| An independent recruiter, recruiting agency | | | | recruiting agency services specializing in IT |
| or executive search firm is charged with | | | | or in accounting can come in handy. |
| tracking down excellent potential candidates | | | | |
| for available job positions. Despite the | | | | 3. Develop an In-House Referral Program. In |
| fact that there are innumerable people | | | | many instances, exiting staff members can |
| seeking positions of employment in the 21st | | | | help speed up the search for quality job |
| century, it often seems to a typical | | | | candidates. Employees often have contacts |
| recruiting agency that qualified men and | | | | elsewhere within the industry, some of which |
| women are few and far between. | | | | may be looking for a change of employment. |
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| Here are six easy tips that recruiting | | | | By cultivating this internal resource, a |
| services, staffing firms, or executive search | | | | personnel director can develop a wealth of |
| firms should keep in mind when on the hunt | | | | ready information about prospective employees |
| for outstanding potential job candidates in | | | | who might well serve the organization as |
| the 21st century. | | | | valued employees. |
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| These tips are equally applicable to | | | | 4. Search Resumes Posted on Job Boards. In |
| companies undertaking their own search | | | | addition to advertising on an industry |
| without the help of recruiting agency | | | | specific job board, a diligent personnel |
| services. Indeed, the headaches associated | | | | director or recruiting agency will want to |
| with finding qualified personnel is magnified | | | | take the time to search and consider resumes |
| for a company undertaking its own recruitment | | | | that have been posted on job boards. |
| efforts. | | | | |
| | | | Often, a person pounding the pavement looking |
| 1. Post an Ad on an Industry-specific Job | | | | for employment may not have the time to take |
| Board. Oftentimes, a recruiter will take a | | | | in and review all of the various available |
| scattershot approach to finding candidates | | | | positions that have been posted on a every |
| that are worthy of consideration for an | | | | job board. This is even more true if a given |
| available position. They broadcast far and | | | | prospect is a highly sought-after candidate, |
| wide the fact that a certain position is open | | | | who might be still busy in a current position |
| and available, in big city newspapers and on | | | | of responsibility. |
| major Internet job boards. | | | | |
| | | | 5 .Use a Directory of Recruiters. Because |
| If a recruiting agency were more thoughtful | | | | there are so many different type of |
| about its recruitment efforts, it would | | | | recruiters in business in the 21st century it |
| realize the benefits of positing an | | | | can often be difficult for in-house human |
| announcement of an available position on an | | | | resources staff to pinpoint the recruiter |
| industry-specific Internet job board. By | | | | that will be best able to meet the needs of a |
| posting in a selective and admittedly limited | | | | given employee recruitment campaign. But |
| manner, recruiters and staffing firms would | | | | there are resources available, such as |
| be reaching out precisely to the pool of | | | | directories of recruiters. One such |
| people most likely to be qualified for an | | | | directory isThe Online Recruiters Directory. |
| open position. | | | | |
| | | | By using a professional directory, in-house |
| One excellent tool for finding | | | | human resources staff will be able to |
| industry-specific job boards can be accessed | | | | identify the most appropriate resources for |
| at The Online Recruiters Directory Job Board | | | | their company and for the recruiting task at |
| Directory. | | | | hand. Even staffing firms can benefit from |
| | | | such a recruiters directory to seek help in a |
| 2. Use Recruiters that Specialize in a Given | | | | specialized field they don't often work with. |
| Field. As with advertising, choosing an | | | | |
| effective recruiter might be just a matter of | | | | 6. Don't Rush the Process. Finally, while |
| targeting, particularly for a managerial or | | | | it is an overused saying, "Rome wasn't built |
| executive position. These positions can be | | | | in a day." In the same vein, 99 times out of |
| very hard for in-house personnel directors | | | | 100 there is no need to rush the process of |
| and human resource managers. While these | | | | seeking, identifying and hiring a new |
| people do have responsibility for hiring, the | | | | employee, particularly an executive level |
| search for a new employee with skills beyond | | | | employee. |
| the norm for their company can best be | | | | |
| targeted by a professional executive head | | | | A personnel director should take his or her |
| hunter. | | | | time to identify, screen, interview and hire |
| | | | the best candidate. Throughout this process, |
| The same can be said for specialized fields, | | | | a human resources manager or specialist will |
| such as accounting or information systems. | | | | rely on the services and support tools |
| In-house human resources staff might know all | | | | identified in this article. |
| about pharmaceutical skill-sets required for | | | | |
| a multitude of research and administration | | | | By using these tips, in the long run the best |
| positions, but they might rarely have to deal | | | | possible candidate for a given position will |
| with hiring staff to track money or to keep | | | | end up being hired, and the company will |
| the computers functioning. That's when | | | | benefit from the best possible employees. |