Your company has a rewarding and challenging opportunity, offers generous benefits, and is on the cutting edge of industry. You’ll have no problem attracting great candidates for your job opening, right?

Wrong. As a leading Houston staffing agency, Murray Resources knows attracting the best candidates is a challenge for every company, even the top ones. Why? Because high quality talent has options when it comes to where they want to work, even in this uncertain economy. As a result, they can be choosy when it comes to evaluating job opportunities.

So how can you go about attracting high achievers to your team? Start by following these tips:

#1: Write clear and concise job descriptions.

If your job description is four pages long and focus only on your needs, then it’s going to turn off many of the best candidates. Instead, make sure your description of the role and its requirements is crisp and easy to understand. Also focus some of your attention on why a candidate should want to work for you.

#2: Create an easy-to-use application system.

Top candidates are going to give up if your application system is clunky, hard to use, or takes too long to apply through. Remember, you’re not using the system to actually make a hiring decision; you’re simply trying to find the best candidates and filter out the weak ones. In addition, top talent aren’t going to waste their time struggling with an antiquated system riddled with technical issues; they’re going to move onto another opportunity.

#3: Be professional and respectful.

If you cancel a candidate’s interview at the last minute with no explanation or apology, don’t expect them to stick around, waiting for you to reschedule. Likewise, if you told a candidate you’d be making a hiring decision by Friday and it’s now Wednesday of the following week, they’re going to feel like they’re being strung along. The smartest candidates know that if they are treated poorly during the hiring process, then they will likely be treated in the same manner once hired.

#4: Be upfront with candidates.

Many employers withhold critical information, such as salary and challenges the new hire will face on the job, until they’ve made an offer. But those details are important to candidates who want to know the good, the bad and the ugly of the position before making a decision. If you’re guarded about talking about these realities of the job, then top candidates will see it as a red flag and move on.

Need more help hiring high achievers at your team? Call the experts at Murray Resources. As a leading Houston staffing agency, organizations all over the city rely on our expertise to source, hire and retain top talent for permanent, temporary, part-time and contract opportunities.

Ready to get started? Contact us today.