Retail recruiting is different than most recruiting because the potential “prospects” have a varied background and can number in the hundreds of thousands. But on the other hand, because prospects are generally very visible (if they are currently working), they are easier to assess and communicate with. Here are some advanced tips for finding retail talent. Golden Tip #1: The secret to success is to turn all of your current (and former) employees, suppliers and customers into passionate recruiters. Reward them well for “identifying top prospects” and for actual referrals. Golden Tip #2: Measure (and distribute) the results to all managers how well each manager does on recruiting and retaining top talent. Next reward your managers handsomely for great recruiting and the retention of top talent. Golden Tip #3: Most retail jobs are dull as toast. Give your employees something exciting to talk about and they will pass the word about your great jobs (through viral marketing) better than any advertising could! Without a passion, you can not get the best. Advanced Tools
<*SPONSORMESSAGE*> Other Tools ? General There are a variety of broad media tools that you can use to attract a large volume of recruits. Although these can be effective they generally do not attract the quality of talent that the more focused approaches (that were cited in the previous section) do:
Other Tools – Media Related