How to recruit: the first step toward your dream team

People are one of the most important yet most challenging resources. Sometimes finding qualified people who have that je ne sais quoi can feel like you’re on a quest for a unicorn. This is why recruiting is so important. Follow these tips to fill your pipeline with qualified candidates.

Craft a job description. Make sure you have an accurate, clear, and enticing job description that will attract good talent. Don’t forget to include necessary qualifications so that people can weed themselves out before you do.

Set an example. “Good leaders attract good people,” says Matt Sharp, owner of CrossFit Maximus. By building a solid, positive business environment—space, culture, values, staff, clients—talent will come to you.

Keep an eye out for talent within. A client who is top of their class, stays late, and asks a lot of questions might be hungry to move to mastery by teaching. Not to mention you, your staff, and your clients already know them well and ramp-up will be a lot quicker.

Also, if you need a manager, the best candidate might be your employees—you already know them and they know your business.

Use employee referrals.  If you already you have good employees, they can be your best referral resource! They know if people will fit your team and culture. Plus, your employees are already “selling the dream” of working for your business, helping shorten the hiring cycle.

Post on job boards. There are many job listing websites out there and, depending on your industry, you can even find sites targeted to your business. But good overall places include Career Website Pages like Glassdoor.com, Craigslist, your community’s Online Job Boards, and local Colleges and university’s job board.

Get social with it. You can share job postings or look into a potential candidate as well as these other Small Biz Tips for Social Media Recruiting. Many people have found their dream jobs and vice versa through the power of social media.

Want to learn more about recruiting? This free guide will help you with every step of the way—from recruiting to terminating. We want you to succeed and that means being prepared to get the most of your employees.

So download the free Staffing 101 guide now to get the insight on recruiting, hiring, training, motivating, retaining and even terminating employees that we’ve acquired from working with 1000s of businesses like yours.