With almost 30 years’ experience as a specialist IT recruitment agency, Clicks understands that there are some sentiments about recruitment that linger for hiring managers. Recruiting for your team can often feel like a distraction from core responsibilities, and an additional task outside of management’s ‘day job’.
That’s partly true. Which is where we come in. Because we’re here to make hiring simple.
Here’s one thing you should know about hiring:
If your intention is to have new permanent hires commence before February 2025, the process needs to start now.
As recruiters, we already know this. It affects every industry, even our own. Recently, we were putting together an offer pack for a senior hire to join Clicks. We started interviewing in early September. Our preferred candidate is located interstate, so by the time we add in second interviews, psychometric testing, meeting the team, reference checking, checking rights to work, remuneration package negotiation and so on…his agreed start date pushed out to mid-January.
Here’s another simple fact about hiring:
Great people are rarely unemployed.
Most will have at least a four-week notice period, which increases to three months for senior hires. Also, we should really encourage people to take at least a week off between jobs. Often longer, depending on when they last had a decent holiday. Starting a new job and all the associated brain power required to learn everything is exhausting at the best of times, so you really don’t want someone joining you who hasn’t had a decent break for over 12 months.
If we do the maths on that, it lands you somewhere in early-mid December as the earliest start date. This is never a good idea, as everything a person learns, even the most professional of professionals, over a frantic two weeks is 90% forgotten after the Christmas break. And then you end up using valuable time and resources on re-work in the new year.
If you have the easiest of hiring processes, you may be less worried about the time delay. There is additional appeal for someone being able to spend school holidays with their families, or get away for a decent break of a few weeks. They can begin their new role in the New Year, fully refreshed and feeling highly engaged and full of gratitude for the opportunity you’ve just provided them.
If hiring is on your radar over the next six months, there are plenty of reasons you shouldn’t delay, and no downsides to starting your permanent hiring process right now.
Get in touch with your Clicks Account Manager today to talk through your headcount pipeline. They’re ready to provide you with salary guidance, insights into the size of the talent pools of your desired skillsets, and how to maximise your EVP to high-potential applicants.
Don’t forget Clicks’ focus on championing gender and neurodiversity, so if you would like advice on hiring from these talent pools we are the best people to call.
