Whether your business has grown so you need to hire a key professional or you’re replacing a person, there are certain advertising-recruitment tips to use.
To avoid wasting your time, you must plan. Think about your objective and job specifications, and keep editing your announcement draft until you get it right.
You don’t want to interview people just to talk. You want to compose your announcement to attract the best person for the job and your organization’s culture. Otherwise, it’s a very expensive process to hire the wrong person only having to start the process all over again.
If you’re replacing a person, consider doing a balance sheet of the former person’s strengths and weaknesses. Then, strategize to get a better person this time.
A job announcement shouldn’t merely indicate a brief checklist of your desired qualifications and requirements.
Technical skills are just the minimum. Attract the best person.
Avoid institutional bias
Be careful. An academic study reveals many companies make the mistake of using gender-biased verbiage in their job postings.
For women applicants, it’s the first indicator that companies unknowingly have institutional bias. Read about the study and get tips to avoid such mistakes here.
If you’re replacing a person, consider doing a balance sheet of the former person’s strengths and weaknesses. Then, strategize to get a better person this time.
Let’s say, for example, you need a key financial person. That’s someone who understands how to communicate professionally with other members of your team, and someone who understands exemplary customer service. And if needed for your business, you’ll want someone who can tactfully collect receivables.
All of this means you need to paint a picture that puts your company in the best light – an explanation of your company’s history and culture. If you’re planning an expansion sometime in the future, be on the lookout for someone who has the acumen to match your goals.
Pick the right advertising medium. The advertising medium is synonymous with the quality your message to attract the right person. In other words, an advertisement on Craigslist is a bad idea – if you seek a highly professional person in finance – nor will it enhance your company’s reputation.
Your announcement should contain the following elements:
- Avoid using gender-biased language in your job listing
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Write a good description of your business
- Narrative about your staff
- Description about the position’s role in the company and how you expect it to evolve
- Paint a picture about the professional skills you want
- Details about the compensation and benefits
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“When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgment and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by the yard.”
-John W. Gardner
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