As summer ends and fall begins, hiring at retail and logistics facilities intensifies. These hiring issues can create a smaller pool of candidates for your business, which can cause problems for your company. IntelliSource is an expert in hiring quality candidates, and we have some tips to help you get the right talent for your business this fall!

Define Your Ideal Candidate

When hiring new talent, it is essential to determine what you need in a candidate so they can be successful within the company. Creating a Candidate Persona can help you with selecting the factors that make a candidate a good fit for the job. Start by conducting research and surveying existing employees to see what they offer. You will find that many of them share similar traits that can help with overall team cohesion. Include questions about their skills, interests, and goals to see what kind of people work within your team. Ask about the company and their thoughts regarding values and culture.

Make sure you set up a list of information needed by your candidate for the position to help your searches. This information might include where they currently work, their level of experience, and shared goals for that position.

Using all this information, you can craft a persona that matches your needs in whatever role!

Craft an Interesting Job Description

Your job description is your company’s sales pitch to the candidate. Making sure you clearly state the job title can help you with candidates and SEO regarding people finding your job. With so much competition in hiring quality candidates, what you offer that makes you different is needed to draw the type of people you want. Don’t use buzzwords. Instead, look up keywords in your industry that potential candidates are searching.

While you don’t want too much detail, you want your descriptions to be accurate and succinct. Start by talking about the day in the life of the position. What will they be doing day-to-day? Where is their role within the structure of your company? Also, include details like salary ranges and experience needed to be successful in the job.

Train your Recruiting Team to Sell the Job

If your job description is your sales pitch, then your recruiting team is your salesman. Make sure you give them all the tools they need to be successful in finding and filling your roles in the company. Data such as the Ideal Candidate Persona can also assist them in understanding what it takes to be successful within the position. Information about the job is also beneficial. Taking your recruiters through the job site and showing them what their candidates will be doing can help prepare them to a better state and discuss the job. Know the benefits of the position. What sets the position apart from others. What the company culture is like. These are the types of things that can set you apart from the crowd and get others interested and excited about joining your team.

Determine the Best Outlets to Market Your Job

Knowing where to find the right candidates is a big part of the battle to hire. Several websites allow you to post your jobs and market them to find new people. Take the time to review your options. Indeed, Glassdoor and many other companies are available to post your jobs. Do your research to determine what’s works best. Market your positions through social media for organic growth through your networks and business networks. Make sure you know what the benefits of each platform are and what you can get with your money. Some networks may work better for reaching specific audiences. Instagram, for instance, may be more useful for creative recruiting with visuals over other networks that may look for just the job description.

Research RPO Services

RPO or Recruitment Process Outsourcing is the business process of an employer delegating their recruiting to a 3rd party. Depending on what your company is looking for in terms of recruitment, RPO can help you to manage portions or the full recruitment process, which makes the whole process scalable based on need.

It is worth considering RPO services for several reasons. The costs of both time and money with maintaining a recruitment team can often be expensive, but RPO services can often help mitigate costs for hiring services. Some companies are also not prepared for quick and massive scale hiring during peak seasons can also be much more comfortable with RPO services. We have an article that discusses RPO services more in-depth and can help you determine if this service is something you should consider.

These tips can help you with your hiring needs this fall season. If you need expertise and assistance, contact us today at IntelliSource. We offer a range of services to help your company grow!