How to Keep and Maintain an Edge over the Competition?

As a Recruiter How to Keep and Maintain an Edge over the Competition?

In any business, there is fierce competition and in the Recruitment Industry, the competition is a notch higher. When you are working as a recruiter you are not only competing with other recruitment agencies but also with the client and candidate.

As the job market is moving upwards since 2018; now there are more job openings than the right resources to fill in. Hence as a recruiter, you should meticulously plan each Recruitment assignment!

1. Expand your Network

One of the first things that recruiters can do to beat the competition is to actively expand their networks. The most effective recruitment strategy is to combine both online, offline and traditional networking. It is essential to understand that not all recruiting strategies and networks are best for every industry. When you are Recruiting one should also think like a Marketing professional i.e. identify and map the Target Audience.

2. Become Strategic Advisors to Organisations

In today’s business environment every recruiter should aim as becoming a strategic Talent Acquisition Advisor for their client. The recruiters have to think what more you can be doing to engage with diverse talent pools.

3. Communication is the Key

As a recruiter one should always be clear and effective with their Communication to both the Client and Candidate. Clear and effective communication always reduces the chances for errors. The recruiter should be also careful in terms of selecting their communication channel and it is better if you take 360-degree approach which will keep no scope for the error. The effective and targeted messaging is key, but communicating through the right channels is equally as important.

4. Keep the Recruitment Process – Simple and Transparent

Candidates enjoy the Simplicity and Transparency in the Hiring Process. Recruiters should adopt a communication method and channel which is simple to access and respond. This drastically reduces the unnecessary steps in the recruitment process. The recruiters can use the advancements in technology like video interviewing, e-portfolios, and text communication in the recruiting process for interviewing the candidates. This will also enhance the overall experience for candidates, which helps in building their confidence level and also they stick to the process also.

Keeping in mind that investing in these new technologies doesn’t automatically guarantee attainment of our goals. You still have to do the work of determining how to utilize these tools to track and measure success.