Recruiting new staff topped many company’s lists of challenges in 2022. With a new year on the horizon and the job market still siding with job seekers, let’s explore some tips to help you hire the best employees on the market in 2023. First, effectively communicate your company’s core values and culture. Lead with integrity. Without effective marketing of your corporate mission, vision and values, your recruiting process will fall flat. Your ideal hire will be compatible with these values and excited to embrace your corporate motto as their own. Look for an attitude and outlook that’s positive, proactive and productive. Training job-based skills will be no problem if you’ve found a strong personality match. Leverage your network. Referrals from current employees, social media, and mentors are great networking resources. “It’s not the lack of resources, it’s your lack of resourcefulness that stops you,” says Tony Robbins, entrepreneur, and American best-selling author. Resourcefulness includes home grown networking, so encourage current employees and trusted industry colleagues to share your job postings. “Turn your employees into recruiters by encouraging employee referrals. Alert them to open job requisitions, and motivate them to recruit talented friends with monetary and other incentives—extra time off, prime parking spaces, free lunches, etc. One of the hidden benefits of hiring via employee referrals is that your employees probably know more about your corporate culture than external recruiters—and more likely to recommend candidates that will end up being a good fit,” shares Laurie McCabe, co-founder at SMB Group. When recruiting new talent, take care to ensure that they vibe with your current staff. Teamwork has a direct effect on productivity and profitability. Teamwork makes the dream work! Be sure to prioritize communication skills. Communication skills are more subtle than hard skills like technical knowledge, distinguishing...

Hired.com is the first two-sided online marketplace designed to match technology talent with the most suitable job opportunities, while giving them control over their career decisions. Currently there are more than 2,000 companies engaging with Engineers, Data Scientists, Designers, and Product Managers for career opportunities; Hired says that it has facilitated over $6 billion in job offers to top talent from around the world. The process switches up traditional hiring roles. In traditional employment, the candidate is the future employee; here the candidate is the future employer as companies compete for qualified talent. Hired.com is for those who have job offers piling up in their inboxes. Those looking for new employment are vetted beforehand – around 200-250 new participants are admitted into the marketplace each month (out of over 5000 applicants). Two days after a personal profile is created, it receives approval (or not) to appear on the website. At that point the profile is revealed to employers over a one week; employers intrigued send a request for an interview, as well as position specifics. Formerly known as DeveloperAuction, Hired is in fact an auction where developers and technologists are the assets. One of the major requirements is that the candidate is living or willing to relocate to one of the target geographies: San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and recently London. Another interesting aspect relates to privacy concerns: if a candidate know that the company he/she is currently working for also uses Hired.com, he or she can have their Talent Advocate hide information from that employer, or other companies. Hired guarantees employers that all those on the platform are at least “interested,” while also giving the candidate the opportunity to maximize their negotiating power. According to Hired, 50 percent of...