Melissa Marsh, founder/owner of HRinDemand share tips on "Three Ways to Refresh Your Employment Strategy for 2016!" Get ready to build a strong and resilient employment strategy with a renewed focus on: - Creative recruiting - Preparing and planning for increased pay rates and perks - Developing your current workforce - "Love the Ones You're With"

1. Melissa Marsh
Founder & HR Consultant
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Preparing for Growth:
Refresh Your Employment Strategy

2. What’s Happening?
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 Unemployment is at 7 year low
 Economy continues to improve
 Economic development
 Increasing employers

3. What Can You Do to Prepare?
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 Realistic forecast
Increase pay/benefits
 Be proactive and plan now for retention and
hiring campaigns
It is estimated the turnover cost of one employee can reach up to
$50,000 in the forms of recruiting, training, and lost productivity.

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5. Hire Right:
Be Creative…There are No Rules!
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 Finding passive candidates
 Post on your company’s social media platforms
 Search LinkedIn…connect
 Indeed.com database
 Ask your network and membership organizations
> Use a table at Tech Bite!

6. Hire Right!
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 Create an employment brand—Get it out there
 Job postings are advertisements, not job descriptions
 Hang a sign near front door (remember, it’s a marketing piece)
 Use your website
 Don’t panic and take the first warm body that
comes along—Do research
 Use a solid, reliable recruiter
when the going gets tough

7. Interviewing Tips
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 Create a Job Description to define
the essential functions and
necessary requirements
 Sell the job; don’t launch right in
 Give tours
 Make introductions
 Show the candidate how great your company is

8. Interviewing Tips
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 Create job specific interview
questions that give you real
answers
 Avoid the laid-back,
“get-to-know-ya” meeting
 Have a second interview
 Have more than one person
interview the candidate

9. Don’t Let Your Employees
Become the Passive Candidates!
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 Beware the buzzword: Engagement
What does it mean?
That people are working,
looking for ways to make a contribution,
and focused on company growth.

10. Tips for Engaging Your Employees
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 Communicate the company vision
 Share information about company progress
 Ask for feedback…then implement
suggestions whenever possible and follow up
 Become an internal marketer to your staff
 Find out what they want
and need at work
̶ Ask them directly!
Communication!

11. “The essence of competitiveness
is liberated
when we make people believe
that what they think and do
is important ̶
and then get out of their way
while they do it.”
-Jack Welch, former CEO, General Electric

12. Make A Plan
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 Gather intel
 Check your assumptions
 Schedule one-on-one meetings
 You will be surprised
 Be open to the possibilities
 Varied schedules
 Provide snacks
 Gamification is a real thing
 Develop your star employees
Give. Reward. Acknowledge.

13. Need Resources?
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Nevada State SHRM
Workforce Readiness site:
bit.ly/NV-working

14. Questions? Melissa.Marsh@HRinDemand.com
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