7. Do you treat them like people, not numbers?
Have your IS Department put an autoresponder on the email address to which they submit resumes. It's a simple thing that sends back an email saying "Thank you for your interest in our company. We got your resume and we will look it over and get in touch if appropriate, etc." HR can write the message, but be sure IS puts it out on the autoresponder.
8. Do on-line resumes feed a searchable database?
Don't hamper yourself with traditional (slow) methods. You have to be quick to survive in your industry, and personnel issues are no exception. If you don't move fast enough you may lose the best prospects to your competitors. Have IS set up a system that automatically puts the information submitted at your site into a secure database that HR can easily search to find the best matches.
The Next Step
Now that you've found these top people you can pick up where we started this article. You can steal them away for someone else. You can tempt them with exciting challenges and tantalizing compensation packages. You can also help them build rewarding careers with your company that will make them happy, and will make you look like a genius for finding such top-flight people in the first place.
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