The Complete Guide to Recruitment

The Rudiments of Recruiting

The best recruiting advice may seem obvious at first and then might appear to be only basic common sense. Sadly, though, few organizations prepare and strategize their recruiting according to common sense. Most, though they don’t realize it, hire on a whim or base their choices on a witty remark in an interview. Successful companies recognize that good recruitment involves standardized methods and practices. Those firms begin with the basics and build from there.

Recruitment involves finding the best people, assessing their capabilities, engaging them to become excited about joining your firm and retaining them over the long term. This approach ensures the maximum return on investment (ROI) in a new staff member. Failure to recruit the best candidates results in substandard corporate performance, dissatisfied customers and reduced profits. Good recruitment incorporates a series of well-established steps. If you implement those processes, your organization will recruit, hire and retain outstanding employees.

Identify the Job, Then Find the Employee

Successful recruitment involves certain key elements. The first is to determine...