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1. Workforceplanning is what you need.2. A sexy job description/candidate profiling.3. Pick your search & posting channel4. Improve your branding5. Speed-up your selection process.

6. Time kills deals.

How to attract & hire “hard-to-find”candidates?

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• Decide Where, When & How many People you need.• Add 3-4 months and you got a realistic timeframe. (is their a

learning period on the job??)• Mention the date your candidate will really be performant…• Communicate these dates to Management and business managers.

LEVERAGE DECISIONS

Workforce Planning

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1. Don’t write down tasks: it gives the idea to take a lot of effort and no fun.

2. Write down the mission of the job & accomplishments, achievements, performance and don’t forget the fun-part.

3. Start with a brief description of your company and the mission of the unity, the candidate will work for. This gives the idea of being part of a greater story.

4. Let it read by someone out of your entity even out of your company.

5. Lack of knowledge can be resolved, lack of attitude not.

A sexy jobdescription/candidate profiling

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• Define your targetpublic • Post the jobdescription in the (on-line) community of your target

public. • Not every job belongs in vacature & stepstone.• Use universities, specialists, social media, groups, discussion forums,• Social media: your candidate is part of the network of your business

managers. • Hunt the second degree connections of your business colleagues of

the target entity• Employee referral program (when retention is not a problem)

Pick the right search & posting channels:

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• Company profiles on linkedin, facebook in line with company web & company jobsites!

• Write down your company culture and a way of communicating.• Get the marketing department in• Keep it simple.

Improve your branding

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• 2 weeks between first interview and salary proposition is the max.

• The candidate is your client.• Who is in control?• Selection & Recruitment is becoming a “sales-

business”…

Speed up your selection process. Time kills recruitment deals.

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Make up your integrity-compass for recruitment.Habits/Values.

H/V applied H/V not applied.

• H/V desired

• H/V undesired.

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Meer tips??

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patrick@ethiconomy.be

+32 496 940 219

www.ethiconomy.be

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