How do you stack up, and what can you do to improve?

A leader

In the competition for talent, you’re at the head of the pack. You’re using the strategies leading businesses use which means your attraction and retention approach is on point. Well done!

Here’s what you can do to improve:

First up, well done! But this is no time to rest because your competition is always changing and improving.

Keep seeking proactive and innovative ways to hire and keep good people. We recommend an attraction and retention focus and leveraging cutting-edge technology like job suitability assessments to create a pipeline of quality talent and help future-proof your business. And with your focus on retention, you’ll keep your people for longer which means lower turnover and less recruitment activities.

A follower

You’re doing recruitment the way it has always been done and that’s pretty good. But it means you’re the same as everyone else so there’s room for improvement to stand out and attract quality talent to your business.

Here’s what you can do to improve:

You need to up your attraction and retention game to stand out for the right reasons. If you don’t, you’ll be competing for a smaller pool of talent with the same old strategies everyone else uses (those ones that work, well, OK…).

First up, do some research. Look at what you’re doing now when it comes to recruitment, selection and onboarding.

Then look at what leading employers are doing better or differently to you when it comes to recruitment, selection and onboarding.

Our tip: be proactive. Focus on long-term attraction and retention so you’re never stuck wondering how you’ll find a new hire. And by focusing on retention, you’ll have lower turnover (winning!).

Behind the pack

This probably isn’t the news you wanted to hear. You probably knew something wasn’t quite right in your hiring and new starter process. Perhaps you can’t seem to find the right people, or when you do, they don’t last long. If that’s you, read on because we’re here to help. Here’s what you can do to improve:

The good news is there are so many great resources out there to help you, including free options.

Let’s start by looking at what you’re doing right now and what’s happened in the past. What worked? What didn’t? Where can you improve?

Now research (Google is a great start) leading businesses recruitment, selection and onboarding practices. What can you implement from these best practices?

Like planning for your business, a proactive approach gets results. Apply the same focus to your people capabilities with an attraction and retention focus. Because it’s only through investing the time and resources into this area of your business that you’ll build a productive team to help you succeed.