So we are agreed that your staff are your most important and demanding assets? In which case, getting your recruitment right is essential to your business success – so it pays to take it seriously.

Finding the right person for the right job, at the right time and at the right price – is a vitally important process, but just how do we recruit the best talent for our business? Let’s look at some key considerations.

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1. Define what you want.
A job specification that clarifies what the business needs in terms of experience and qualification will enable consistency when selecting candidates and go someway to preventing the selection of a Candidate that does not meet the core requirements of the business.  Ensuring that your terms and conditions and the remuneration you are able to offer is appropriate for the job will, combined with the job specification enable you to attract candidates that meet this requirement and begin your selection process.

2. Transferable skills.
Do not be too blinkered in where you look for your candidates. Otherwise, you could miss out on individuals currently working in parallel departments and/or industries that have skills that could easily be transferred into new areas.

3. Recruitment tools.
There are many standard tools that companies use to locate and hire staff. These include staff recommendations, company networks, online and offline advertising, intelligent searching of the net, acquisitions and, of course, the use of recruitment consultants.

4. Role of the brand
One strategy for attracting high calibre candidates at all levels is to emphasise and project the values of your company’s brand. Clearly this requires a clear understanding of – and a total buy-in to – your company’s core values, its personality and how they impact on people. For some, working for a company they admire and can be proud of, is just as important as the other rewards they receive.