How to Win in a Competitive Hiring Market

While it has always been difficult to attract top talent in the IT and technology industries, the pandemic has worsened things. As experts say, The Great Resignation is upon us as hundreds of thousands of people are leaving their jobs, looking for not just alternatives but better lifestyles. This means that IT and technology firms will have to put a renewed emphasis on their hiring strategies. 

With fiercer competition among firms and more vacancies than candidates to fill them, the conventional tactics may need a comprehensive reassessment. If not, organizations will end up spending more to search, screen, and hire and may end up acquiring suboptimal candidates. To help avoid that, here are four things you can do to beef up your hiring tactics. 

 

4 things IT firms can do to get top talent 

Build your brand equity 

What you do, and are inherently good at, is secondary to how people perceive you. A candidate will first assess the firm and then examine the responsibilities and remuneration associated with their position. So, you need to build your brand to attract the right talent. 

The most effective way is to build equity is by creating thought leadership in your category. You can publish white papers, long-form articles, infographics, and industry analyses through your social media platforms. You should also encourage your leadership to publish articles in newspapers and industry journals. All these will build your credibility. 

 

Celebrate your employees 

A firm that appreciates its talent is a firm that will attract employees. Along with helping you retain your current employees, it will create the right equity for your company among future hires. While it’s important to celebrate your employees’ achievements internally, you should also appreciate them publicly through your social media channels. 

You should be specific about their achievements and highlight them. This should be a routine activity instead of being an annual affair. This will showcase your firm as a people-centric organization, making it easy to attract talent. 

 

Ease the hiring process 

The pandemic has necessitated a tech-enabled approach to hiring. Any company that’s hesitant to adopt it or doesn’t have inbuilt systems to facilitate it will find it difficult to attract talent. Automatically screening candidates will speed up the process while freeing your human resources teams to focus on more value-added functions. 

Virtual interviews will also save time for both the candidate and the organization. You can also use pre-recorded videos with interview questions and let candidates record their answers. This will enable you to batch the interview process. 

 

Offer various work models 

The nature of work may have changed forever due to the pandemic. Organizations will have to adapt their structures to lure employees. This means that you should reorient legacy systems to offer either remote or hybrid work opportunities. 

The reason you should be flexible with your work model is that in a competitive landscape, employees can easily find other firms that would be more willing to adapt. Do keep in mind that remote and hybrid work has been proven to increase productivity and so, is good for the organizations too. 

 

Partner with a specialized staffing firm 

There are demonstrable advantages to partnering with a staffing firm that specializes in technology recruitment. For starters, it gets you category experience. Secondly, with a partner like Bear Staffing, you would have a wider network of talent spread across IT, manufacturing, and call center sectors to tap into. 

Thirdly, you will end up saving both time and money that you would spend finding and recruiting talent. So, to ensure that you get top talent that will get you a competitive edge in this incredibly challenging marketplace, get in touch with Bear Staffing.

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