Growing a High Performing Recruitment Team

Growing a high performing recruitment team requires a deep understanding of an organisation's strategic plans, and the necessary resources to deliver those plans.

This article will discuss 5 crucial tips to enable the right environment for this to occur.

A thriving organisation will grow to the point where it will need new hires to manage the current work-load, and drive new projects. It will be then that the company will require internal recruitment specialists or an internal recruiting team, to satisfy those new hire needs.

To compete for the best available talent, the quality of your HR team will have to outshine the competition. And the standard of your HR team is a reflection of the organisation; if the business owners source the wrong recruitment team, they, in turn, will hire the wrong employees, which will result in no positive outcome for anyone.

The questions therefore are - how can you gather and grow a great recruitment team, one that instantly reflects the increasing needs of the company? How can you determine the size of this team, and assess their needs? How do you provide the right environment to permit your recruitment team to have encompassing company-wide buy-in so as to support their endeavours?

This article will provide 5 crucial tips to help any organisation establish and grow a highly successful recruiting team:

1. Know where the business needs to go:

Understanding the organisations' short and long term strategic goals is vital knowledge for any HR team. Is there an expectation that business expansion will be temporary only, focusing on the latest technology trends? Multiple short-term hires, and possibly overseas resources, will be needed. If growth is planned to be measured and steady, then minimal permanent hires will complement the existing team.

2. Hire the right people to achieve the vision:

The HR team knows the strategic plan, and understands the type of resources required - now they need to source them from the open market. And it is vital to obtain those resources that will share the businesses DNA and work culture.

3. Empower and nurture the team:

For any high performing team to be successful, they will need trust, and the necessary authority, to deliver what is asked of them.

4. Support Professional Development:

Successful teams are highly skilled teams, but that doesn't mean that their professional development should stagnate, or cease altogether. Encourage and approve requests for networking development, short-term industry courses, or even assist with those MBA studying desires.

5. Periodically assess progress and make changes if needed:

Even the best-intentioned teams will need self-reflection and introspection to understand what works well and what doesn't. 

Providing consistent and honest feedback is cited as the main driver of workplace motivation, and the simplest way to motivate a high performing team is to treat them as if they are truly part of the organisation's endeavours - both short-term and long-term.

Why not contact the recruitment experts at Tailored Resources and they will gladly discuss all your recruitment and job searching requirements.

Ephram Stephenson