Wednesday
Aug242011
My recent recruitment experience
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 4:22PM
I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to hire a number of additional staff recently. The process of finding and hiring the right people in the right time frame was an interesting exercise and the results and conclusions I think are worth sharing.
I had four people to hire so tried the usual word of mouth, networking, LinkedIn, Twitter options but without success. We have in the past managed to hire most new people this way but this time it just didn't yield results.
Of the 4 new hires, we ended up with 1 person from a SEEK ad, 1 from Nexthire (a shortlising service) and 2 from recruitment agencies (thanks Charterhouse and Mitchellake).
Things I learned from this process;
1. Networking and social media are great but not ideal when you need a result in a particular time frame.
2. SEEK still works. No doubt about it.
3. Recruiters are still very important and incredibly effective if used well, briefed in detail and selected carefully. I was impressed with the service I received from both recruiters including onsite visits and taking the time to get to know our business and requirements in detail.
4. Shortlisting is going to become one of the next big things in recruitment. Clearly it is not going to work for all types of roles, however for positions such as sales, support, admin, office roles etc I think it is a dead set winner. For a single low fee I had a professional account manager advertise my role (comprehensively) then screen, phone interview and shortlist suitable candidates. The proof is in the pudding as I found and hired a fabulous candidate within a week.
I had four people to hire so tried the usual word of mouth, networking, LinkedIn, Twitter options but without success. We have in the past managed to hire most new people this way but this time it just didn't yield results.
Of the 4 new hires, we ended up with 1 person from a SEEK ad, 1 from Nexthire (a shortlising service) and 2 from recruitment agencies (thanks Charterhouse and Mitchellake).
Things I learned from this process;
1. Networking and social media are great but not ideal when you need a result in a particular time frame.
2. SEEK still works. No doubt about it.
3. Recruiters are still very important and incredibly effective if used well, briefed in detail and selected carefully. I was impressed with the service I received from both recruiters including onsite visits and taking the time to get to know our business and requirements in detail.
4. Shortlisting is going to become one of the next big things in recruitment. Clearly it is not going to work for all types of roles, however for positions such as sales, support, admin, office roles etc I think it is a dead set winner. For a single low fee I had a professional account manager advertise my role (comprehensively) then screen, phone interview and shortlist suitable candidates. The proof is in the pudding as I found and hired a fabulous candidate within a week.
Reader Comments (2)
Hi
How can you expect to hire the best after 5 work days of selection?
Be honest, you hired the first good ones, not the best ones.
Hi Salman, no I met a lot of "good" people. I hired the first awesome ones.