Small businesses usually take a do-it-yourself approach to recruitment, posting adverts on job boards, looking for candidates on freelancing marketplaces, and hoping for the best.
They do this for a couple of good reasons:
- It’s cheap.
- Their resources are limited.
But by the end of the recruitment process, DIY recruitment can end up costing you more money and plenty of time, among other things. Because unlike large corporations, small businesses often don’t have the luxury of:
- A dedicated human resource department.
- An established brand.
- A larger budget for hiring.
- Having experienced applicants lining up your door, waiting for the next available opening.
Without these resources, how will you dedicate the time and personnel to carry out an effective and professional recruitment process?
Problems with DIY recruitment
Most small businesses likely won’t have any established recruitment procedures in place. This can result in:
- Coming off as unprofessional to applicants. This can lead to you losing quality candidates because of the poor impression you make. You might even hurt your reputation.
- Wasting a considerable amount of time, which should’ve been better spent performing your core competency and generating income for your business.
- Spending more on advertising. To cast a wide net, you’ll have to pay for job adverts on television, newspapers, as well as online.
- Having a limited candidate pool. Unless you’re a recruiter, you probably don’t have the means to attract the best candidates, especially the passive ones who are often hard to find.
- Not being able to tell the good applicants from the bad. Finding the right person for a role is a full-time job and it takes special knowledge and experience to do so.
- Hiring someone just like you, which isn’t necessarily beneficial. You’ll be looking at issues from the same perspective, which means you’ll likely miss something crucial to your business.
Make your recruitment easier
If you’re struggling to juggle between running your small business and finding the right person, partner with Remote Workmate. Unlike freelancing marketplaces and job boards where you do everything yourself, we handle all the heavy lifting for you (e.g. screening, payroll, onboarding).
We’ll also cut your employment costs by up to 70%, boost your productivity, win back your free time, and supercharge your bottom line.
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