Hiring is hard work. How do you go about recruiting? How many interviews should each candidate face? Do you conduct skills testing? How do you make a good hiring decision? The list of questions goes on. Regardless of the position you’re hiring for, one thing is clear – everyone on the hiring team must be… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent
Attract Top Talent: Job Descriptions
Job descriptions are often overlooked when brainstorming about how to attract top talent. While your website and social media presence are essential to attracting candidates to your available jobs, your job descriptions are important for keeping your top talent interested. Titling Your Job Description: One of the most important elements of the job description is… Read more »
Working with Staffing Firms: Advantages
Staffing firms can play a significant role in connecting businesses with hard to find talent. Here are some of the reasons why companies should work with staffing firms: A Staffing Firm’s Main Priority is Recruiting Staffing firms are recruiting specialists. While your company may have a recruiting department with similar abilities, they may not have… Read more »
In a Staffing Bind? Here’s What to Do
The good news is your business is growing by leaps and bounds. The bad news? You now have more work than you can handle. But you’re not sure you can sustain this new demand, so hiring full time employees is out of the question. What are your options? One of the easiest and most effective… Read more »
Attract & Retain Top Talent: Millennials
According to Aerotek, in 2015, millennials became one of the largest parts of the workforce and will make up 50% of the global workforce and 75% of the workforce by the year 2020. Therefore, it’s important for recruiters and employers to know how to retain and attract millennial talent in the upcoming years. How can… Read more »
6 Soft Skills to Look for When Hiring Top Talent
As one of Jackson’s leading staffing agencies, Staffers knows that when you’re looking to hire, you need to go well beyond a candidate’s technical skills and dig into their soft skills as well. After all, the very best candidates have a solid mix of hard and soft skills, allowing them to succeed and add value… Read more »
What Really Attracts Top Talent?
As one of Jackson, Mississippi’s leading staffing agencies, Staffers knows staying competitive in the war for talent means you need to know what potential employees want – so you can attract the best. How do you stack up compared with other employers? Here’s a look at what high quality candidates are searching for when evaluating… Read more »
Don’t Settle for Average: How to Attract and Hire Top Talent
As one of the leading staffing agencies in Jackson, Staffers knows the success of your company depends on the quality of your employees. From the corner office to the mailroom, you need hard working, skilled and knowledgeable people you can count on. And yet, finding and hiring top talent can be a challenge. How can… Read more »
Using Social Media to Recruit Top Talent
For staffing firms, one great way to find top talent is through social media platforms. According to Social Talent, “In the first 10 years of their career, 86% of people are likely to use social media in the job search, making social media a crucial channel to support your recruiting efforts.” Here are a few… Read more »
Employee Quit? Here’s What to Do
In a perfect world, your top employees would stick with you for decades. In reality though, most professionals remain with a company for just a few years. So what do you do when an employee hands in their two-week notice?