Tips
Use IT to help with staff recruitment
- Google is a good place to start finding people with certain skills. It is completely legal to search for your potential employees in this way; and a growing number of employers are doing just that. Of course, results come not only from factual sources (like university websites), but also from company websites, social networking websites and personal blogs.
- Voice Over IP (VoIP) is the method of using the internet to make telephone calls. You can save a great deal of money using the web in this way, particularly when you need to make a large volume of calls to potential employees.
- Use online resources for hiring people online. Totaljobs, Monster or Hotjobs are three of the many jobsites on the internet where you can put a job description and reach tens of thousands of potential applicants within hours.
- Embracing today’s technology can help you recruit the best recruits. The web is not just a way of sourcing new additions to your business, it can be used to do business in a new way. Secure access to your office network via high speed broadband connections allow a firm to consider using part-timers, home workers and even freelancers across the globe. Or you can make your role more attractive by offering flexible home working options that help employees achieve a good work life balance. Experience shows that home based employees are often more productive – but you should ensure regular face to face contact between members of your team so they do not become detached from your business or feel isolated from colleagues.
For more information on recruitment, why not read the following blog;
You've checked the customer - what about the employee?
