4 New Years Resolutions for Recruiters - Spark Hire

4 New Years Resolutions for Recruiters - Spark HireWith 2013 at a close, its time to start thinking about your New Year goals, challenges and game plan. In the past few years, recruiting has evolved drastically, and 2014 will be no different. Thats why it is more important than ever to make and adhere to your recruiter New Years resolutions.1. Go virtual. If you havent taken your recruiting efforts online yet, youre behind thegame. Its vital for your company and open job opportunities to get the exposure that only the Internet can provide.Take your recruiting efforts online by creating profiles on job sites, like Spark Hire, listing open job opportunities on these sites and creating online dialogue and chatter about your company via social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter.2. Dont recruit market. Recruiting these days is so much more than beating out yourcompetitors for top talent its about making your company brand the best and most desirable. Essentially, its about market ing your reputation.Building your reputation as a must-work destination requires you to be at the forefront of your industry, engaging in dialogue with the industrys best and brightest and providing transparency into what its like to actually work for your company. Again, a lot of this can be done through your online image. Once youve established an online presence, use it to market your company brand.3. Be efficient. Recruiters often fall into traps of helping out hopeless causes orspending too much time trying to please everyone. Your goal as a recruiter is simple get qualified job candidates into the right positions. One of the New Yearsresolutions for recruiters is to cut out all of the unnecessary day-to-day tasks or people that are holding you back from your number one priority.Sometimes, this job requires you to be a little too honest, a little unavailable to certain recruits and a little more forthright in meeting in the middle of the road when it comes to client expectation s. You may come off cold or brash, but in the end, youre doing what you need to do to make everyone happy in the future not the immediate present.4. Invest in top talent. As a New Yearsresolution, be sure youre investing time andresources into new hires. Your role with them doesnt stop once theyve started at the company. Rather, its just begun. Make sure they are receiving adequate training.As they work on projects, congratulate them on achievements and a job well done. Hearing this type of encouragement from various individuals in different departments makes employees feel valued and special, meaning theyre more likely to stick around. Finally, re-recruit them. Dont lose them to competitors by holding back promotions, incentives and benefits. Create benchmarks and distribute rewards that are more likely to make new hires stay rather than leave after less than a year.Recruiters have more leverage than you think through the recruitment, hiring and career of an employee. This year, m ake yours count by being the best and recruiting the best with these recruiting New Yearsresolutions.What other New Years resolutions should recruiters add to their list? Share now in our comments