Strategy
Strategy is Designed to Close this Gap:
Description
Possible Tactics
Team Action Items
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Online Recruiting
Not reaching majority of applicants, especially young college grads
A large percentage of employees hired by human services agencies for entry level jobs are seeking their first “career job.” Many are young, either fresh out of college, looking to establish a new career, or relocating to a new area. The newspaper want-ads are not an effective recruitment source for most of today’s applicants. Placing vacancy announcements online is more effective and economical than using most traditional forms of advertising. www.Monster.com www.CareerBuilder.com www.Jobs.net www.Hotjobs.yahoo.com
Ihiresocialservices.com (job site specializing in human services jobs) www.Socialworker.org/joblinks (specializes in human services jobs linked to the National Association of Social Workers website) www.NABSW.org – National Association of Black Social Workers
Campus Recruiting and Job Fairs
Need to improve overall applicant pool
Both professional and paraprofessional applicants can be effectively recruited at job fairs sponsored by state workforce development agencies. College recruiting can be a very effective method for attracting applicants for professional jobs.
Send team of HR representative with an experienced social worker or frontline supervisor to fairs – provides an opportunity for job seekers to ask both job specific and hiring process/benefits questions.
Send an “ambassador” from the agency to classrooms of social work majors to “guest lecture” or provide an agency overview.
Schedule experienced employees or supervisors to speak on a “hot topic” in the human services field at a brown bag luncheon at a local college or university.
University Partner-ships
Not enough