by John Purser | May 16, 2017 | Blog
Attacting talent through job postings isn’t as easy as just posting your internal job description and hoping for the best. This article posted by Nethire does a good job of going over some of the basics you should think about when trying to attract the right talent. Below I’ve outlined the main five points in the article but keep in mind that our focus is on the engineering & manufacturing industry. 1) Know the difference between a job description and job advertisement This is a great point and the article outlines why. Here at JP Recruitment, the job posting on our website is not typically exactly what is sent to us by the client. Sometimes it can be completely different. We have 2-3 pages of notes from when we sat down with our client and that usually doesn’t reflect the job description. We post what we think will attract the talent the client needs. 2) Do NOT use a unique job title that is only applicable to the company This is simple and straight forward. Nothing worse when you see a resume of a candidate that has really complicated job titles on it. Why would it be different for attracting talent? 3) Do NOT forget to include vital information Application instructions is probably the one that stands out the most to me when attracting talent. Make this as straight forward and easy as pos Companies may not want to include their name if it is on a job board but it also can certainly be a good attraction tool. Things like job location can help the filtering of candidates...
by John Purser | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
What the CEO’s from manufacturing companies are telling Trump not only resonates in the US. For at least the last couple of years now, I have seen it here in Canada as well. Useful read, so check out the article here. It is becoming harder and harder for manufacturing companies to find the right talent for their needs across Canada. From our point of view in engineering & manufacturing recruitment, it usually comes in waves. In one stretch of time, there can be a lot of technical skill-sets on the market and limited jobs versus another moment where there are a lot of jobs and not a lot of manufacturing candidates. Unfortunately, the latter has become quite a common theme. It certainly makes my job in the recruitment industry harder – I definitely have to earn my keep. This serves as an important reminder if you are in recruitment or in any type of hiring position in a company. You need to keep networking! Networking with people for potential future recruitment or networking and finding referrals of top level talent that you may hire down the road. Social media can be a major driver in networking so be sure to check us out, all the information can be found on our Useful Links page. What trends are you seeing in your company? How are you expanding your...
