Use these hacks to smash your recruitment and staffing goals
You've seen the headlines: 'Increasing shortage in the labor market'. The battle for perfect candidates will only get harder in the years to come. Whether these things happen or not, the prospects don't look good. We're facing high unemployment rates now and it's likely to worsen next year. Fortunately there are new recruitment technologies that grow just as quickly as job opportunities do so there's hope yet!
Cross borders to extend your reach
You might have had some experience already seeing what happens when you go cross-border for recruiting talent - whether that means within your state or just a neighboring country - and your odds of success increase dramatically when you widen your search parameters from exclusively local territory. To clarify: different states and countries have different legal stipulations about work eligibility which may affect how much access you'll have to potential employees; but regardless, remember this one thing: never underestimate the value of diversity within your workforce.
Stay in touch with your audience
With many of the recruiters out there, we see that colleagues mainly communicate via email and WhatsApp. As an extension of working from home, it has become all the more important to have a good communication channel between co-workers. If you're using Slack (the instant messaging service) within your company, then you can create channels for each role that are private - so only those employees who need to know about them will do so. You could set up one such channel for jobs at your own company; this way there won't be too much overlap between talking about work-related issues over e-mail or WhatsApp - which would lead to people having less time for professional content creation or exchanging ideas. Have you been linking conversations with candidates in Slack? Well, if they attend a meeting through video call then everyone who was invited will automatically receive a reminder - just imagine how much easier life is going to be!
Remote working
Remote work is an extension of international recruitment. When you find the perfect candidate - whether in Portugal or otherwise - will they move and work at your location? From their own location? Are there other possibilities in between those two extremes? Consider also that many people are already working from home, regardless of what financial situation they might be in. As such, starting January 1st 2022, the Cabinet proposed a tax-free workplace relief (up to $2 USD per day) for anyone who would like to telecommute.
Andela offers much needed support for organizations seeking to employ remote employees - particularly for technology positions. It can help match suitable candidates by considering an organization's culture along with job specifics requirements. Know this tool is especially useful when you need somebody fast!
Make work more rewarding
Reports come rolling out of your recruitment tool and notifications to all stakeholders are sent automatically with the touch of a button. You'll be free to focus on what matters while HirePack takes care of the rest. While organizing your recruitment tooling, you'll want to think about your team members' workflows - including how they make or break processes for both themselves and each other. Luckily, there's a chatbot for everything these days, especially when it comes to organizational upkeep like keeping track of deadlines in recruiting systems for things like reminders about holidays or personal dates.
Bonusly is an online platform dedicated to making work more rewarding. Encourage excellence among your employees by rewarding them for their hard work with rewards tailored specifically for their workplace goals.
Tools like Bonusly are there to make life easier for you and your employees. Not only does it come with a host of features, but it also offers a suite of extensions to help both reward and retain valued team members. Plus, while Bonusly has integrated seamlessly with other apps such as Slack, Google Hangouts and Microsoft Teams.
If you're feeling lost about how to structure your company's HR needs, allow HirePack to give you some peace of mind. We're always ready to lend a hand when it comes down to futureproofing business practices.