Key Strategies to Employ when you have an Urgent Hiring Need

Facing the challenge of an unexpected vacancy? Well, you’re not alone! Urgent hiring needs can occur at any given time due to a variety of reasons. Right from your most talented resource picking up a job in another company for better opportunities, the growth of a particular project or team in your department, or merely an unforeseeable circumstance that requires an immediate filling. Whatever the reason, the task of having to find a good resource in a short span of time is taxing. This often leaves authority figures in immense stress.

Further, this process can be all the more crucial for SMEs as they are bound with limited finances and time. The pressure of having to fill a position often leaves them taking the wrong approach of a swift hiring as opposed to the right hiring. This article thus focuses on the key strategies that ought to be followed when facing the pressures of an unexpected vacancy, because, let’s face it – you need a candidate that fits the requirement and not one that merely fills an empty seat!

• Analyze your situation

Before you jump in to the saturated job posting sites, take this opportunity to slow down and analyze the role of the position in question. Ask yourself questions like: Is there an in-house resource that can fill in the position temporarily? How long can your project or business manage with a temporary filling? Can a part-time resource or a virtual employee fill in the position? An answer to all these questions will help you come up with a better solution to your problem.

• Understand all options

If you’re an entrepreneur or a small-time business owner, the sudden vacancy affects you all the more in comparison to a large company that can fill the position temporarily with their in-house staff. So in such cases, hiring a part-time resource or a freelancer becomes your best option. However, hiring such a resource within your home country is not just expensive, but freelancers also lack the required level of professionalism; the main reason why hiring remote employees has been widely sought after. Be it for your high-end IT requirement, digital marketing and content, or even for tasks such as a personal virtual assistant, you can always hire employees in India; the one country that has massively grown in the recent decade with respect to outsourcing.

• Patience is virtue

We understand that filling in a key position is important for your project or business. But what is far more important than that is to ensure that you find the right fit. Either fill in the position temporarily with your in-house staff, or go remote and hire employees in India on a contract basis. The key point to concentrate here is to ensure that you’re patient with your approach in filling in for a full-time position. This attitude will benefit your business far more, as your immediate motive is to keep the business running without any hindrance. In the meantime, continue analyzing the situation and modify your options accordingly. Because, who knows, your remote virtual employee could be the full-time resource you were looking for -- at less than half the price!

• Value time

The process of interviewing a candidate has become a lengthy affair in the recent years. This lengthy process has often led to companies losing out on good candidates to their competitors. While it is essential that you find the right fit for the vacant position, it is also essential to value the time of the employee and provide them with adequate updates. By limiting or combining the number of rounds, and shortening the days to conduct them, it speeds up the decision making process both for you and the candidate. Additionally, you can also outsource your hiring process by choosing external agencies who are equipped to deal with the challenges of immediate hiring, thus saving you ample time.

To sum up, have a clear vision of your business growth and develop a long-term plan to achieve the same. Do not let a skill shortage dampen your goals. Instead, maintain your cool and employ the right strategies to fill in the vacant spot. It is essential for the prospective employee to have the right skill set, but above all, ensure that he/she has the right attitude, as skills are often easy to add-on with adequate training.

Article By John Tie, Outsourcing Enthusiast