3 tips to help you find great people to work with

How many times have you heard business owners complain that they are unable to find any great people to work for them? I know what you are thinking. If you had a penny for every time an HR manager or an entrepreneur made this compliant, you'd probably be rich enough to run your own business. Sure, hiring a new recruit and making sure he blends with your company's culture can be a daunting task, but it's not impossible. If you want your company to reach the height of success you've dreamed for it, you need to have great employees working for you. For this to be possible, you need to know where to find great people.

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Especially in today's economy, finding the right employees is more crucial than ever. This is because most companies don't have the resources or the time to waste training a new recruit who's not going to bear any fruits in the long run. If your new hire is going to turn out to be a dud, you'll have to invest additional resources to hire someone in their place, and that's just not feasible.

Here's how you can find great people to work with:

Identify what you want from your employees

What are you looking to extract from a particular employee? Is it their leadership skills or their ability to meet deadlines? When you know which skill is most important for a particular job profile, make sure potential recruits are made aware of your requirements too. This way, any candidate who does not possess those particular skills will refrain from coming for an interview and you will have narrowed down your number of applicants drastically. This works for the applicants too as they do not waste time pursuing a job that isn't the right fit for them.

Promise to help them grow

Ask any millennial and he or she will tell you that money is no longer the most important criterion when it comes to accepting or rejecting a job offer. The new generation of employees wants to see a visible growth in their job profiles along with the right work-life balance. Make sure your current employees spread the word about how great it is to work for your company. When employees hear good things about a company from their peers, they feel a desire to work for that company.

Maintain good relations with ex-employees

Just because an employee left your organisation to work for a different company, it doesn't mean that they should be dead to you. Cherish the value they added to your company while they worked for you instead of ignoring their existence altogether. When ex-employees feel appreciated no matter where they've moved on in life, they will always hold you in good stead and recommend others to work for you.

Along with these pointers, make sure that everyone in your industry is made aware that your company pays well. Instead of whining about the lack of good people out there, take steps to reach out to the best talent and get them to work for you.

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