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© 2016 Robert Half Finance & Accounting. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. HOW TO RECRUIT THE BEST PEOPLE Executives reveal their top recruiting tips

How to Recruit the Best People

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© 2016 Robert Half Finance & Accounting. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans.

HOW TO RECRUIT THE BEST PEOPLE Executives reveal their top recruiting tips

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© 2016 Robert Half Finance & Accounting. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans.

PROMOTE WHAT MAKES YOUR COMPANY UNIQUE

“Make sure, number one, you have a good story to tell about your company so you attract talent who are willing to leave where they are.”

— Keith Randall, CFO, Playtime

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“Number two, you have to be able to offer an opportunity for people that is going to be different than what other companies are offering.”

— Keith Randall, CFO, Playtime

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PROMOTE WHAT MAKES YOUR COMPANY UNIQUE

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OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

“I do a lot of mentoring and guiding in helping people grow in ways that are not necessarily tied to more money.”

— Robert Laverdure, Director of

Finance & Operations, Cambridge School of Weston

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“We’re trying to invest in the right people through training, as well as lots of coaching. We’ve had to focus on helping people build their skills.”

— Corporate Controller, manufacturing company, Canada

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OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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ARTICULATE YOUR WORKPLACE CULTURE

“We need to have people who have a roll-up-their-sleeves attitude and have both the strategy and capability of working in the trenches when necessary.”

— Carl Gauvreau, CFO, Knowlton Development Corp.

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SPEND MORE MONEY ON TOP TALENT

“Maintaining compensation at a fair level without it being excessive is an ongoing challenge.”

— CFO, nonprofit, Boston area

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SPEND MORE MONEY ON TOP TALENT

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SPEND MORE MONEY ON TOP TALENT

“One of the things we’re doing … is raising not just the profile of the position, but increasing the compensation plan for it.”

— Corporate Controller, manufacturing company, Canada

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GET CREATIVE WITH PERKS

“We’ve taken our 401(k) from a backwater benefit to a front-and-center benefit.”

— CFO, nonprofit, Boston area

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GET CREATIVE WITH PERKS

“We’ve done some simple things, like permitting people to wear jeans to work, as long as it’s ‘situation-appropriate.’”

— CFO, nonprofit, Boston area

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STREAMLINE THE HIRING PROCESS

NEED HELP WITH YOUR HIRING PROCESS?

Call Robert Half at 1-877-638-7850.

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We understand hiring is not an easy process and can help you save the time and expense commonly associated with recruiting.

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GET MORE TIPS

Get more recruiting tips from CFOs, as well as insight into how your accounting and finance team measures up against your peers, in Benchmarking the Accounting & Finance Function.

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