How To Attract Top Candidates
On Demand HR has been very vocal over the past 12 months around businesses reviewing their recruitment processes in order to continue to attract talent in a competitive recruitment market. However, we understand that process is only one of the key components of success here. Today, following a recent educational session we attended with Seek, we wanted to share some of the candidate expectations as well as most valuable perks that candidates are taking into account when making employment decisions.
Please see below for a full transcript of this video
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On Demand HR has been very vocal over the past 12 months around businesses reviewing their recruitment processes in order to continue to attract talent in a competitive recruitment market. However, we understand that process is only one of the key components of success here. Today, following a recent educational session we attended with Seek, we wanted to share some of the candidate expectations as well as most valuable perks that candidates are taking into account when making employment decisions.
The top two candidate considerations unsurprisingly were:
- Flexible working hours; and
- Flexible working location
Again, this has been something that we have been very vocal about in advising businesses to change their mindset wherever possible. Simply put, it is no Loger acceptable to candidates to be expected to work in the office 5 days per week “because that is the way we have always done it” or “we a paying a lot of rent for a fancy office in the CBD”.
Other perks according to Seek that were considered essential included:
- Carparking
- Mental Health Support
- Active Learning & Development Programs
- Early finish on Fridays
- Mentorship & Coaching
- Day off for birthday
- Company car where travel is required
- Free meals
These employment perks are certainty something that our recruitment team discusses with clients when carrying out a recruitment campaign and writing job advertisements for members. When faced with a competitive recruitment market with 4% unemployment and offering wages at the middle of the market, businesses need a way to differentiate themselves and stand out to attract top candidates.
We have included a list of some other perks that candidates have indicated would be valuable to them in the description of this video and on our website at ondemandhr.com.au.
We encourage you to ask yourself this question if your business is looking to recruit in 2022 – what about the job makes it stand out?
Full list of perks that candidates have indicated are valuable to them:
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible working conditions
- Carparking
- Mental Health support
- Active learning & development program
- Early finish on Friday’s
- Mentorship & coaching
- Day off for birthday
- Company car where travel is required
- Free Meals
- Job security
- Working conditions and environment
- Salary and compensation
- Work life balance
- Flexible hours and schedule
- Gender equality
- Office location
- Diversity and acceptance in the workplace
- Career progression opportunity
- Communication within the business
Other “nice to have’s”:
- Corporate social responsibility initiatives
- Company awards
- Diversity equity and inclusion
- Wellness
- Technology
- Childcare
