I’ve been re-reading my older posts about hiring in a small business. One of my articles, 10 steps to get the right employees if you are a small business it’s more than 2 years old. I think most of the things I wrote 2 years ago still remain valid, I do have something to add about another article: Small Business compete with Big Corporation. I realized the old article somehow suggests that big corporations are your big enemy when hiring.
Well, they are. But the Hr people working for them should be your friend.
Before walking along in disbelief let’s think about something. You are a small company. Maybe you don’t even have a HR employee. It’s hard to hire because less people would like to work for a small business, with a future that sometimes is not clearly drawn and a second grade work environment.
But before convincing a potential employee to join your business, you’ll have to get people to the interview. Chances are that if you get more people to the interview you could get a better, more suitable employee. You could probably get 20-30 maybe 50 people to the interview (although if you get 50 it’s already a very expensive process).
Now, guess what. Big corporations have hundreds if not thousands of applications. And chances are again that you might just find the right people you need from there. And it doesn’t really mean you get the leftovers because corporations have a complex hiring process and they might refuse candidates for reasons that could be perfectly ok for you.
So why not take advantage of this great number of already verified potential employees? All you need is to know the right HR people. They might just recommend the best people for you.
