Battling uphill with recruitment for small and medium businesses or not-for-profits? Worried about competing with the big names and their resources? It's time to level up your HR game!

In this episode of The HR Hub, I dove into full cycle recruitment: all the steps in the recruitment process. I offered insights and strategies to help you attract great people even against larger and more well-known employers.

This is another episode I (Andrea Adams) did myself. I'm an HR consultant to small and medium businesses and distilled some of the questions I get into a quick overview. I broke down the full-cycle recruitment process and highlighted why you need to care about each step if you want to make great hires.

In this episode, you'll discover:

📚The difference between a job ad and a job description, and why it matters.

🎯How to source candidates effectively whether you target individuals or get individuals to target you.

🚀 Strategies to speed up the screening and selection process and avoid bias.

💰 Getting the most out of your budget.

⏰ The importance of timing in recruitment and how to plan for it effectively.

👥 How to assess a candidate's fit for your organization without compromising diversity.

Find me at https://www.thehrhub.ca/ andrea@thehrhub.ca https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-adams1/

Thinking about running a 360 program to provide feedback to employees? For some reason, one of the few things I remember from university was a project I did on 360's. Even then, it seemed so much more valid and potentially insightful that a regular review. To explore this, I reached out to Jo Ayoubi, co-founder of Track 360 Feedback. Jo is a consultant and they have a 360 software platform so she was an excellent guest for this discussion! Jo covered it all: 🤔 360s are a great way to get insight on HOW someone does their job not just what they accomplish. 📝 A 360 feedback program is NOT a performance review. It could be a piece though. 👥 Preparation is critical - particularly preparing all the people who will participate. 📊 Not all her clients do a good job of follow-up but you probably should. 📅 It will take 2-3 months from beginning to end. This episode has so much valuable insights to help you understand how a well-implemented 360 feedback program can help employee and organization performance!

Find Jo Ayoubi and her company at https://tracksurveys.com/ She would also chat with you on LinkedIn: / joayoubi Find me for consulting in Western Canada https://www.thehrhub.ca/

Worried about a leadership shortage? Or are you a new leader and... OMG it sucks?? This week I talked about building leaders with Corina Walsh, a seasoned leadership coach and host of the "People and Culture Success Show". Corina has considerable knowledge and practical advice to help HR identify, nurture, and accelerate leadership within an organization. She shed light on the common mistakes new leaders make and how HR can help. We talked about: 🛠️ Promoting people who are technically strong. Could be a bad idea. 🎯 The key attributes of emerging leaders - they should be people-people. 🔍 The important role of HR in succession planning and leadership development. 🔧 How to help new leaders transition smoothly and effectively. 📚 The importance of ongoing leadership training and development. If your leadership pipeline is barely a trickle or new leaders are failing. Check this out.

Find Corina at shiftpd.com. She has a lot of free resources too! Find Andrea for small and medium sized business consulting in Western Canada.