Hiring Technical Professionals The Right Way - WalkWater Talent Advisors

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Hiring Technical Professionals The Right Way -
WalkWater Talent Advisors When its about hiring
professionals for the tech industry, like
engineers and software developers, the task of
recruitment becomes even more difficult. The
competition for technical talent has never been
stiffer. And, to be able to grab the best talent
for your organization, it is important to get
creative in your sourcing, and find talent that
fits into your business culture to help achieve
your goals. It is thus absolutely crucial that
you have a clear picture about who you are
actually trying to recruit for the vacant
positions in your company. You need a detailed
fictionalized version of your ideal hire, which
is nothing but the candidate persona.

• How to build a candidate persona?
• To be able to build a candidate persona, you must
  begin by going over these five basic categories
  
• Demographic information, which comprises the
  location, age, current job title, and income of
  the candidate.

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• Qualifications, which includes any required or
  preferred degrees, certifications, coursework,
  etc.
• Personal attributes, which mean the personality
  traits, strengths, weaknesses, and other
  interests that can help with the job.
• Background, which relates to the performance of
  past hires, so that you can get an idea of the
  types of companies your best people tend to come
  from.
• Web activity, which speaks about all the kinds of
  activities the candidate performs online for
  instance, the online platforms they generally
  use, the way they network, the way they find
  jobs online, etc.
• How to target the right candidates?
• Now you know what kind of candidates you want to
  hire, so you move on to the next step
  targeting them. And, how do you do that? Lets
  take a look.
• Internet based targeting This is one of the
  most common approaches being accepted today. For
  instance, you can target users based on the
  things they have shown an interest in, on an
  online platform. This may include any searches
  they have made, any pages they have visited, any
  brand they have interacted with, any branded
  products they have shared, etc.
• Demographic based targeting Another approach is
  to target candidates based on their location,
  language, age, job title, and industry. This
  information can be taken from their profiles,

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• offering a really efficient way to narrow down
  the ideal list of candidates on a granular
  level.
• Behaviour based targeting This approach helps
  you to target candidates based on events like
  their browsing habits, app versions,
  technologies used, purchase history, etc.
• You can use one or all of these targeting tactics
  to target for each persona, in order to get as
  close as possible to the desired candidates.
  Once youve created a list of potential
  candidates, you can narrow down your list by
  making your list more specific and granular with
  layered target options, such as targeting tech
  industries, tech events, programming
  technologies, etc.
• With your shortlisted list ready, you need to
  approach each one of them and present them with
  the right message, in order to have them
  approach you in return. Give your target
  candidates a strong sense of your mission and
  values, and also help them understand what makes
  your company unique and the opportunities that
  your company can provide them with, so that they
  are more likely to consider working for you.
• NOTE Even though weve given you all the steps
  and tactics you can follow to bring in the right
  kinds of technical candidates for your company,
  well still suggest that you partner with one of
  the leading talent acquisition companies in
  India, one like WalkWater Talent Advisors, to
  help you execute the task easily, with their
  professional experience and genuine guidelines.

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