Getting recruiting leads on technical professionals

Howdy,

I am doing technical recruiting for a medium sized company in NY. It is hard to get qualified candidates with the background that we are interested in. It seems to be a pretty tight labor market and we get a very small number of resumes from candidates that have the right skill set/experience. How do you guys market jobs to technical professionals that are currently employed? How do you generate potential leads? Referrals?

Lost and really looking for some advice.

Rob

RGonzago7 in New York, New York said: Howdy,

I am doing technical recruiting for a medium sized company in NY. It is hard to get qualified candidates with the background that we are interested in. It seems to be a pretty tight labor market and we get a very small number of resumes from candidates that have the right skill set/experience. How do you guys market jobs to technical professionals that are currently employed? How do you generate potential leads? Referrals?

Lost and really looking for some advice.

Rob

you have to think outside the box.....hit your current employees that are doing that job now..everyone know someone. Look at your companies competitors, Linkedin, and people that you have placed in the past, other friends in the business.

I have been in IT recruiting for 7 years and you have to think "outside the box".

If you are not getting resumes from you postings than maybe change what the JD says, spice it up a bit. I recruit developers and there is not a lot on the market right now so try anything to see if it works.

Hope this helps and good luck.