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How do you recuit candidates to replace existing employees who are not aware that they may be replaced? Any best practices?
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Recruiting to replace existing staff
posted at 10/27/2006 9:37 AM EDT
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First: 5/23/2006 Last: 10/27/2006 |
Unfortunately, I have to recruit "blind" more than I'd like. I've never used a staffing agency; I do all the recruiting myself. When I run blind ads, I use a gmail address that is not connected with my organization. Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com also make it easier since they will hide your contact info.
Be careful about sites that are state run because they will not always allow you to post a position as "Company Confidential." I also develop different ad language for those positions that are blind. That way if candidates see another one of our postings for the same position but different location, they cannot connect the two. My last thought is that sometimes you can use another nearby city as a red herring to avoid detection. Hope this helps! |
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Recruiting to replace existing staff
posted at 11/3/2006 7:34 AM EDT
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First: 10/23/2006 Last: 11/3/2006 |
I can recommend Work-In-Texas.Com to any employers with openings in the "Lone Star State". You can work with the workforce staff in your area, or you can manage the process yourself with many variations in between. In any event your identity can be protected from public disclosure if you desire. You can locate the workforce center in your area on this webpage: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/dirs/wdas/wdamap.html. While you are there take a look around Work-In-Texas it is a very informative site. If you haven't been able to move to Texas yet don't worry most states offer similiar services on there websites you can find them at http://www.servicelocator.org/. |
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Recruiting to replace existing staff
posted at 11/7/2006 8:18 AM EST
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First: 8/31/2006 Last: 11/7/2006 |
There is a much kinder, yet more effective approach to putting a better fitting person into an existing position. There are 2 specific ways. It starts with taking inventory of your current talent, and possible making a switch, and builds into a more efficient way of recruiting that has higher retention rates built-in. This is because the focus is on maximizing what you already have, seeing how your existing people 'fit' into their positions, and providing the opportunity for a person to move into a position that is a better fit for their talents and personality.
Another way is more proactive, and allows managers of corporate talent to constantly monitor their 'people' inventory, making sure that performance is supported naturally by a person's abilities, allowing people to maintain high performance levels instead of constantly pushing against their natural talents (which increases stress, and all of its effects on them and their surrounding environments). Build a talent pipeline, and build relationships with people you have not yet employed. This network is independent of your 'applicant pool', and can work so much harder for you, get you referrals, and help you put out the feelers as to the availability of candidates with the skill set you are seeking - all BEFORE you ever post a job or engage a recruiter to announce your need to the public. This is a different way of recruiting - it is not vacancy-based, and therefore is always available as a candidate source. You can build a pipeline in a number of ways, and in effect, this is what most recruiters turn to when you turn to them. There's a whitepaper that explains this further on http://www.talentpen.com if you are interested to see one way. Also, try your marketing department. Chances are, they have a client database you can possibly tap into, and email a quiet inquiry to a select few who may be able to pass referrals your way. There are several other places where you can search for talent by setting up a small account, of course. Have you tried the "go big network"? This is a place to look for entreprenureal thinking individuals (shhh...this one is not so well known yet). The Internet will help bring people to you - especially if you use your career website like marketing does - to collect 'prospects' instead of applicants! |
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