jenny Knight

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Recruitment Tools for Small Business

Jenny Knight Writes for smb-corner.com Small and
Medium Business Corner SMB Corner
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• Recruiting people for small businesses is the key
  responsibility of human resource professionals.
  They help in contributing to the organization by
  choosing the right person for the right job. To
  find right employees and to recruit them in an
  effective way is important for any business.
  Luckily, there are many tools for recruitment for
  human resource professionals to make recruitment
  process more effective.
• Recruitment tools for small business
• Following are some tools that not only makes
  recruitment process easy but also cheaper
• Sourcing Sourcing is identifying and employing
  suitable candidates through proactive techniques
  of recruitment.
• LinkedIn is an important sourcing tool for
  recruiting employees. With the help of LinkedIn,
  the company can search candidates, can post jobs,
  if any. This is a way of promoting the company.

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• Facebook and Twitter These are other popular
  sites through which the company can reach a large
  number of people. The company can set up Facebook
  page to advertise the various jobs vacancies
  currently. Searching candidates through graph
  search can be a better way for targetingpeople.
• Selection Once you shortlist candidates, you
  need to select the best one.
• Video interviews Video interview is one of the
  online tools that make interviews more efficient,
  eg. Skype. You can come to know about the
  candidate within few minutes whether he will be
  suitable for the job or not.
• Psychometric test Know about the behavioral,
  decision making or leadership traits before
  selecting any candidate. Note that this test
  should not be considered as a decision making
  tool. See to it that the data obtained from this
  test is accurate and practical.
• Skill testing Skill test is mainly conducted to
  judge the candidates skills and abilities.
  Testing skills during selection process will help
  in identifying candidates strengths and
  weaknesses.

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• Retention Finally, you have hired a candidate.
  Now the important aspect is to retain them,
  engage them and make them productive.
• Employee attachment During the initial period
  the employee is assessed by human resource
  department to know whether they have taken the
  right decision for hiring you for the
  organization.
• Performance tracking Tracking performance is one
  of the critical processes during retention
  period. This helps in judging the performance
  level of the candidate. It also gives a good
  impression about the company to the candidate.
• Recognition A hard area for getting right,
  individual as well as recognition of team may
  have a huge impact on morale and productivity.
• These recruitment tools are cost effective and
  fast. They help small businesses get as optimal
  as possible people for the organization.

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