How to Perfect Your Recruitment Process If you’ve been following along on this journey for ‘How to Hire,’ it’s time to optimize the skills you’ve learned for the absolute best hiring results. If you haven’t been along for the ride, visit our blog to ensure you’ve taken all the right steps for making your recruitment process as efficient as possible.  Hiring can be an incredibly expensive undertaking for any business, which is why hiring efficiently is critical. The key isn’t in how fast you bring in new team members, however, it’s also in hiring the right candidates for your busine ..read more

  How to Attract Top Performing Candidates It is improbable that the perfect job candidate will walk through your company’s doors and hand you their resume just as a crucial role opens up. We’ll stretch to say that it may never happen during your business’s lifetime. That’s why it’s up to you to attract the right candidates (and make sure you do so proactively!).  If you’ve been reading along, you’ll know that hiring top performers fast involves knowing where your ideal candidates live, work, and play. Then, you need to position your business effectively so that t ..read more

  Spooky Recruitment Facts Recruiting as a startup can be a terrifying endeavour. There is so much to think about and sometimes only a scarily tight budget to make it all happen. Though recruiting can be a long process, building out your employer brand to attract and entice people will benefit you in the short and long term. We don’t mean to spook you, but we’ve rounded up some of the spookiest recruitment facts we could find, as well as how to combat them!     1. 92% of employers are hiring in 2023 The competition is fierce. More companies than ever are hiring, which means ..read more

  How to Hire Top Performers… FAST Every company wants the same things when it comes to hiring. They want to get the right candidates on the team as fast as possible while staying within the hiring budget. Typically, that looks like a 45-day cycle. To pull it off on time, your business needs to learn how to do these three core things: Attract the right people. Evaluate candidates. Close your candidate of choice. Even more critical is hitting those three milestones at the right time in the cycle to stay on track (and within budget). That’s where setting goals and checking in with your hi ..read more

  Why Reactive Hiring is Dangerous For Your Startup Here’s why: If a key person leaves your team unexpectedly and you don’t have any benched talent or people already in that hiring funnel who know you, like you, trust you, and believe in you and your product, you’re looking at three to four MONTHS of pain, time, and money to try and fill that need. Not only can hiring be incredibly expensive (in both money and time), but without someone completing the job you’re hiring for, your productivity could come to a screeching halt — especially as a startup where every working body matters!  ..read more

  5 Key Trends for Employer Branding in 2023 We’ve reached the middle of the year, and business owners know what that means — It’s time to identify some of the trends from the first half of the year to make the most of the next 6 months. Thanks to COVID-19, a lot has changed about the way we do business — and how employees view employment. In the era of the Great Resignation, a number of new trends have popped up that you, as an employer, should take note of. Here are 5 key trends to consider for your employer branding in 2023.   “In a tight job market, with no end in sight, employer ..read more

  How to test whether an interview candidate will thrive in a startup environment It’s no secret that hiring is hard. In fact, it’s one of the most difficult parts of running a business. You know what even harder? Trying to find the perfect candidate for a job, only to have them flake out on you or quit after three months.   The typical hiring process includes searching through resumes to learn about candidates, their work experience and their educational background, however none of that reliably predicts people’s success in a role. The interview or interviews (depending on your ..read more

  Here’s how to take your startup’s onboarding to the next level in 2023 Your startup is growing, and you’re adding new members to the team. Things are looking up! But there’s just one issue: you aren’t sure your onboarding strategies are strong enough to retain those new recruits you worked so hard to find. We’ll be honest: it’s not easy to keep everyone engaged and motivated. However, with a little bit of effort, you’ll be sure to improve retention. Studies have shown that organizations with a strong onboarding process improve the chances of someone sticking around by 82% and productivi ..read more

  4 hiring horror stories + how to avoid them Happy Halloween from your favourite team of recruiters! This year, we’re celebrating spooky season by featuring some of our favourite recruiter and candidate horror stories*… because we have to admit, the hiring process can be pretty frightening. But have no fear! We’re here with 4 horror stories to learn from – plus advice to take your hiring from scary to simple. We’ve looked at things from both a recruiting and a candidate perspective, so let’s get into it! 1. The world’s shortest horror story: “I once was offered a job after being asked 1 ..read more

  10 Spooky Recruitment Facts Recruiting as a startup can be a terrifying endeavour. There is so much to think about and sometimes only a scarily tight budget to make it all happen. Though recruiting can be a long process, building out your employer brand to attract and entice people will benefit you in the short and long term. We don’t mean to spook you, but we’ve rounded up some of the 10 spookiest recruitment facts we could find, as well as how to combat them!     1. 93% of employers are hiring in 2022 — up from 82% in 2021  The first one is a big ‘un! More companie ..read more