Get the Best Candidates to Read Your Postings - and Apply! Are Your Seasonal Jobs Posted Yet? Welcome to New JobsInNewYork.com
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Do Your Employees Know the Total Cost of Their Benefits? Did you know that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently that benefits account for more than one third of the total compensation provided by private sector employers with more than 500 employees? Be sure to let your current and new employees know how much is spent on them for their benefits. A good place to do so is on the benefits portion of your website - that way prospective candidates can also figure out what your benefit package is worth.
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| Going the Extra Mile to Attract the Best Candidates
Active job seekers, the ones who are unemployed or really need to find a job, will go to a lot of effort to dig up jobs and will apply even if the job posting isn’t written well. These may very well be qualified applicants, but they are only a small part of the pool. The truth is, the majority of job seekers, and often the most qualified ones, are already employed – perhaps happily so. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t “passively” keeping their eyes open. In order for your recruiting strategy to be the most effective, you need to write your job postings to attract these pickier candidates. How do you do that? Recruitment expert Peter Weddle says in his recent newsletter that the answer lies in crafting a well-written job posting that lures top prospects into reading your job posting, and then acting on it – despite their comfortable employment status. His advice is to include the following in the first four lines of your online job posting:
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Do We Hear Sleigh Bells? Job seekers are out in full force on JobsInNewYork.com looking for holiday and winter seasonal jobs. Last month, there were 1,544 searches on seasonal jobs, and that number will increase dramatically in October. Have you posted your seasonal positions yet? If not, now’s the time to start loading them onto the site so you can start filling these positions in time for the busy season. Be sure that your seasonal jobs show up when job seekers search for these types of jobs by selecting “Seasonal – November to April” as one of your three job categories when posting your job. |
| A Special Welcome to JobsInNewYork.com's Newest Customers
We welcome the following companies who are now using JobsInNewYork.com for their recruiting needs. Welcome aboard! New customers will also be featured in this month's Career Connection newsletter that is sent out to 3,705 New York job seekers. |
