Need people yesterday? What do you do? Obviously, you should have a longer-term strategy to feed your sourcing needs. The elements of a long-term strategy include developing a competitive intelligence database so you can find people at your competitors, using a well-built web site that attracts candidates and develops relationships with them over time, creating an on-going employee referral program, developing relationships with local schools and colleges to attract interns that can be screened and converted, and putting in place a school-to-career program or similar program to attract and develop young people. But, when it comes to finding people right now, here are a few ideas:
Whatever you do, don’t panic. Take a systematic approach and try to devote a little time to putting in place the beginnings of a longer term strategy so that you never have to go through this again.