If you are involved in recruitment you will already understand that finding the right people for the job can sometimes be difficult. This in despite of the fact that in the current economic climate there are plenty of people looking for work, recruitment still remains a headache for many.
The main issues[/b]
Amongst many recruitment issues is finding people who have the correct qualifications and experience for the specific role you are trying to fill. Another problem is the sheer volume of applicants.
In addition, in today's frenetic work environment you can often find yourself short of time. Companies simply cannot afford to turn down any opportunity. Therefore, many firms take on large jobs for which they do not yet have the personnel. This leaves the person in charge of recruitment scrabbling around trying to find people on short notice.
Here we take a quick look at the most issues, and make some suggestions that should help you to get past them.
Finding properly qualified people and reducing the number of time wasters
As we have already said there are plenty of people out there looking for work. However, this in itself is not helpful because naturally you need somebody that has the correct qualifications.
You will get plenty of applicants, but you will often find that they are lacking in some way. Unfortunately, there is no way of stopping people without the correct qualifications from replying to your job adverts, although you can reduce the number that do so.
The best way to improve the chances of receiving applications from people with the correct qualifications is to target your job adverts. By this, we mean, in particular, choosing where you advertise your roles carefully.
By far the best approach is to use online job boards specialising in filling vacancies within your industry. For an example of this type of job board, visit the caterer.com website. There you will see an example of a company that specialises in finding personnel for the hospitality and catering industries. You will notice that all of the hundreds of jobs listed on the job board are related to these two industries.
Naturally, people with the correct qualifications are attracted to such specialist job boards. This means that if you post your jobs in these places you are far more likely to receive applications from people with the right qualifications. This will in turn solve the second issue of you receiving too many unsuitable applications. By default, a far smaller percentage of the applications you receive will be from people who have not already work within your industry.
Finding people quickly[/b]
Using online job boards is also key to solving the problem of finding the right people quickly. The fact that you can list your job advert at any time of the day and night, and that doing so only takes a few minutes means that you can quickly make the fact that you are recruiting known. The moment you hit the enter button your job will be posted and available for jobseekers to view. This means that you can potentially begin to receive applications immediately. The best speciality job boards also offer companies the chance to search their CV database to speed up the recruitment process even more.
The main issues[/b]
Amongst many recruitment issues is finding people who have the correct qualifications and experience for the specific role you are trying to fill. Another problem is the sheer volume of applicants.
In addition, in today's frenetic work environment you can often find yourself short of time. Companies simply cannot afford to turn down any opportunity. Therefore, many firms take on large jobs for which they do not yet have the personnel. This leaves the person in charge of recruitment scrabbling around trying to find people on short notice.
Here we take a quick look at the most issues, and make some suggestions that should help you to get past them.
Finding properly qualified people and reducing the number of time wasters
As we have already said there are plenty of people out there looking for work. However, this in itself is not helpful because naturally you need somebody that has the correct qualifications.
You will get plenty of applicants, but you will often find that they are lacking in some way. Unfortunately, there is no way of stopping people without the correct qualifications from replying to your job adverts, although you can reduce the number that do so.
The best way to improve the chances of receiving applications from people with the correct qualifications is to target your job adverts. By this, we mean, in particular, choosing where you advertise your roles carefully.
By far the best approach is to use online job boards specialising in filling vacancies within your industry. For an example of this type of job board, visit the caterer.com website. There you will see an example of a company that specialises in finding personnel for the hospitality and catering industries. You will notice that all of the hundreds of jobs listed on the job board are related to these two industries.
Naturally, people with the correct qualifications are attracted to such specialist job boards. This means that if you post your jobs in these places you are far more likely to receive applications from people with the right qualifications. This will in turn solve the second issue of you receiving too many unsuitable applications. By default, a far smaller percentage of the applications you receive will be from people who have not already work within your industry.
Finding people quickly[/b]
Using online job boards is also key to solving the problem of finding the right people quickly. The fact that you can list your job advert at any time of the day and night, and that doing so only takes a few minutes means that you can quickly make the fact that you are recruiting known. The moment you hit the enter button your job will be posted and available for jobseekers to view. This means that you can potentially begin to receive applications immediately. The best speciality job boards also offer companies the chance to search their CV database to speed up the recruitment process even more.