Human Resources & Growth Kamran on 17 Nov 2007 08:53 am
How to find employees for your business?
Finding good employees is a must to grow your business and it’s easier said than done. But you can try the following market-proven methods:
- Invite referrals from your employees, suppliers and vendors, with a monetary award if the referred person is hired.
- Place ads in high-traffic recruitment sites like Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, as well as Craigslist classifieds.
- Get in touch with your local business chamber, Lions, KC, or any other professional organization you are connected with.
- Organize and advertise an Open House with coffee, donuts, sandwiches and present a physical or web-based tour of your company to the prospective hires.
- Check with the veterans organizations since there are a lot of well-trained and qualified veterans who are looking for work. Veterans make excellent disciplined employees if their qualifications match.
- Consult with your local university or community college and inform them of the jobs available for the qualified new graduates.
- Hang employment posters at senior citizen centers and communities. You’d be surprised at the number of well-experienced retirees who are looking for an opportunity to go back to work for one reason or another.