed down WHO they are looking for then your job becomes easier by charting a recruitment strategy that is custom-made for the client.
Tobu Tip #2 Clear & Crisp Job Descriptions
Talent acquisition is no easy feat in today’s times. Skilled candidates are spoiled for choice with a plethora of options to choose from.
Attracting the right candidate will take more than just offering a high salary and a corner office. Candidate want to know how they will grow with the organisation, what learning opportunities the job will offer and how they actually fit in with their current skills.
A sound recruitment strategy should therefore prioritise publishing a clear and crisp job description that includes:
- Role and responsibilities of the job profile.
- Documents requirement list: Resume, ID proof, cover letter, last payslip etc.
- Payscale range and possible perks.
- Details about the Organisation and management
- Sneak peek into the work culture.
Tobu Tip #3 Vacancy Posting
If you want to ensure that your funnel begins with high potential and skilled candidates then you must post about the vacancy on the right platforms.
As part of your talent acquisition strategy, spend some time researching the perfect platforms to publicise your vacancy.
Following are some great platforms for job postings:
Tobu Tip #4 SEO for your Careers Page
The “Careers” page on your website should be optimised to attract the right candidates.
Using the correct keywords, meta tags and other SEO tools can help you in increasing your reach through Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). SEO will bring candidates who have come to you organically and are really interested in the job posting.
Tobu Tip #5 Social Media
Social Media is a powerful tool that can amplify your message and reach millions of people in an instant.
The talent acquisition and recruitment industry are actively using social media to share their job postings with followers and job seekers.
Quirky graphics and articulate content on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter can attract the right candidate to your vacancy in a matter of hours.
Tobu Tip #6 Activating Your Passive Database
As a recruiter, you are in possession of a massive database of candidates from different walks of life. Your recruitment strategy must involve activating the passive candidate database.
Passive candidates are those people who are currently employed and not actively looking for a new job but might be willing to switch if they find the right opportunity.
Cold calling and email campaigns are the first steps in reactivating this database.
Tobu Tip #7 Flexibility
One of the biggest recruitment challenges is meeting the requirements of your clients and also those of deserving candidates. In certain cases the candidates could demand something that was not a part of the original job description. Example – a higher pay scale, relocation benefits, stock options etc.
In this case, you as a recruiter need to be flexible enough to accommodate at least some of the feasible demands raised and speak with your clients accordingly.
When working in talent acquisition and recruitment, a win-win is only possible when both the candidate and the company are happy.
Tobu Tip #8 Email Resume Extraction
Your inbox as a recruitment agency or recruiter must be full of thousands of resumes. And you might not even have the time to extract each resume and upload it to your ATS or CRM.
There is a very high probability that you might miss out on some valuable candidates because your inbox couldn’t handle more resumes!
At Tobu, we understand how much of a challenge this is for professionals in the talent acquisition industry. Our AI-driven software directly extracts resumes from your inbox and displays them on the Tobu dashboard. Our smart recruitment tool also classifies data into categories and helps you sort through piles of resumes in a matter of minutes.
Check out our demo to see how Tobu works.
You can get in touch with us to find out how Tobu will add value to your work as a recruiter.