December Updates from Better People

Do What You’ve Always Done and Get What You’ve Always Got!

Could you take time to build your recruiting into your 2025 goal setting? Could you do things differently in 2025 and get yourself ahead of the game? Be prepared with a robust recruitment process that you know is going to work. Have you thought about retention too?

For me this exercise falls into 2 sections.

1. What can you learn from your existing team?

• What do people like about working for your business?
• Why do people leave? Can you address any of the reasons that staff left?
• Does the existing team have the capacity and the skills to meet the demands of the business in the year ahead?
• What do your teams ask you for?
• What else can you do for the people who are doing a great job for you right now?
• What went well last year in terms of retention and what didn’t?
• Can you implement anything else for your existing teams?
• Can you offer any other options around Flexible Working- Remote/ Hybrid, Reduced Working Hours, 9 Day Fortnight, 4 Day Working Week,  Holiday Buy Back Scheme, etc?

2. Recruiting for Business Growth – Consider..

• Skills Shortages: What are you currently lacking in your team?
• New Talent: If you have to bring in new people – Have you researched salaries for these skill sets? What are competitors paying and offering to attract people with these skills? How are you going to attract these individuals? How long will it take? Are they in short supply? When do you want these new people to start? Who is going to train them? Evaluate them? How will success be measured Who is going to run this campaign?
• Replacing Leavers: If people leave, will you replace them with exactly the same job description? Or will you take this opportunity to review and update the spec in line with business growth?
• Are you asking the best questions to recruit for values as well as skills and experience?
• Are you onboarding in the best possible way?
• Do you manage the probation period effectively?

Just a few thoughts to consider when you are doing your business planning and goal setting for 2025. Don’t do what you have always done with your recruitment and be surprised when it continues to be the hardest element of your business!