Your business is like your baby, so you need employees who are going to take care of your business and help it grow.
Good employees won’t cut it — you need great employees. Find out how to put together a dream team for your business using the following four tips in your hiring process.
Use the right channels to post job ads
For starters, if your business requires employees with specific skills, post your job ads in front of the right sets of eyes.
For example, if you need skilled graphic designers, make sure your postings are on job boards frequented by graphic designers, such as Shillington. It’s easy to find the right job boards on Google to attract the right talent.
Emphasize your business’s vision and workplace culture
You can’t find a team of great employees in a day. Once you post a job ad, you’re going to be rifling through résumés, poring over social media accounts, and calling up references.
You can trim down your pool of qualified applicants right away if you emphasize your business’s vision and its workplace culture in carefully crafted, compelling job ads.
Many prospects strive to find employment opportunities they can align themselves with. By selling them your business as a great place to find meaningful work and professional growth, you’ll not only find the right employees during your hiring process but also contribute to your retention efforts down the road.
Start a referral program
Once you’ve found a few solid employees, ask them to reach out to their networks to find new candidates in exchange for employee rewards, such as cash bonuses, cool office swag (T-shirts and hats), or concert tickets.
Check out this creative list of cool employee reward ideas from Bonusly to incentivize your team to help you find great talent.
Promote employee well-being
These days, businesses have to be transparent about what it’s like working for them, thanks to job-search companies such as Glassdoor that now publish anonymous company reviews. (These are written by employees for prospects to consider before applying.)
Try to foster the well-being of your employees to encourage them to write shining reviews and talk approvingly about your business so that you can attract great new hires — everyone wants a great place to work.
There are tons of ways to help your employees feel at home. In addition to offering employees great rewards, if you can, try to offer flexible working hours.
You can also emphasize personal development through individual development plans and regular one-on-one meetings with yourself and your employees.
Even stand-up desks and foosball tables can help liven up the workplace by encouraging movement and interaction — who likes sitting in a cubical all day?
The bottom line
At the end of the day, the best way to hire and keep great employees is being the ideal boss for whom to to work. Make sure you continually offer your existing employees chances to improve, so they can become the best versions of themselves. Your business’s success beyond the hiring process will reflect your investment in your people.
