The #1 Recruiting Strategy

2 Min Read By Clint Smith

Below is an excerpt of "How to Hire: The Essential Guide to Recruit & Retain the Right People" by Clint Smith, Founder and CEO of CareerPlug. He wrote the book to give owners and operators a playbook to achieve hiring success. How to Hire covers everything you need to hire the right people, including:

Clarifying mission/vision/values Understanding who you need Attracting high-quality candidates Running an effective hiring process Building a winning cultureRecruiting is hard. It’s expensive and a huge distraction. And a lot of it doesn’t even need to happen.The #1 recruiting strategy is retention.

Hire the right people and do everything you can to keep them. When you retain your employees, you can focus on growing your business. Every time you have to replace a team member, it’s an

opportunity to upgrade. But it’s also a step backward.

The cost of turnover is high—thousands of dollars even for your most entry-level employee. And that does not factor in the opportunity…