Attention employers!!

If you are interested in hiring quality talent from the pool of mostly unqualified people you might want to consider a few cosmetic changes when it comes to your office and hiring practices.

If candidates walk into an office environment and are greeted by an unenthusiastic receptionist or no receptionist at all what image does that portray of the company to the candidate?

If a candidate walks in to hear the CEO yelling at a roomful of employees about God knows what; how does that enable the candidate to have a strong desire to work at your company? Are they going to be subjected to this type of treatment?

If a candidate is interviewed in a room that consists of lingering cigarette smoke and ash what type of image does that portray of the company? Will it encourage the candidate to want to work there? What is their office going to smell like? How long has that donut been laying on the counter?

I hear so many companies telling job seekers what they must do to get noticed by employers but I hear very little talk around what companies must do to get noticed by job seekers. As the baby boomers begin to retire in greater numbers many futurists state that the labor shortage will continue to grow at a rapid pace. If companies aren’t planning for their labor challenge now it may be too late when the market is really tight.

If your company is in a growth mode and are hiring a large number of people you might want to consider putting a plan in place to ensure that your company looks attractive to perspective candidates. Let’s face it; the talented and qualified job seekers will work at companies who emanate greatness. If the candidate is great they aren’t going to settle for a sub-par company that is just getting by. They want to work for a company that has their act together so their career can flourish and at the same time they can help an exciting company grow.

It is easy to give good advice but it is even harder to follow it when it is your own.