Volume 13
Employment Essentials Volume 13: How to hire for high turnover roles.
Are you struggling to meet the high demand of high turnover roles? That feeling of barely being above water really sours your taste of recruiting! Maintaining a pipeline of ready to go candidates is key to staying ahead but moving 2 steps forward, 1 step back makes the task even tougher. This is why some say recruiting is something you “Hate or Love”.
Join us for Todays Masterclass for some Pro Tips on how you can improve your hiring for high turnover roles and focus on the best of recruiting.
As always, we start with clarity! In these high turnover roles, there are individuals who these roles are a great fit for! Now that we know these jobs work for some, how do we find more of them? This alone should get you excited, are these high turnover roles or did we not identify the right person? Below we take a different look at these high turnover roles and how we can successfully improve the retention.
Clarity:
High turnover roles should be prioritized as much as any other role in terms of detailed screening. These roles are often neglected by lack of clarity on what the role entails, the environment, the physical demands, etc. Identifying exactly what candidate skillsets an backgrounds make good hires will give you a template of criteria you can use moving forward to screen candidates in or out of the job. This
Onsite Walkthroughs
Assuming these high turnover roles are due to the actual work demand, provide your candidates with the opportunity to see the work environment and workload live. This helps them see what they would be committing to as well as provide you with additional insights like candidate engagement, their familiarity or lack thereof of the equipment, tools, etc. Onsite walkthroughs and evaluations also allow you to work with a larger group of candidates in a shorter amount of time.
Referral programs
In recruiting, we’ve all heard it, “good people know good people”. So why not tap into the wealth of these networks? Chances are that your strong hires might know someone they’d feel comfortable referring. They know the role best and know who might be interested, and “pre-vet” them for you for basic details like schedule, commute, pay, etc. Make sure the referrals are paid based on time completed to ensure the new hires engagement and commitment to the new role.
Strong Employer Branding
Are you an “employer of choice”? We must ask ourselves; would people want to work here? If they don’t know why they should, can we blame them? If your company is a place, you enjoy working at, and you think others would too, share it! People are looking at more than pay and schedule. What are the benefits of working there? Does the company invest in the culture, trainings, or anything of that sort? These items can easily be taken for granted while many employees don’t have such benefits. Highlight these benefits on your social media, company page. Its equally as important to not only provide these benefits but to share them for maximum visibility.
Evergreen!
The show does not stop! These high turnover roles have also been dubbed “Evergreen”. Maintain active ads, flyers, postings, and other methods of attracting talent your way. Keep a strong relationship with educational institutions, staffing company’s, etc. The key to staffing for any role, more so high turnover roles, is always having a strong pipeline! These roles go through a faster cycle and need to be replenished quickly and often.
While recruiting is not for everyone, we hope these tips help you successfully hire for any challenging role and help you love all the right things about recruiting. FLAG is in the business of helping our communities with gainful employment, from entry level, to director and above. Connect today and work with a partner with your interest in mind!
Employee Insights Volume 13: What to do if you have a gap in your work history
At some point, most of us have had some time off from full time employment. Whether it was a layoff, resignation, or a temporary assignment coming to its completion, at some point, we will be back in the hunt! Whichever the reason, that gap will need to be addressed at some point during your interview as well as your resume. While there is nothing innately wrong with taking an extended period off of work, it does raise valid questions even concerns on the employer’s behalf.
While the specifics to your time off aren’t always relevant, the main thing to keep in mind is to be able to provide a genuine reason along with any details on how you kept your skills active.
Ultimately, being able to confidently talk about your gap of employment and what you did during that time highlights you as a marketable candidate. Keep in mind, prior to being met for an interview, you are just another potential candidate. Employers are looking for someone with the most relevancy, and that includes the last time you performed the job. Are your skills as relevant as someone who is still actively working? Will you need more training than someone without a gap? Why is your pay comparable to someone who doesn’t have those gaps? These are the thoughts going through employers’ minds.
Todays masterclass breaks down the top 4 things you can do in your best interests to mitigate the risk of being overlooked due to a gap.
Address the gap on your resume!
The last thing you need is a manager wondering and guessing what you were up to professionally during that time. Unless told otherwise, the assumption is that you were not working, collecting unemployment.
GAP
Unemployed
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Online classes
Take a course!
If you find yourself unemployed, there are many classes you can take online to keep your skills active while you land your next job. Many of these courses are free of charge and even provide certificates upon completion. This may even result in higher wages that line up with your newfound skills.
Complete a temporary assignment
Temporary assignments are a great way of keeping the income flowing into your account while searching for full time opportunities. Make sure you list them all in the event a manager is asking about gaps on your resume. Even if the temporary role isn’t relevant to your main skills, it shows initiative and responsibility on your behalf.
Volunteer Work
Similar to completing an assignment, volunteer work demonstrates your proactiveness and ability to work with a team in a project oriented fashion. Volunteer work can be just as intense and require much attention to detail depending the sensitivity of the work.
When it comes down to it, employers are looking for readiness and willingness to work! Taking the initiative and staying active in the job market despite not being gainfully employed can help you stand apart from the competition and get you back on the road to your next full time employment venture.
Does this sound like a situation you’ve been in before? Not sure how to go about your net interview and worried about the “GAP question”? FLAG’s recruiters are actively trained on educating candidates on ho to answer these tough questions as well as illustrate to clients why you might be a strong fit despite the gap in your work history. Gaps on your resume are not the end of the world, but not being able to explain yourself can make it feel that way.
Call today and see how we close the “gap” between you and your next job!