In addition to generational gap trends, technological innovation over the last 30 years has changed the face of recruiting. Hiring teams clinging to outdated recruiting methods are experiencing higher turnover rates and lower interest among job seekers. Thankfully, consultants at The Goodkind Group understand what today’s top talent is looking for and how your company can make a few adjustments to your recruiting efforts.
Improve Job Descriptions Using Important Industry Keywords
Artificial intelligence within job sites and search engines helps top candidates find their ideal job. It is a good idea for hiring managers to regularly update job descriptions for open positions. An experienced recruitment specialist at The Goodkind Group will be able to identify correct keywords for your industry in order to create better job descriptions. This will significantly improve the quality of inquiries from candidates.
Involve More Employees in the Hiring Process
Human resources experts are calling for companies to embrace a more collaborative hiring process. How do you make the hiring process more collaborative? By including more current employees in the process. While this does free up hiring teams to view more candidates, it will also allow additional perspectives to weigh in on which candidate is the best fit for the job.
Some employers accomplish this by adding more callbacks and interviews into the process. Others make the interviews longer and involve more employees over several sessions of the interview. Another great technique is contracting the candidate on one or two assignments and then having a team of employees make recommendations on the best candidate based on real work results.
One of the best ways to make the process more collaborative is to work with recruiting professionals, such as those at The Goodkind Group. Professional recruiters work alongside hundreds of thousands of candidates regularly. They’ve also successfully placed hundreds of employees and lowered their clients’ turnover rates.
Consider Offering Remote or Work-from-Home Positions
Today’s top talent are often less concerned with the size of their paycheck once they know that they are able to make a livable wage and more concerned with work-life balance. One of the best ways to help employees improve their work-life balance is to allow them remote, work-from-home opportunities. This doesn’t mean that you never require them to come into the office (though some companies have used 100% remote employees with great success), but simply offering your employees a more flexible schedule can make your job offer much more attractive to prospects.
Consider Adding College Debt Payment Assistance to the Benefits Package
One of the greatest concerns of today’s workforce is the mounting student debt crisis. Not only are university thought leaders calling for cost reform, but many are beginning to grow suspicious of the value of an education that seems to only prepare students for jobs that barely help them make ends meet.
In response, many employers are offering their employees some debt relief as a part of their benefits package. Such a benefit naturally turns heads among some of the best candidates and can help you recruit and retain the right talent.
Save Time and Money by Incorporating More Video Interviews
For hiring teams that feel bogged down with the sheer volume of interviews on their to-do list, employers are starting to incorporate more video interviews. It saves time and money, and most of all, it can demonstrate to your candidates that your company is well-equipped with digital communication processes.
Some employers organize live video interviews, while others simply have candidates record answers to interview questions in a time-limited video response.
Have Candidates and Current Employees Complete Personality Tests
For employers that are concerned with high turnover rates and preserving company culture, personality tests are often a good solution. Personality tests are not pass-or-fail, instead, they gauge a candidate’s communication style and approach to problem-solving.
These personality tests can give your hiring team a better picture of how prospective employees might fit into the company before choosing to hire them. Your hiring managers must understand that experts discourage employers from using certain personality tests to screen candidates. Experts at The Goodkind Group can assist companies that want to use these personality tests to their advantage in the recruiting process.
Even though the recruiting landscape is changing fast, your company can quickly get on the front-end of quality recruiting improvements. For more information about how The Goodkind Group can help your company recruit top talent in the modern world, contact a consultant today at (212) 378-0700 or visit our website.
