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gain access to a potential pool of workers. Create a website to publish your job descriptions. Write clever advertisements to attract the top talent. For example, use a poorly worded paragraph to attract copy editors to apply for a job. Using social media technology, such as wikis, blogs and forums, promote your business and draw attention to your job openings. Creating videos about how much your workplace can be helps drive potential candidates to your recruiters. Attend job fairs and hand out t-shirts, pens, flash drives or other free stuff with your logo to candidates who can answer silly questions. Have some fun generating the question pool.
Surveys
Conduct surveys, interviews and focus groups to find out more about the applicant pool and what motivates them. Find out what makes working rewarding for your targeted applicants. Launch a campaign to address these needs, such as networking seminars, continuing professional skills education, food, athletic competitions and contests. Set up a scavenger hunt to make it more fun for your job applicants to learn more about your company and mission and values.
Internships
By offering internships and entry-level positions, you can attract people who might be interested in making a career change or re-entering the workforce. These jobs can provide relief for the your more experienced staff and generate opportunities for learning and development for non-traditional workers. Building a diverse workforce typically strengthens your company. Have an open house and provide food and entertainment. Create posters that introduce your job applicants to roles at your company. Include amusing, cartoon-like characters to make it more interesting and fun.
Referrals
By offering bonuses to your current staff, you can generate a spirit of cooperation and enthusiasm for recruiting new staff members. Help them attract new workers by creating a brochure that describes the benefits of working for your business that appeal to your targeted workforce. For example, list the travel, volunteer opportunities, professional development programs, rewards incentives, and other fun workplace activities that may offset some of the more boring and tedious job tasks.
