{"id":8885,"date":"2008-12-15T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T01:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/sourcing-job-candidates-in-a-bad-economy\/"},"modified":"2008-12-15T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T01:10:08","slug":"sourcing-job-candidates-in-a-bad-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=8885","title":{"rendered":"Sourcing Job Candidates In A Bad Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Cade Krueger<\/div>\n

Recruiters can do so well in sourcing job candidates, but it comes down to implementing some solid techniques that will make a big difference in separating yourself from your competition. If you can do that then you will find a way to be successful in a difficult economy.<\/p>\n

First you need to do everything you can to create impact job descriptions to what you write<\/a> online and create a wow factor for potential candidates that will be viewing your job offers. It shouldn’t be about job descriptions and benefits alone. It needs to be person centered. You should focus on the person instead of the job by stating what it will do for them as far as projects, impact, and potential future with the company.<\/p>\n

Figure out who your candidate is and what they like because that will help you sort through a lot of pointless resumes. One of the best things you can do is to not judge your candidates by their resumes, but to look at how they act in your interactions with them. The best candidates usually don’t have their resume prepared because they are not used to having to look for jobs.<\/p>\n

It is common to see many applicants choose your competition simply because of the fact that your interviewing skills are not competent enough to compel a candidate to come on board. Focus on questions that will create a sense of urgency and excitement for the candidate to help them see that there is something special they can be a part of.<\/p>\n

It is vital that you can close the deal with your candidates. You need to learn how to express the significance of the money they will be making and the opportunity they will have with you compared to anyone else.<\/p>\n

Next you need to have a good relationship<\/a> between not only the job candidates, but also become a trust asset to your hiring manager or the corporation you are hiring for. The better job you do of building that relationship then the more trust you get to have more responsibility and more freedom.<\/p>\n

Finally, it becomes important to implement technology that can help you with sourcing, such as TalentSeekr from EnticeLabs. It will only matter if you are diversified and creating avenues of success by proactively contacting candidates on the phone.<\/p>\n

These steps will get you started and as you keep pushing forward you will find how to tweak your recruiting to increase your closing percentage. Focus hard on your skill set and you will be confident and successful in any situation.<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
Cade Krueger works with recruiters as the Director of Sales for Entice Labs and helps recruiters with job recruitment<\/a> for quality ideal hires. He also promotes a product, called TalentSeekr, for job recruiting<\/a> that sources five times the audience at a tenth of the cost of job boards. This helps to save recruiters time and money.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recruiters can do so well in sourcing job candidates, but it comes down to implementing some solid techniques that will make a big difference in separating yourself from your competition. If you can do that then you will find a way to be successful in a difficult economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-8885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertising","tag-advertising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}