Strategies for Boosting Candidate Contact Rates

One of the primary concerns voiced by staffing firm owners is the growing difficulty in reaching out to interested candidates. It may seem strange, but even those who apply to your job postings can be elusive to contact. However, in the staffing industry, the ability to establish meaningful connections with candidates can determine the success or failure of your entire recruitment process.

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Google for Jobs: Your Staffing Firm’s Secret Weapon

As a staffing firm, your No. 1 goal is to find the best talent for your clients. And in today’s digital age, that means leveraging the power of online job search platforms. One such platform that is essential for staffing firms to post their job openings is Google for Jobs.

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Should Your Staffing Firm Hire a Marketing Agency?

Should Your Staffing Firm Consider Hiring a Marketing Agency?

If people don’t know about your open roles, they can never inquire about them.

The key to having people coming to you, inquiring about your openings is to be more visible where job seekers hang out (online and on their mobile phones).

Being visible online requires marketing.

But what happens when you don’t have the time or internal expertise to become more visible?

Do you ignore the problem?

Sure, you could, but chances are your competitors won’t…

Do you go out and hire a team?

Sure, you could, but it’ll cost you and results won’t happen overnight…

Do you ask your internal employees to handle it?

Sure, you could, but you’ll take them away from their main focuses..

So what do you do when you need online visibility, in a cost-effective and timely manner?

You hire a dedicated team of professionals.

In this SIA Staffing Stream article, I explore how hiring a dedicated team of experts devoted to improving your marketing could be a gamechanger for your business.

Read the post here.

The Staffing Stream is SIA’s guest blog.
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