Seriously, where’s Wally?
Beyond money, budgets, and quality products; the most important thing in business is the people that make it possible… and they will make it as long as they’re well chosen. To hire the perfect fit for your needs is not a piece of cake. Half of hiring decisions are a mistake, has found a research by The Recruiting Roundtable… small business definitely can’t afford to hire the wrong match. Hiring is more or less expensive depending on the hiring process, it implies the cost of placing an advertisement, hiring a placement agency or consultant, purchasing working tools, all the costs of personnel involved in recruitment process and the spent of time.
Like a lot of other things, when it goes online, it goes cheaper and easier. There’re nowadays a lot of ways to find the right talent through the Net. Hiring platforms online really make it easier to start and finish a perfect person’s research and not die trying.
These applications help you save money and time pre-screening job candidates, organize their data and exam results, implement tests online, present the hiring process of every candidate, and even compare candidate qualifications. All that without hiring a hiring person!
Digital resumes are no longer the main element while job searching and hiring. Performs on social media networks are getting the business world’s attention. For example, LinkedIn, the most popular business network has a bunch of applications oriented to present yourself in the job searching level.
Other online tools like ClearFit are specially designed to make hiring a success, especially for small and medium business (any company can afford the price, it’s even free for many users). Ben Baldwin, co-founder of ClearFit, assures their software instantly matches the right people with the right jobs, based on personality and experience, so employers can hire people who fit and improve their employees’ performance and they actually guarantee results!
If you’re actually looking for fresh air, there’s a new trend among universities, the e-portfolio not very known yet by many employers and is not that usual in recruitment and selecting processes, but it actually demonstrates students’ learning and competency. Consider it if it’s your willing to innovate and treat with young creativity. Read more about this topic.
Think twice before choosing your own hiring process, remember any person you take is an investment and it’d better be a good one! Or like one of Baldwin’s clients said to him ”if you’re hiring someone in this economy and can’t afford to make a mistake, make sure they’re a clear fit.”
Sources:
- Goldfield, B. (2009). How to Find and Hire the Right Person
- Sirbasku, J. (2009). Improve Your Hiring Process to Cut Costs.
- Wonderlic, C. (2008). Organize Your Hiring Via The Internet.
- Ward, C. (2008). E-Portfolios as a Hiring Tool: Do Employers Really Care?.
