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Better Recruiting in a Skills Shortage
Martin EllisRecruitment South East
Good News…….
• Business confidence is high
• 98% are running at full
capacity
• 60% of employers will take
on more people in 3
months
• Unemployment has fallen
by 300k in 12 months
…..Bad News
• It’s a candidates market
• There’s a real skills
shortage in all sectors –
getting worse!
• Counter offers and
gazumping are common
• Good people in high
demand
• Recruitment is running
very fast
• There’s high pressure on
wages
The solution is NOT to throw money at it!AND REMEMBER…
1. Whatever time you
commit - it will take
double
2. It’s an important process
that needs to be managed
3. Candidates don’t just work
for money- Learning and development- Team membership- Career devepoment- Buy into a vision- Etc… etc… etc…
1 - Keep it simple
1. No more than 2 interviews
2. Don’t ask stupid questions
3. Check people out –
LinkedIn/Facebook – Take
references
4. Psychometrics
5. Manage candidate
expectation
2 – Be Fast and Stay Close
1. Keep your interviews close
together – 1 week max
2. Stay in touch – even when
you don’t have much to
say
No need to be slapdash
3 – Have a plan
1. Have a plan and put it in
your diary
2. Involve others and get it
in their diaries
3. This is important and
urgent – don’t let it drift
5 – It’s not just about salary
1. Candidates are looking
beyond salary alone
2. Make your offer complete
and understand the
details
3. Sell the benefits
6 – Get your offer out quickly and accurately
1. DON’T cut and paste from
another offer
2. Check it
3. Email it
4. Follow it up
SUMMARY
1. Good candidates will get employment choices
2. Somebody will make a higher offer than yours
3. Your offer just needs to be ‘better’
4. Commit time to recruitment – there are no shortcuts
5. Good people are impressed by good recruitment
processes and a lack of dither