Summit14 T1.1: Attracting the Hard-to-Hire -Valleycrest
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Attracting the Hard-to-Hire
Elly LevinValleyCrest Landscape Companies, Manager, College & Recruiting Operations
Today‘s Topics
1 ValleyCrest’s Company Dynamics2 Our Hiring Dilemma3 Attracting the Hard to Hire4 Questions and Answers
ValleyCrest’s Company Dynamics
ValleyCrest’s Company Dynamics
Located in 23 States Over 150 Locations 12,000+ Employees 5 main Divisions 65 Years in Business Average tenure 20+ years Centralized Recruiting/New Recruiting Team
Our Hiring Dilemma
Our Hiring Dilemma New recruiting team all from different
industries and no legacy knowledge transfer Hiring Managers preferred to hire on their own Talent pool extremely limited to small mom and
pop shops to 2 major landscape companies We are landscape giants; our talent pool does not
value size Some of our talent works in the field Labor shortages across the nation
Some of Our Solutions Hired Recruiters who knew how to find talent far
and wide Launched Jobvite to increase our candidate reach
(aggregators & social); Recruited our office staff to start using Jobvite at the field level
Built a robust college recruiting program recruiting both at career fairs and virtually (using Jobvite and posting to various college sites); increasing reach from 20 schools to 37 schools first year
Rebranded Recruiting to “Where Careers in Nature Bloom”
Attracting the Hard to Hire
Dilemma Equals Opportunity for Change
Changing Manager’s Thought Process Managers always want more but ensure managers
know candidates are not a dime a dozen Create new talent pools with career paths Think long term for your managers and leverage
College Recruiting as a major source; teach managers to think “want” instead of “need”
Help your managers to think about building their bench strength
Attracting the Hard to Hire Understand candidate’s options and what
makes you better Know what is important to your candidate
pool so you can speak their language (Ex: Big Company Opportunities Small Company Environment)
Find other ways to connect with your candidates (text, after hours calls, etc.)
Leverage Jobvite for all positions Pipelining – Recruit even went you are not!
Elly LevinValleyCrest Landscape Companies, Manager, College & Recruiting [email protected]
THANK YOU!