How To Hire The Best Talent

Your business is now in a position that you can afford to hire new employees. Yay! The problem? You have no idea where to find them. How can you hire the best talent? Follow these steps!

1. Meetups

Many would think that meetups or events would only be to educate yourself or to network, but meetups are a wonderful place to find someone who is very committed to continued learned; and typically on their on time. By going where your end user is (your prospective employee) you are able to speak with them in their zone and build a rapport. This technique is typically not a quick one, but an option that you can build from through time. The longer you see how someone is through attendance, questions and overall want can be the necessary needed to find a tip top new team member.

Where can you find meetups in your community? Try

1. Meetup.com

2. Local Chamber of Commerce

3. Eventbrite.com

4. Local Business Paper

2. Referrals

Like new business introduction, a referral is gold. By receiving pre-vetted information about someone goes further than most options. People are hesitant to introduce or refer someone that may turn into a negative return on them. Because of this if you ask you network, friends or other business owners who could be a good fit? You will typically get fewer options but a more solid option.

3. IceBox — The Collection Of Resumes

If you are familiar with the agile software methods, many software firms use sprints or two-week length commitments to deliver a task or feature. When a feature is not needed or they believe there is a need, but not immediate firms will add these features to their icebox or a database of we will review these when we need these. Do the same with your applications for employment. Even if you are not ready to commit today, it does not mean that you should not be looking on the horizon to hire the strongest team possible.

Set up a folder on your desktop or a dropbox file and submit all applications that you receive into this folder. When you are ready to hire, you will have a list as a baseline to begin. Instead of starting dry, you likely will have a list of candidates who will save you time, resources and money in the even tedious chore of hiring.

4. Alumni Networks

Many will think of alumni just as the college they went to, but I would go deeper than that and say it’s for a group that you ever were a part of. High School, sport team, fraternity or sorority and even a previous business that you worked at. Think about how many times you see someone’s resume say, former Google or Facebook employee.

You can find these groups by exploring your LinkedIn or a group page for your high school. If you were a part of Greek life in college, you may look back into their online directories.

Asking a simple, who is looking for work or I am looking to hire is always a great way to see who in your alumni market is looking for employment. The first job I ever had was directly tied to being a part of WVU. Leverage where other people have ties to you as they typically are pumped up to help you grow.

5. Test Prospects Out On A Small Project

You think you have found the best option for a new hire, but want to test them out first. So test them out! There is nothing the matter with contracting out your options to see how they will do on a real life project. Wouldn’t you like to know that your perfect resume builder isn’t what they say they are sooner rather than later? So would I!

Bring them on for a small project and see how they would independently and with your team. If there are any red flags you probably will not want to bring them on full time. If they do well, you have a better idea how they will act ongoing.

HACK: If you aren’t sure if your business is financially ready to hire just yet, start pulling money from your account every two weeks like you would if you were to hire and see how your cash flow stands. If it consistently is solid, you may be in a position to feel comfortable enough to bring on your next team member. This way you have practiced in real-life by moving money over to another account just like you would in hiring new staff. If not, no worries, just send the cash back over and get hustling until you bring in more business to afford to hire.