CLEVELAND – In today’s incredibly competitive labor market, PCOs are leaving no stone unturned to find new employees.
One of the best ways to find new employees, PCOs report, is by asking current employees. More than half (57 percent) of those who responded to PCT's recent poll said existing employees were their best source for hiring new employees.
Many PCOs who’ve had luck with employee referrals offer cash incentives to employees who refer qualified candidates to their company. As previously report by PCT, 86 percent of those who responded to a recent PCT Reader Poll said they do offer these type of cash incentives.
But not everyone has found success with employee referrals. Josh Erdman, owner of Erdye’s Pest Control, Green Bay, Wis., said employee referrals “always backfire.” Erdman was among the 27 percent of respondents who said online career sites were his best source for finding new employees. “We have had the best luck with Indeed. Craigslist is terrible and Zip Recruiter is sooo slow,” Erdman said.
Similarly, Knoxville, Tenn.-based Critter Wranglers has found success using job boards and owner Matt Chitwood also cited Indeed as a favorite. “We can more readily target individual traits in potential team members,” he said. “For example, we can request that they take online tests to show what areas they are proficient in, etc.
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