Reactive recruiting can sometimes leave you with more problems than solutions. Traditionally a Company will wait until they have a need to recruit before starting the process, and this is inevitably when an employee has decided to leave or a specific need has been identified. When an employee leaves it causes productive output to slow, which proves costly. When a new venture is delayed opportunities are missed, and direction and enhanced profit is lost.

From the time an employee leaves it usually takes at least a few weeks to find applicants and arrange interviews, and background and reference checks cause further delays even after the employer identifies suitable Candidates. This is especially so when you include the time it takes to induct and train a new employee once they have started, as both money and time are being ‘invested’. A Company that hires proactively would experience little or no disruption in production and therefore see no dip in revenues.

The main problem is that Businesses in this situation always try and minimise the time to recruit by hastily hiring the best ‘visible’ person that can do the job. This ‘time to hire’ is one of the key decision factors in the recruitment process for too many Businesses, focussing on speed not quality. Unfortunately, this leaves Organisations with a talent pool limited to those who are looking for a job and prioritising those that can start straight away or with little notice. Of course it is a compromise, but those people looking for a job are not always the best individuals for the role, and in most cases, the best people are in employment and not on the job boards. The real value is in this hidden talent pool.

Are you missing out on the top talent?

Time and time again we see Clients putting off on the decision to recruit, then wanting someone to start yesterday. Being proactive and having a plan to recruit the right people with the skills and talent you need to excel can ensure your Company is successful and bring untold benefits. This asks the difference between a Candidate who can do the job and those Star Candidates that are the best people for the role and the best fit for your Business…The latter will perform head and shoulders above the rest and will deliver extra contribution, benefits and revenue.

These ‘in demand’ Candidates, be it high performing Sales staff, or highly skilled Technical personnel don’t come around very often, and can only usually be head hunted by a skilled intermediary to attract them from one Company to another. Businesses need to make the decision to either hire a Candidate and potentially over recruit, but then eliminate the risk of not having the right people in place when needed, or potentially allow their competitors to benefit from the hiatus.

Proactive recruiting starts with evaluating the skills needed for your Company and planning growth and turnover. The positive effect of proactive recruiting is finding qualified Candidates quickly, who have already been pre-screened and then minimising the process time to effective engagement.

With a dedicated team of Consultants focused exclusively on finding the best talent in our industry and not simply the most visible, we bring real value to the table. Blayze Unguem maintains access to a stream of high calibre industry professionals and continually build a proactive pool of talent prior to positions becoming vacant. Our constant efforts and exclusive networks allow us to find Candidates that hardly ever touch the market and this access to the “hidden job market” is priceless for the ambitions of your Organisation.