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Unusual Ways To Find Your Next Job Candidate

Top human resource management consulting firms in the 21st century should go to places where the ideal job candidate spends his time. Bill Murray of Likeable Media uses Snapchat to get applications for a job position, which is later followed up by an email for further formalities. He states that besides knowing that the candidates understand the platform.

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Unusual Ways To Find Your Next Job Candidate

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  1. Unusual Ways To Find Your Next Job Candidate With the advent of internet and its ever-present influence in our lives, recruiters are finding innovative ways of finding candidates for their companies. Having said that, one should not discount the power of the humble telephone in filling a job vacancy. Let’s see new ways of searching your next recruit:- 1)Use Snapchat To Readily Connect With Millennial Top human resource management consultingfirms in the 21st century should go to places where the ideal job candidate spends his time. Bill Murray of Likeable Media uses Snapchat to get applications for a job position, which is later followed up by an email for further formalities. He states that besides knowing that the candidates understand the platform, he also gets to see their creativity. 2)Scout Blogosphere For Tech Candidates

  2. If you want to hire a Linux developer, there is less probability for him to hang out on popular social media networks. Instead, the best place to go scouting for such talents is by following niche technology blogs where you would find tons of contributors and reviewers as ideal job candidates. headhunter company in Australia would benefit a lot if they utilize this tactic. 3)Roadshows For the viral spread of your requirement as well as creating a pipeline for future potential recruits Many big IT companies recruit in bulk. For them having road shows is a good way not just for garnering publicity for their company but also getting in touch with many candidates. Atlassian, a software development company in Sydney, had organized a bus tour in Europe. The company held interviews in pubs and shops and were able to exceed their target of hiring 15 programmers in 15 days. Besides this, the company was also able to create a database of thousands of candidates in the process, which is used for hiring candidates in the future; as IT is a high attrition-rate industry.

  3. 4)Tap The Potential Of Your Telephone Though some may call this is the old-school of head hunting, the fact remains that cold-calling candidates are still one of the most effective ways to search for the right person for your job. Sourcing Specialist, Lockheed Martin Pete Bugnatto has said that using the telephone to call the candidates actually puts him way ahead of those who use only social media or email to source talent. 5)Make Learning And Development Free For New Recruits Across industries, being abreast with the latest of developments is the key to climbing corporate ladder. One way to get a decent candidate for your company is to offer free learning and development. This could be access to past research and records, attending industry conferences, corporate events, buying new journals or attending a seminar or a workshop etc. This would make for a win-win situation for the company -- as it would get a serious candidate and for the candidate -- who would have better skilled and updated than the rest in the industry. To know which strategy suits your company’s nature and industry dynamics, Firesoft Consulting would be of great help to you.

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