Hints & Tips
How to get the most out of your job adverts
- Be concise and keep it to the point
- Not full of irrelevant jargon
- Explain where the role fits and who it reports to
- Describe your essentials and desirables
- Find 1 Recruiter to help pick it apart and lift out the key selling points
- Use advert writing service
- Before you post anything; think about your ideal candidate…
- Why are they going to be interested in your role?
- Do you know anyone already?
- Get a referral scheme in-house (Your star performers might know other star performers)
- Use 1 agency
- THIS DOESN’T REDUCE YOUR CANDIDATE POOL
- You won’t receive any duplicated candidates
- The Candidates experience will be more thorough
- They’ll know where your audience is most likely to be
- Recruiters are more likely to prioritise your roles if they’re exclusive
- THIS DOESN’T REDUCE YOUR CANDIDATE POOL
- Have a scorecard in place for any applicants
- Info from CV, Video Interview, Recruiter notes, Cover letter etc.
- It’s not Dragons Den. It's a two-way process and you need to sell your business as much as they need to sell themselves.
- Have a clear process for each stage and have good reasons why that process is the way it is
- Involve more than 1 person
- Be open and honest throughout – there’s no point overselling, it’ll just mean you’d be re-hiring the same position when they find out
- Don’t offer in person during an interview
- Have a scorecard for each interview
- Pre-set questions, answers & values/competency to measure against