Press Release
Be Proactive in Your Search for the Right Employee Candidate
Friday, June 13, 2008
I am trying to hire an entry level person to work at our newest facility. I am finding that ads in newspapers and on the internet are not producing the results I am looking for. Often the people answering the ads have no experience what so ever or the educational qualifications necessary to perform the job. Where can I find these entry level candidates?
Be proactive. Do not run an ad an expect people to come running to you. Identify educational facilities that produce the types of employee candidates you desire to hire. Often schools attract more and better students based on the school’s ability to attract companies to hire their students. So the likelihood of the schools wanting to hear from you will be pretty high.
Once you have identified the school(s) you would like to attract employee candidates from, build a profile of the type of person you would seek out. Make sure to include intangibles like personality, reliability, work ethic or their ability to solve problems. After you have those two pieces in place then it’s time to get some exposure within the school.
Don’t just put an ad in the school newspaper or through the career center, seek out a person within the administration to begin building a relationship. This person will want to help the school’s students and will want to help you as well. There are several places to look for people to meet for instance the Dean of Students, Dean of a particular school within the college, professors, athletic coaches and other administrators that have direct contact with the students. These people will be more readily able to identify the employee candidates that have the profile you are seeking and provide an introduction to you to begin the recruiting process.