Hire for Attitude and Train for Skills
A valuable employee is one with the right attitude for your organization. Someone with a positive attitude has a tendency to react positively in most situations, whereas someone with a negative attitude has a tendency to react negatively in most situations. Most people will fall somewhere in between positive and negative attitudes. The key is to find someone who is more positive than negative. Smart recruiters look for attitude over skills because most skills can often be gained, while attitude is harder to change.
Thinking Outside the Box
Both companies and recruiters have started getting more innovative with their hiring process. Sites such as LinkedIn and other niche professional networking sites are absolutely teeming with talent just waiting to be approached.
Employee Referral Programs
An organization’s current employees are great sources of knowledge for recruitment. Employees will most likely have friends or acquaintances that are in the same field. Employee referral programs can therefore be effective means for recruitment. Current employees also understand an organization’s workplace better than anyone else; get their opinions on issues surrounding turnover and how to improve retention.
Recruitment Consultant
There is also option for outsourcing which improves the hiring option. Rather than spending money on job boards and headhunters you can simply hire RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) provider. Outsourcing recruitment is cost-effective and saves time too.
