Strategic Recruitment Plan-- Strategies and Candidate Profiles

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Strategic Recruitment Plan-- Strategies and
Candidate Profiles

• OCHR/CWDD

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Strategic Recruitment Plan

• Developing a strategic recruitment plan provides
  an organization with a methodology to identify
  internal and external recruitment mechanisms to
  attract candidates who possess the competencies
  required for the positions available
• Components
• Recruitment Strategies/Activities
• Candidate Profiles

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Recruitment Strategies/Activities

• General strategies or activities that are the
  most common and effective include
• Marketing plan
• Agency websites/portals
• College visits and job fairs
• Paid or public service advertising
• Professional and networking organizations
• Educational partnerships
• Internships
• Email reminders of openings
• Internet social networks such as Facebook and
  LinkedIn

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Strategic Recruitment Planning Steps

• Determine recruitment goals
• Review the knowledge, skills abilities the
  competencies-- needed for positions
• Review compensation requirements
• Identify and assess the internal and external
  candidate pool
• Develop internal and external recruitment
  strategies and activities
• Finalize your candidate profile and recruitment
  strategy

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Candidate Profiles - Components

• Knowledge
• Skills
• Abilities
• Behavioral Traits

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Candidate Profiles - Components

• Knowledge - definition
• Familiarity with a body of information, such as
  accounting, engineering or acquisition
• Often determined through educational background,
  work experience or technical certification
• Skill - definition
• The application of that knowledge
• Often determined through work experience and
  behavioral questioning techniques

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Candidate Profiles - Components

• Ability - definition
• Competence in the application of a skill
• Often determined through work experience, merits
  and awards, and behavioral questioning techniques
• Behavioral traits - definition
• Characteristics of a candidate that determine how
  a candidate processes information, operates in
  his/her environment, makes decisions, and works
  with others
• Often determined through behavioral questioning
  techniques

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Candidate Profile Sample Position Description

• Information Technology Specialist
• Description In this occupation you may
  supervise, lead or perform duties that pertain to
  planning, developing, implementing and
  maintaining programs, policies and procedures to
  protect the integrity and confidentiality of
  systems, networks and data
• Knowledge Knowledge of systems analysis,
  operating systems and network services required.
  Knowledge of data management preferred.
  Bachelors Degree in computer systems desired.
• Skill Minimum 10 years experience in consulting
  with customers to refine functional requirements
  install, configure and maintain operating systems
  and networks
• Ability Database administrator certification. A
  certification SQL
• Behavioral traits Self-directed ability to work
  well in groups team player, ability to work in a
  changing environment multi-tasker