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Cultivate Ownership Culture

It is better to involve the employees emotionally in the organization rather than providing them the monetary and other benefits. Nowadays the ownership culture is becoming a trend. Making the employee to feel as the owner of the business is the idea behind the ownership culture. This makes the employees to be more attached to the company and be more involved in their job. The ownership culture provides more rights and more responsibilities to the employees. Naturally, the employees hold the responsibility for the success of the company. They are deeply motivated by the emotional feeling and are attached to the organization. Obviously this increases the work performance. The ownership culture can be infused by involving the employees while creating company policies, obtaining their opinion and feedback for important decisions, providing them enough freedom for decision making about their projects etc. Anyway, the flip side has some disadvantages. If the employee lacks

Create In-house Referral Portals

Source: eGrabber Newsletter Some of the best people you hired might have come through somebody you knew - a referral. The social networks and community sites that employees associate with are sources of high-quality job applicants. You can expand your pool of good candidates by tapping into such rich sources. You can create a referral portal on your website, where your employees can log in to recommend friends and professional acquaintances for current openings. You can now get to hire top candidates using the knowledge, expertise and social networks of your company's employees.

Resume Searching Software

Searching for resumes in Internet using the search engine is an exhausting work. Especially, when the search engine throws out millions of results, it becomes tedious to go through all the resultant web sites and retrieve the resumes. In addition, you need to be proficient with the advanced search commands to get exact results. With eGrabber ResumeFinder , it is simple to search for passive candidates as the software contains all the in-built logics used by the search engines. The software contains a toolbar that allows you to enter simple keywords and provides results efficiently by implementing the advanced search commands used by Google. Now you can use the complete intensity of Google without the need of being an expert in the search commands. If you are already an expert with the commands, you can customize the software with your own search logic settings. This will provide more competent results. You can try the trial version of ResumeFinder from: http://www.egrabber.com/

How appealing are the “Motivational Training Programs”?

There is an idiom – “You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.” Perhaps, the horse may not be thirsty! Your motivational training may cost you a lot but if it is not targeted at the right employees, it is of no use. You may think that you are providing an excellent opportunity to your employees. Anyway, the employees should have the interest and flair for learning new things. You need to recognize employees who are really interested in the training and engage them in to the program. So, identify the really “thirsty” employees to make your motivational training classes to be productive and effective.

Pull Candidates with attractive Job Ads

You need to attract a potential candidate by your Job Ad. Writing the Job Ad is not merely listing your requirements. The text should draw the attention of an eminent performer to immediately contact you. Don’t forget that other recruiters are also looking for top candidates. Start the Ad with an impressive headline. Your Ad should target the candidates with essential skills. While describing the job details, use action words like ‘Challenging career’. Provide the contact details clearly. Mention the mode to contact you and make it very simple. You can also get inputs from your existing employees for the job description. For example, if you are looking for a salesperson, get details from the existing sales team about the required skills and what is fascinating to them in their job. This helps you to frame the Job Ad attractively and get more responses.