Job candidates

The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world.

Recruiting is the classical way of finding a job and as an employer you should be aware that this type of advertising will attract most candidates. Up a job description carefully and place the job (also: advert or ad) in all business related media and further. Once you receive all the CVs (curriculum vitae, also: résumés) with covering letters, the candidates and conduct preliminary interviews which will disclose the best candidates. The next step is to invite the best candidates to an interview along with tests to their mental ability and reasoning skills. When you finally the most successful applicant for the, it is time for a new adventure – employee training.

If you feel that the classical way of recruiting is more of a ‘lottery’, maybe you should for headhunting. A head-hunter is actually a professional or executive recruiter. They receive a request, usually from a client company which specifies the job requirements. At that point, they will either search their database of candidates and/or they will recruit or headhunt at other companies. It is usually the client company that pays the head-hunter so if you are planning to use their services, it is very important to check their record and other client companies.

When blogging your vacancies, you are entering the world of mass media. As soon as you set up a free account on a blog service, you will notice the dramatic reduction advertising costs. However, successful blog advertising has its rules, and here are the most important ones:

• train your bloggers

• link up with related blogs to increase the number of

Job aggregator sites are specialized such as Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com. Jobs are all they have in their database and they offer links to employers’ websites. However, job aggregators are yet to come to the Croatian market. If you type in a job search of e.g. ‘a teacher in Croatia’, you will most likely get the following reply: Hm. We’ve never been there before. What’s the weather like? Finally, we must not forget to mention the. If none of the previously mentioned methods seem to ensure you just the right candidate for the opening, maybe you should spread the word in your surroundings. Connections in the business world have always been the key to success, and your future employee might just be in your neighbourhood.