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HR Corner Summer’s Coming! Let the Hiring Begin! Evaluate Your Recruiting Processes and Save Money! By: Nicole Bellow, DBA, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Smarter HR Solutions [email protected] If your business is growing and you’ve got more customers and clients coming through your doors, then you might be thinking about recruiting more staff during 2018. Of course, this can often be great news, and a real indicator that you’re heading in the right direction. But whether you’re completely new to the world of recruiting staff, or you’ve got tons of experience, you should recognize that there are some costly mistakes that you may need to make an effort to avoid. Even seasoned recruiters aren’t immune to wasting cash when it comes to appointing new team members. Your budget is extremely important, and we want to help you ensure that you get the biggest bang for your buck! Let’s take a look at three reasons why you could be spending too much money on recruitment: Are You Looking In The Right Places? When we think about advertising vacancies, there are a few options that often seem like no-brainers. Perhaps you’ve got the local newspaper on your list, or even the nearby job board. These can be great places to start in certain circumstances, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re right for your business. Imagine for a second that you’re looking for a highly experienced individual from a very specific background. What publications will this person typically read? Which events will always have a place on their agenda? Once you establish where they are, you can make steps towards putting your vacancies in front of them in a compelling way. This is a great strategy to best ensure the greatest return on your investment. Are Your Recruiting Systems Up to Date? We are living in a thoroughly modern age, and we have a wealth of diverse opportunities right at our fingertips. Your marketing department is no doubt tapping into this, so if your HR and recruitment practices aren’t keeping up, then you need to ask why not. Perhaps at the moment, you ask your candidates to travel to your office at each stage of the recruitment process. It’s time consuming for everyone involved, and there’s often a hefty bill that needs to be covered. But is it really even necessary? You could hold initial interviews via video chat and save yourself a lot of time and hassle. Often, candidates will appreciate this approach. Their time is precious, and it’s important to recognize that. Are You Recruiting the Wrong Talent? Often, when business leaders think about how to improve their recruitment processes, they neglect to think about the bigger picture. Maybe your interviews have gone great and you have your new recruit ready to start on Monday, but have you stopped to think about whether they’re truly the best person for the job? If not, then your costs could spiral out of control. Getting a new team member into the role isn’t the end game here. It’s only the very beginning. Think about whether your employee is likely to stay. Have they been given a realistic view of what the role entails? Do they really have the necessary skills and competencies? Are they honestly a great fit for your business? Answering these questions isn’t always easy, but it’s a necessity. Too often we focus on finding the “Right Fit” on paper and neglect to compare them (personality, knowledge, and skill) to the position and most important to the company as a whole. To find the right person for your business, you’re going to have to spend some cash and time; that’s inevitable, and it can be a very wise investment for the future of your operations. But get it wrong, and it could be s o m e t h i n g t h a t p ro v e s t o h a v e f a r- re a c h i n g consequences on your bottom-line. MOMENTUM / April 2018 16