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Are you a small business looking for inexpensive, effective ways to recruit outstanding staff?
Do you want to learn more about electronic employment databases and how they work? In today's
fast paced world, many business people are seeking alternatives to newspaper ads. Perhaps you
want to attract highly specialized staff without wading through streams of unqualified,
inappropriate résumés.
A recent study by Duxbury and Higgins surveyed 103 Canadian small businesses and found the
following: "Small businesses recruit employees by taking referrals (75 percent), placing ads
in the newspaper (56 percent), asking friends and relatives if they know someone (40 percent),
walk-ins (37 percent), and by going through private employment agencies (31 percent)." (Monica
Beauregard and Maureen Fitzgerald. Hiring, Managing and Keeping the Best: The Complete Canadian
Guide for Employers.Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2000, 27.)
This module explores both traditional and unconventional recruitment options. It outlines optimal
recruiting routes based on your organization's resource requirement. There are plenty of fish in the
sea, but clearly some recruitment options are more suitable than others, depending on the people you
are trying to attract. Learn the pros and the cons of different recruitment tactics from other business
people who have explored alternative recruitment options.
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