{"id":368,"date":"2022-04-04T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/introduction-to-finding-qualified-job-applicants\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:00:11","slug":"introduction-to-finding-qualified-job-applicants","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/introduction-to-finding-qualified-job-applicants\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Finding Qualified Job Applicants","rendered":"Introduction to Finding Qualified Job Applicants"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>What you'll learn to do:&nbsp;Describe effective strategies for recruiting qualified job applications.<\/h2>\nRecruiting is the art of attraction, a process that requires a clear understanding of what makes the company unique as well as what type of person a company wants to attract. Recruiting is often a process of discovery and evaluation for both company and candidate.\n\nThe reality is there\u2019s no one best place to work. In the retail space alone, candidates can choose from cult brands including Apple, IKEA, and Lululemon as well as a number of beloved regional brands. With so many \u201cBest of\u201d and \u201cGreat Place to Work\u201d options and the unemployment rate at historic lows, the market for talent is competitive.\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Read More<\/h3>\nTake a look at these reviews on great places to work:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatplacetowork.com\/certified-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Places to Work<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Business Insider\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/best-retail-jobs-glassdoor-2018-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 10 best retail companies to work for in 2019, according to employees<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nIn this section, we\u2019ll discuss effective strategies for identifying, attracting and recruiting qualified candidates, including equal opportunity laws to be aware of throughout the hiring process.\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10jsbljndtFls_EiPc4w1Z-0O3TGomj2yUMWT6iqsmH0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>\n","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:&nbsp;Describe effective strategies for recruiting qualified job applications.<\/h2>\n<p>Recruiting is the art of attraction, a process that requires a clear understanding of what makes the company unique as well as what type of person a company wants to attract. Recruiting is often a process of discovery and evaluation for both company and candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is there\u2019s no one best place to work. In the retail space alone, candidates can choose from cult brands including Apple, IKEA, and Lululemon as well as a number of beloved regional brands. With so many \u201cBest of\u201d and \u201cGreat Place to Work\u201d options and the unemployment rate at historic lows, the market for talent is competitive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Read More<\/h3>\n<p>Take a look at these reviews on great places to work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatplacetowork.com\/certified-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Places to Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Business Insider\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/best-retail-jobs-glassdoor-2018-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 10 best retail companies to work for in 2019, according to employees<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this section, we\u2019ll discuss effective strategies for identifying, attracting and recruiting qualified candidates, including equal opportunity laws to be aware of throughout the hiring process.<\/p>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10jsbljndtFls_EiPc4w1Z-0O3TGomj2yUMWT6iqsmH0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-368\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Finding Qualified Job Applicants. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":395986,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Finding Qualified Job Applicants\",\"author\":\"Nina Burokas\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"9beecf99-8863-410e-83ce-c7968f5f157c","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-368","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":366,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/366"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}