Hiring mistakes are expensive, especially for a small business. If your business is growing and you are looking to expand your team, it is important to approach the recruitment process in the right way. Work on streamlining and improving your recruitment strategies so that you bring in the best candidate for the job.
5 Ways You Can Improve Small Business Hiring:
1) Search the Right Places
One mistake that most companies are guilty of making is hiring when they don’t necessarily need to. You have to be absolutely sure that bringing in a new teammate will add value to the company. Don’t hire just because your profits are rising.
Once you determine that hiring employees for your small business is the right move, you need to find the right candidate. As a small business, you may not be able to hire a professional recruiter, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find great candidates.
– Use your professional network and connect with people who can help you fill in the vacancies.
– Consider referrals from your friends or current employees.
– Post on different online platforms where potential applicants may look for a job.
Write a clear and thorough job description before posting it online. This will ensure that you attract the right candidates.
2) Automate Different Hiring Steps
An end-to-end recruiting solution like an applicant tracking system allows you to automate a number of steps. It reduces human errors and speeds up the hiring process without compromising on the quality of hire.
If you perform all the tasks manually, you may end up wasting a lot of time. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you cannot benefit from technology just because you are a small company. Even if you cannot afford an end-to-end solution, there are a number of hiring steps that you can automate.
3) ShortlistCandidates by Knockout Method
Establish predetermined minimum qualifications that are required for the role. Once the applications start coming in, start filtering the resumes based on the minimum qualifications. This is known as knockout method and can be an effective small business hiring procedure.
You must objectively eliminate the unqualified candidates. If they meet the pass/fail barrier, you can consider them for an interview. However, not every candidate who
fulfils the minimum qualification would be the right fit. Ensure they check all the boxes before taking the next step and calling them for an interview.
4) Don’t Rush into an In-Person Interview
Once you shortlist some strong candidates, schedule a phone interview to get an overall feel for them. Keep it short and gather important information that can help you further weed out some applicants.
After shortlistingpromising candidates from the phone interview, schedule an in-person interview. You can set up an interview panel where all the hiring managers sit together to conduct the interview. Or, you can opt for multiple interviews with different managers, although the former will take less time.
5) Improve On-boarding
The job isn’t done once you hire the right employees. The next step is to onboard them and you must streamline onboarding to make the process faster and more efficient.
While onboarding, you will give the employees different forms to collect their information.Consider giving out digital forms that are connectedto an overall electronic onboarding workflow. You won’t have to worry about losing the forms and the new hire can also complete the forms quickly.
Ask the new hire to complete and review the forms in advance. This will allow them to spend the first day learning the job rather than filling out paperwork.
Streamlining small business recruitment will save you time and money. Additionally, it can lead to more productive results.
Author Bio –
Kelly Barcelos is a content marketing manager for Jobsoid and specializes in HR. When Kelly is not building marketing campaigns, she is busy creating content to help people hire better. She shares tips, industry insights, innovations and several other topics that help a wide variety of audience in their hiring efforts. As a working mom of three, she knows the importance of time management and counts on her multitasking ability to get her through her to-do lists.
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