{"id":9021,"date":"2008-12-18T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/18\/sourcing-ideal-job-candidates-ahead-of-your-competition\/"},"modified":"2008-12-18T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T21:14:12","slug":"sourcing-ideal-job-candidates-ahead-of-your-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=9021","title":{"rendered":"Sourcing Ideal Job Candidates Ahead Of Your Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Cade Krueger<\/div>\n

It can be so difficult for you to stay ahead of the competition when it comes to being a recruiter. It can be a cutthroat situation and you have to find your ideal candidates before your competition even knows they exist. So how do you separate yourself?<\/p>\n

You have to find them well before they leave their job or put their resume on a job board because they are already taken if they are talented enough. In fact you need to shoot for being there on day one of their interest. That is something your competition will never be able to compete with.<\/p>\n

It is probably common that if you are struggling with recruiting then you are finding candidates that have been approached by competition several times before you do. If this is the case then you have a problem and you have lost the chance to gain trust.<\/p>\n

When a candidate finds a job they are excited for the first six to twelve months and then after that they have a chance to feel growing discomfort. They are willing to at least see what is going on in other offices.<\/p>\n

Initially this type of person is open to exploring other job opportunities out there and peek into different doors to see what life would be like in other offices. You need to give them this as soon as possible by providing an outlet for them to look into these environments. EnticeLabs has an applicable tool called TalentSeekr that automates this process of helping ideal candidates get a look into your company culture.<\/p>\n

After these first few days they become willing to test the waters and talk<\/a> proactively with trusted advocates. They will go to peers in other companies they have worked with or even trusted recruiters. They stay employed, but they are more proactive in their searching and willing to listen even longer.<\/p>\n

The next step is they become a searcher and look on search engines like google or even career sites, niche sites, user forums, etc. This will happen during the first couple weeks and should be the latest you get involved in this process.<\/p>\n

One of the smartest things you can do is to create microsites based around those ideal candidates and optimize for “position, city, job”. This will allow for you to be on the first page of search engines like Google and get to them before they take that final step to job boards.<\/p>\n

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

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