Innovative Recruiting and Retention Ideas

Source: Practical Accountant

Practical Accountant reports from the AICPA Tech+ conference on new ideas for recruiting and retention:

• Review social networking sites like MySpace.com. Prospective candidates are looking at these sites. Check salary.com to determine if your pay rates are competitive.
• Prepare up-to-date job descriptions.
• Create a bank of resumes.
• Send e-mail questionnaires.
• To find out whether candidates have good communication skills, interview them by phone before inviting them to the office.
• Performance-based bonuses avoid invidious comparisons. Arbitrary bonuses can also be destructive since recipients don’t know whether there will ever be more bonuses.
• Create a learning culture in your firm, i.e., one that supports sharing of knowledge and offers learning opportunities.

From Practical Accountant, August 2007, SourceMedia Inc., One State Street Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10004, 800-221-1809. For the complete article, click here, then select the article Help With Staffing.