Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from May, 2008

Employee Referral Programs – Are they effective?

Many organizations recruit candidates through the employee referrals. The major advantage of this type of recruiting is, it is the least expensive method. As the existing employee is already aware of the Company’s culture, policies and recruitment process, the person may be referring to candidates who will fit-in to the Organization’s environment. This makes the hiring manager’s job easy to screen the right candidate. Providing referral incentives to your employees motivates them indirectly. Anyway there is also the flip side. As the employees may be referring to candidates from their known circle only, the chance of getting a quality candidate becomes less. If the employee is not aware of a person who will fit in to the job requirements, then the referral may not happen at all. A Research suggests that people hired through employee referrals tend to have longer tenure and higher job satisfaction. Yet, national surveys indicate that only 10 to 15 percent of positions ar

Batch your Tasks for Faster Placements

Source: eGrabber Newsletter Successful recruiters 'batch' their tasks and thereby make more placements in far less time. If your assignment deals with a non-local or national market, see if you can set up a block of time for an employer to phone-screen several candidates on the same day, rather than spread the interviews days or even weeks apart. You might even offer to facilitate a teleconference or three-way call yourself. And when qualified candidates are brought in for their face-to-face interviews, try to arrange for all the candidates to meet with your client over a one or two-day period. Batching tasks helps you to control the candidate flow infuse a sense of urgency in your tasks, and focus on results