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Recruiting Is Not A Nuisance

∞ posted 2 months ago in Recruiting Skills Recruiting Employees contains 1 note

by Randy Clark

Dictionary.com defines recruiting as (one of several definitions): “To engage in finding and attracting employees.” The most important commodity for any organization is its people. It starts with recruiting the best team through best practices. Very few activities in management are as important as recruiting, building, and improving a team. Any leader’s role will be made either more rewarding, or more difficult, by the team. Fulfilling leadership responsibilities may rest more on recruiting skills than any other leadership task. Without a passion for recruiting, and development of recruiting skills, true leadership potential may never be realized.

A few years ago, I wrote a preface for a recruiting manual that outlined the labor shortage in America, and how important it is to improve competencies in recruiting. I began with, “Organizations that improve their hiring and retention competencies will increase their market share as others lose theirs.” Obviously, when unemployment is high, there isn’t a labor shortage; however, I believe the quote above holds true regardless of unemployment levels. Better employees, better product, better bottom line, better company, and more market share.

Before discussing who, where, and how to recruit, let’s clarify one point — recruiting is not a Nuisance!

• It doesn’t interrupt your day
• It doesn’t interfere with your work
• It IS your work

If you’re a manager, what you manage is people. I’ve often observed managers put recruiting on the backburner because of supposedly, “more important tasks.” Nothing is more important! Have I made my point? The first time you think, “Crap! I have to do an interview now.” Remember, hiring the best team IS your job.

Building a winning team begins with:

• a passion for recruiting
• understanding recruiting is a full time job
• a dedication to improving recruiting skills

In the next post, I’ll share recruiting ideas and thoughts on where to find the best recruits.