What happens when you take the feedback of clients, carers and community, and use this to inform the way you recruit your staff?
It may sound fraught with challenges, but this approach is how primary health service organisation Star Health has structured its entire recruitment strategy, and to great effect.
Struggling to get the number or quality of applications for your latest jobs? Have you considered whether your “employer brand” – the sum-total of how potential employees see your organisation – could be the problem?
Mark Puncher, founder and CEO of Employer Branding Australia works with organisations to present themselves to candidates in the most authentic way, and says it’s critical to approach candidates with a different message than one you might present to the public, to donors or to clients.
Could you be missing out on a heap of incredible applicants for your jobs, just because people aren’t clicking through to your job ads?
Reference checking can sometimes seem like a final box-ticking exercise before you hire the person you’ve already decided is the best candidate.
But taking the time to do your due diligence is, in fact, a non-negotiable part of recruitment. And it’s an easy thing to get wrong, exposing your team or whole organisation to potentially toxic employees – or worse.
So how do you make the most of your reference checks?
That’s something David Meere knows intimately. As the National Manager – Talent and Attraction at for-purpose organisation Life Without Barriers, Meere has many years of experience with conducting reference checks – from the best questions to ask to red flags to watch out for and everything in between.
Attracting people to work in regional areas will likely always be a challenge. So, what can NFP organisations do to make relocation more appealing to star candidates?
Dr Kylie Bourne and Dr Kim Houghton from the Regional Australia Institute know what it takes to attract people to regional areas. In this post, share their key insights on this tricky issue.
A great fundraiser is (almost literally!) worth their weight in gold. That’s also why they’re notoriously difficult to recruit.
From face-to-face fundraisers to corporate partnership managers and every job in between, many NFPs rely heavily on the donations and grants brought in by their fundraisers.
So what can your organisation do to get on the front foot when it comes to hiring great staff in this field where demand far outstrips supply of experienced staff?
Good staff are an NFP’s most important asset. And that means hiring them is one of the single most important functions of your organisation. But without a compelling and targeted job ad, you’re unlikely to find them.
So how do make your job ad really connect with your perfect candidate? Here are the three key things you need to consider.
Traditional, manual hiring approaches – the status quo – are causing delays and pitfalls that add risk and inefficiency to the recruiting process. For an industry reliant on the integrity of its people and bound by the restrictions of a limited budget, risk and inefficiency are two things NFP HR professionals cannot afford to ignore.
There are a number of ways recruitment can be improved in order to deliver greater value to both the recruiting team and your overall organisation. Here are three key steps.
Great managers are critical to an organisation’s ability to make an impact. They drive staff engagement, set the tone for the organisation’s culture, have a significant impact on staff retention and much more.
But what does a great manager or team leader look like on paper – or in an interview?
At the end of 2017 we asked our NFP People community that question, and received some excellent and useful advice from NFPs across the country – advice you can apply to your recruitment processes today.
You’re undoubtably making good use of interviews in your organisation. But how about pre-employment tests?
In the age of “Big Data”, there are new tools emerging every day that use data collected from thousands – or millions – of people to show you how your potential hire compares across a variety of evaluation areas and metrics.
Given that different tools provide immense value in different areas and for different organisations, how do you choose between them?