Secrets to Successful Recruiting

1. Secrets to Successful Recruiting How to Identify, Elevate and Retain Talented Continuity Professionals

2. Introduction - Successful Recruiting • Why take the time? • What to consider? • Be strategic • Empower a skilled efficient BC team • Inefficient hiring costs

3. Your Input… • Success stories • Obstacles to overcome • What do you want to walk away with?

4. Today’s Outline • Identifying, Recruiting & Hiring Top Talent • Develop a Hiring Strategy to Recruit and Select the Right Candidate. • Elevate, Motivate & Retain • Focus on Building and Retaining a Skilled, Efficient BC Team.

5. The Hiring Strategy

6. Determine Staffing Needs • Company Needs • Team Needs • BC Program Needs • Future Needs

7. Increase Personnel Headcount • Assess, Plan, & Build a Business Case Scenario • Staffing Matrix • Benchmark your BC Program

8. Credentials & Competencies Definition: A standardized requirement for an individual to properly perform a specific job.

9. Identify Needed Competencies • Company Culture • Team Gap Assessment • Individual

10. Credentials in Demand • Certification • Advanced Education • Expertise in both Business & Technology • Global BC Exposure • Crisis Management/ Actual Disaster Response • Wide Array of Tangent Skills • Strong Soft Skills

11. Soft Skills • Polished Presentation Skills • Proven Program Management • Training Expertise • Engage All Levels • Develop Business Case Scenarios • Understand the Program Culture Fit • True Passion

12. Value of Professional Certifications • Most Recognized • Benefits • Dual Certifications

13. Job Descriptions • Attract the Right Candidates! • Well Written & Complete • Up to Date • Communicate a Clear Message

14. Job Descriptions – What to Include

15. Job Description Blunders • Limited Flexibility • Wrong use of Words • Locked into Requirements • Job Title Classification • Lacking an Organizational Structure

16. BC Job Titles Use: Continuity, Assurance, Enterprise & Readiness Avoid: Recovery & Disaster

17. Developing Job Descriptions • Review samples in handout

18. Creative Recruiting • Think Outside of the Box • Reach out to Current Employees • Network within Your Profession • Websites • Utilize Your HR • Colleges & Universities • Specialized Personnel Search Firms

19. Intelligent Interviewing

20. Types of Interviews • Screening • Telephone, Computer & Video • Selection (One-on-One, Group & Panel) • Situation, Stress & Audition • Behavioral • Structured, Informal & Reverse Role • Testing?

21. Selecting the Panel of Interviewers • Management Team • Co-Workers • Human Resources

22. Develop a Documented, Systematic Process • Determine the number of interviews, structure and proposed timeline. • Develop a scoring method - benchmarks. • Brief all members of the interviewing team.

23. Interview Questions • Assess Culture Fit • Determine Credentials & Competency Match • Assess Behavior, Thinking & Decision Making Styles • Assess Current Top Performers → Formulate Questions • Open Ended, Probing Questions Avoid: Improper, discriminatory or binding contract statements

24. Benchmarking Candidates • Develop an Evaluation Form • Create an Interviewing Team Understanding • See sample Evaluation Form

25. Maintain Flexibility • Culture Fit - Versus – Skill Set Fit • Pleasing Everyone? • Keep Enough Candidates in Process • Consider Back-up Options

26. Benefits to Successful Interviewing • Taking Time Up Front → Saves Time • Creates Focus • Accurately Assess and Benchmark Candidates

27. Bad Interviews – What to Avoid • Failure to Pre-Screen Candidates • Evaluate Personality Not Skills & Experience • Failure to Prepare Candidates • Do Nothing but Talk During Interviews

28. Today’s Outline • Identifying, Recruiting & Hiring Top Talent • Develop a Hiring Strategy to Recruit and Select the Right Candidate. • Elevate, Motivate & Retain • Focus on Building and Retaining a Skilled, Efficient BC Team.

29. Elevate & Motivate  Retention • Crucial to Developing a Skilled, Efficient BC team • Represents you as a Manager • Be the Coach • Keep it Fun

30. Steps to Elevate Your BC Team

31. SWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats Assess Team and Individual Skills → Gap Analysis

32. Training Program & Follow-up • Training • BC/DR Certifying Bodies • On-line Courses • College Courses • Seminars/ Associations • Third Party Firms • Follow-Up • Schedule Meetings to Assess Team and Individual progress. • Develop a Training Matrix to Track Progress.

33. Points to Consider – Elevating Team • Identify and Develop Cross Functional Skills • Promote Certification or Dual Certification • Support Advanced Education • Support Specific BC/DR Educational Seminars • Sharpen Soft Skills • Encourage Leadership • Develop & Foster a Team Brand • Be Proactive with Career Development – Be the Coach!

34. Motivating Your BC Team • Be Motivated Yourself! • Key to Motivating Individuals – Each Person is Uniquely Different • Communicate a Clear Message on Company & Team Goals • Encourage Team Involvement & Ideas • Talent & Skill Utilization. • Reward, Recognize & Appreciate • Keep it Fun!

35. Motivational Exercise • List 3 Things that Motivate You. • List 3-5 Things that Motivate each Employee. Have the each Employee Create their own List. • One-on-One Meetings discussing each other’s list. • Incorporate into Performance Reviews and Reward Programs. • Internal or External Customer Comments.

36. No clear expectations Lacking the proper tools, time and training Lack of recognition or appreciation Not a fun work environment Lack of contributing or making a difference Lack of work and life balance Ethically disagree with company or management No connection with team or management Lack of fair treatment No career opportunity Lacking teamwork Uncertainty their future within company Continuity program is not valued Money/ Benefits Relocation Why Employees Change Jobs?

37. Secrets to Retention • Employees Want to Control Their Work. • People Want to Feel a Sense of Belonging. • Provide a Challenge. • Recognize and Reward Stellar Work. • Keep it Fun.

38. Strategic Recruiting & Retention • Network to Maintain a Candidate Pool. • Think Outside of the Box when Recruiting. • Focus on Desired Credentials & Competencies. • Take the Time to Invest in Elevating Your BC Team. • Uniquely Motivate Your Personnel. • Be the Coach others Want to Work For – Employer of Choice. • Keep it Fun!

39. Questions ? Cheyene Haase – BC Management, Inc (949) 250-8172 X 204 ~ chaase@bcmanagement.com