How to attract candidates

If you are a recruiter and want to hire successful candidates, then you need great customer service skills besides excellent convincing techniques to attract candidates. Recruitment is not just calling candidates and when rejected, leaving them behind. You should maintain strong relationship with the candidates for future recruitment even if they got disqualified in previous companies. If the city is matured and economy is highly developed that doesn’t mean that you find easy to search candidates. Even a small mistake turns their face red and you lose the position that has to be filled. Every candidate attitude differ from each other, the way you talk, the way they response. Be flexible while talking. Don’t behave overconfidently and apply the condition they may avoid giving answers to you. Once you lose hope from them, they won’t pick up a call and never respond you back.

So what the above content you understood? In order to attract candidates, you should be flexible while talking. The facial expression between two parties can be easily understood the way you talk on mobile. Coming to the point, convincing and talking to the candidates even after they fail in interview for future recruitment is the best way of attracting candidates besides huge number of reference from them. It depends how you maintain communication with them even if they are placed or rejected. Recruiters only going through the profile on job boards take too long time and end-up searching unqualified or disinterested candidates. Attracting candidates through constant relationship with the candidates builds strong identity with them. If you won’t care them they won’t care you.
Here is the list, how to attract candidates.

Primary Source (after secondary source)• Don’t be busy searching for new profile.
• Construct a database of your candidates (placed or rejected) and seek reference from them.
• Maintain constant communication with the candidates (placed or rejected)
• Oral communication works better than written communication
• Social media is also the best way of attracting candidates by responding queries through comments and replying back.

Secondary Source (head hunting)
Talent approach
• Step 1: Competitors and its growth – Person responsible irrespective to position.
• Step 2: Social media profile research
• Step 3: Networking
• Step 4: Direct head hunting

When candidates don’t respond your call that doesn’t mean that they are not interested, they may be busy or they may be not comfortable to talk with you even they are free at that moment. Recruiters should not think that they are not interested. When they won’t pick the call, leave some gap, call after sometime from other number and convince smoothly but not too much.

Talk to them and give them the chance to attend interview when comfortable. Don’t force to them to be at time and don’t unnecessary make calls while they are travelling. If you force to attend interview at exact time and day, chances are there they avoid attending. Never talk too speed and end calls within short period of time. You may find it very easiest method to use these tricks but candidates may reject offer, later.