LEAN, Just-in-Time Recruiting!

If you regularly check out our blog , you might have seen my latest entry – “Do you give up too easy on passive candidates”?

One comment I received from a peer (after reading this post) was . . . “Sourcing is not easy and it is time consuming!”

HE IS RIGHT – The reality is sourcing and engaging not-looking/listener candidates is a very laborious and challenging activity. I often compare it to exercise!

It is easy to avoid and it is often tough to get motivated to do it. If you get too busy, it is the first thing that “slips off your plate”.

BUT…

It is critical to your overall success as a recruiter. If you are motivated and focused, you feel good when you are done. You typically love the results from the activity.

SO HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE sourcing becomes/stays a priority during the work day… Make it FUN.

Many fitness experts talk about making exercise fun by turning it into a game. Instead of running on a treadmill, play basketball or go for a bike ride in the country.

Apply that same thought process to sourcing and that laborious, challenging activity can become…FUN.

Some simple easy games/contests to introduce into your sourcing “routine:”

o Check out our blog Post – “Old-school social networking.” Get with your fellow recruiter(s) and see who can get the most referrals/hires from employees. Each recruiter take 20, 30, 100 employees. You get 1 week to make contact, ask good questions, and stimulate the referral process. After a week, see who has won the contest.

o Friday call blitzes. On a Friday, develop a call list and for 2 hours, blast the phones. Have a contest with your peers to see who can talk to the most people live, get the most “bites,” set up the most phone interviews, get the most resumes, etc.

o BET on yourself: Before you start the day (do this for a whole week), Bet $10 (with a peer or the “house”) that you will get something done that day that if accomplished, it would be a BIG deal. Challenge yourself.

When our office plays games and has fun with sourcing…. Our productivity goes through the ROOF. When we don’t…. it usually ends up being a laborious, challenging activity. HAVE SOME FUN THE REST OF THIS WEEK!

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 4:29 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.