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The Ultimate Guide to Recruiting Strategy

1. Employer Branding

Attracting top talent starts with your employer brand. Your candidate experience can make or break your recruiting strategy! Do you have an attractive careers page on your website? A strong employee value proposition (EVP)? How are you sharing employee reviews and success stories? Make sure you’re offering competitive compensation, benefits, and other perks, as well.

2. Talent Sourcing Best Practices

“Posting and praying” – publishing a job ad and hoping the right candidates find it – is not the best way to attract high performers. Looking for passive candidates (ones who are not actively looking for a new position but might move for the right opportunity), asking for employee referrals, and considering “boomerang employees” you might want to rehire can help you build a well-rounded candidate pool.

3. Inclusive Recruitment Strategies

Teams whose members come from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives are more creative, more engaged, and ultimately more profitable. An inclusive culture can also help you attract top talent. An inclusive hiring process expands your talent pool and helps you evaluate candidates consistently and objectively.

4. Using AI and Technology in Recruiting

Artificial intelligence and technology are revolutionizing the recruiting process. Thoughtful AI and tech use can help you hire more efficiently. Just make sure you’re aware of and taking steps to avoid potential pitfalls!

5. Effective Interviewing Strategies

Strong employer branding and candidate sourcing strategies won’t help you if your interview process is unpleasant for candidates. Everyone involved in the interview process should know and follow best practices so you don’t lose your top candidates!

6. Executive Recruiting Best Practices

While some things about the hiring process remain the same regardless of the position, recruiting for the C-Level comes with some unique challenges. Executive hires can have a huge (positive or negative!) impact on your whole organization. Are you putting your best foot forward when recruiting for the C-Suite?

7. Onboarding New Employees

You may think you’re done once the offer letter’s been signed, but new employees leaving within their first 90 days is more common than you might think. A welcoming onboarding process can help you make a great first impression and retain that new hire. 

8. Working with a Recruiter

An efficient and effective recruiting process takes a lot of work. If you don’t have the time or expertise to take on every aspect of recruiting yourself, it may be time to hire a recruiter.

9. Outsourced Recruiting

Hiring surges can overwhelm your hiring team. Outsourcing some or all of your recruiting can free up your team’s time. An outsourced recruiter operates as a representative of your organization using your processes and systems to help you find top talent. 

10. More Recruiting Tips

We’ve covered a lot, but there’s a lot of complexity to recruiting. More tips below!

Do you need help with your recruitment process? Reach out to Purple Ink!