Coming soon! Hourly – Empowering the Invisible Workforce for Shared Success

People in an interview with text reading "4 Myths About Attracting and Retaining High-Quality Talent"

4 Myths About Attracting and Retaining High-Quality Talent

1. The Best Talent Must Have Years of Experience

Many recruiters insist on hiring experienced candidates over those with high potential but limited industry experience. Skilled workers may be hard to retain since your competitors may also be interested in hiring them. Here are some reasons why you should consider hiring quality workers with minimal industry experience:

Inexperienced Workers Are Moldable

Inexperienced workers can be molded and trained more easily since they have not yet developed their own work habits. In a highly unpredictable business environment, new talent may respond to change more positively and adapt quickly. They may also be more willing to seek new solutions, embrace new opportunities, and multi-task.

They Have More Potential for Growth

You can identify staffing gaps in your business and train new hires to fit in that role. You may be surprised how loyal unexplored talent can be if they see the potential for growth in their job.

They Are Passionate

Unlike experienced workers who might feel there is nothing new to learn, new talent typically has an appetite for knowledge. Newer hires that integrate well with the team and believe in the product and service will also want to stay longer to gain more insights into the position.

2. A Resume Says Everything About a Candidate

There are soft skills that you cannot read on a resume. For instance, a resume will not demonstrate an applicants’ interpersonal or communication skills or his or her level of respect and confidence.

During the pre-screening process, you can learn a lot about a candidate and his or her personality by asking the right questions such as what do you least like about your job and why, how do you like to be managed, and what type of work do you enjoy doing the most. Most of the time, such information about a candidate’s character can’t be uncovered by only viewing a CV/resume. Therefore, it’s important that hiring managers avoid basing their judgment solely on a candidate’s CV/resume.

3. Hiring Managers Know How to Hire

You could be missing the right talent because your hiring managers are relying on their gut feelings and their experiences can make them biased.

Train hiring managers to apply the best practices in hiring to achieve objective results. It is important to equip your hiring managers with practical interviewing skills which can help attract higher-quality candidates.

4. You Should Only Recruit When You Have an Opening

If you only post job advertisements for open positions, you could be missing out on great applicants. One of the digital recruitment trends is to stockpile great talents even if you have no open jobs at the moment.

Once you find a quality candidate interested in working for you, hire them and create the position. These talents are in high demand, and you may not find a hire when you need one.

Effective Digital Recruitment

Digital recruitment can make hiring easy, inexpensive, and fast. Here are some digital recruitment strategies you can use to make hiring more effective, affordable, and efficient:

Use Pre-Employment Assessments

A candidate’s CV and cover letter say a lot about the applicant but not everything. To assess the candidate further, send them a pre-employment assessment test. Sprockets’ pre-employment test identifies applicants with similar personality traits as your top performers to ensure only smart hiring decisions are made.

Consider High Potential Candidates Have Some Shortcomings

A high-quality candidate may be a person living with disabilities or may come late for the interview. Give such candidates a chance, and they may surprise you as quality hires.

Prepare to Train-on-the-Job

Rather than spend time waiting for the perfect candidate, hire the one with related skills and train them on the job. This will help speed up the digital recruitment process.

Use Technology to Assess Candidate Suitability

Someone on a laptop screening high quality candidatesSprockets’ sophisticated software helps you build a harmonious workplace where quality talent longs to work. Our AI-powered platform augments your sourcing and screening efforts to ensure you always hire applicants who are the precise fit for your needs. You’ll save time, increase retention, and improve company culture.

Contact us now and let us help you identify quality hires with the ideal characteristics so that you can hire more effectively.

1. The Best Talent Must Have Years of Experience

Many recruiters insist on hiring experienced candidates over those with high potential but limited industry experience. Skilled workers may be hard to retain since your competitors may also be interested in hiring them. Here are some reasons why you should consider hiring quality workers with minimal industry experience:

Inexperienced Workers Are Moldable

Inexperienced workers can be molded and trained more easily since they have not yet developed their own work habits. In a highly unpredictable business environment, new talent may respond to change more positively and adapt quickly. They may also be more willing to seek new solutions, embrace new opportunities, and multi-task.

They Have More Potential for Growth

You can identify staffing gaps in your business and train new hires to fit in that role. You may be surprised how loyal unexplored talent can be if they see the potential for growth in their job.

They Are Passionate

Unlike experienced workers who might feel there is nothing new to learn, new talent typically has an appetite for knowledge. Newer hires that integrate well with the team and believe in the product and service will also want to stay longer to gain more insights into the position.

2. A Resume Says Everything About a Candidate

There are soft skills that you cannot read on a resume. For instance, a resume will not demonstrate an applicants’ interpersonal or communication skills or his or her level of respect and confidence.

During the pre-screening process, you can learn a lot about a candidate and his or her personality by asking the right questions such as what do you least like about your job and why, how do you like to be managed, and what type of work do you enjoy doing the most. Most of the time, such information about a candidate’s character can’t be uncovered by only viewing a CV/resume. Therefore, it’s important that hiring managers avoid basing their judgment solely on a candidate’s CV/resume.

3. Hiring Managers Know How to Hire

You could be missing the right talent because your hiring managers are relying on their gut feelings and their experiences can make them biased.

Train hiring managers to apply the best practices in hiring to achieve objective results. It is important to equip your hiring managers with practical interviewing skills which can help attract higher-quality candidates.

4. You Should Only Recruit When You Have an Opening

If you only post job advertisements for open positions, you could be missing out on great applicants. One of the digital recruitment trends is to stockpile great talents even if you have no open jobs at the moment.

Once you find a quality candidate interested in working for you, hire them and create the position. These talents are in high demand, and you may not find a hire when you need one.

Effective Digital Recruitment

Digital recruitment can make hiring easy, inexpensive, and fast. Here are some digital recruitment strategies you can use to make hiring more effective, affordable, and efficient:

Use Pre-Employment Assessments

A candidate’s CV and cover letter say a lot about the applicant but not everything. To assess the candidate further, send them a pre-employment assessment test. Sprockets’ pre-employment test identifies applicants with similar personality traits as your top performers to ensure only smart hiring decisions are made.

Consider High Potential Candidates Have Some Shortcomings

A high-quality candidate may be a person living with disabilities or may come late for the interview. Give such candidates a chance, and they may surprise you as quality hires.

Prepare to Train-on-the-Job

Rather than spend time waiting for the perfect candidate, hire the one with related skills and train them on the job. This will help speed up the digital recruitment process.

Use Technology to Assess Candidate Suitability

Someone on a laptop screening high quality candidatesSprockets’ sophisticated software helps you build a harmonious workplace where quality talent longs to work. Our AI-powered platform augments your sourcing and screening efforts to ensure you always hire applicants who are the precise fit for your needs. You’ll save time, increase retention, and improve company culture.

Contact us now and let us help you identify quality hires with the ideal characteristics so that you can hire more effectively.

Share:

Table of Contents

img

Case Studies

View All
img

Webinars

View All
img

E-Books

View All
img

Industry Articles

View All

Solve Your Staffing Challenges With Sprockets’ AI Hiring Software

Sprockets works alongside your current system to help you source, screen, and select the best applicants for open positions. It’s the solution to hiring hourly employees you’ll wish you discovered sooner.