Your next great hire is hiding in plain sight
Finance recruitment is competitive, the most talented professionals have their choice of employers. By building a great company culture and leveraging it to build your employer brand, you can create a solid talent pipeline and fill your jobs as soon as they become available.
1. Post your jobs in the right places
If you’ve been recruiting for financial services for a while, you probably know which job boards bring in the best applicants. You can still advertise on those boards, but expand your reach by using them as a starting point. Leverage social media like LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Twitter to advertise job listings to find potential candidates.
Regularly engage your social networks to connect with people who are genuinely interested in your company. It’s vital to post consistently and engage with people who interact with your posts.
2. Attract a more diverse workforce
Using the old, tried-and-true job descriptions is easy and less time-consuming, but you could be missing out on a wide variety of candidates.
If your job descriptions are overly focused on mandatory qualifications, you could be discouraging women from applying. Women tend to apply to jobs when they think they’re fully qualified. As a result, they typically apply for 20% fewer jobs than their male counterparts. Look through your job descriptions to make sure they are inclusive, using gender-neutral language that appeals to a wide range of candidates.
3. Learn from your current employees
Knowing what attracted your top talent can help you market your company to potential recruits. It also helps you assess whether a recruit will fit into your culture. So start by asking your current employees to fill out a survey ascertaining what they value about the company.
4. Keeping financial talent engaged
When you nurture your talent pool, you end up with better-quality candidates you can tap to fill positions as they open. Whether you are talking to active job seekers or passive job seekers who are interested in learning more about your company, building and maintaining these relationships gives you a wider network of potential talent when vacancies arise. Keep a database of top talent and interact with them regularly to maintain the relationship.
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