Attracting Talent That Increases Your Capacity To Scale
Scalability is a term we often hear bandied around in business these days and some people treat it as being interchangeable with growth, but that is to miss the nuances and complexities of the concept. Yes, the purpose of scalability is to achieve and maintain growth, but it is also about making your business flexible, agile and versatile, preparing it for the unexpected, both positive and negative. It is about ensuring that your business is equally well-equipped to ride the waves, weather the storms and keep moving forward.
Growth alone can actually be quite dangerous if it is not accompanied by sufficient resources to cope with your increased output. Too many companies have seen their reach outstrip their grasp and because they were unable to meet increased demand for their products or services, their businesses suffered and in the worst cases collapsed.
Scalability is about being fit and ready for growth. But that involves more than investment and tangible assets and certainly more than big ideas. Scaling means making sure you have the right talent, either already in place or readily available, to fulfil your promise. If you look carefully at the new projects that lie before you and you can see that you simply don’t have the human resources to manage and execute them, then you have a problem with scalability.
Any responsible entrepreneur understands the value of the talent working in the business. These are the people who turn ideas into products, strategies into results and visions into realities. They will make the difference between success and survival or between survival and failure. That is why you need a recruitment strategy that goes hand-in-hand with your scalability plans and business goals. You need to adopt a marketing approach to recruitment which helps you define precisely what skills you need, when you need them and how you will deploy them.
Traditional job advertising has its uses of course, but it’s essential to make use of every targeted means of reaching the right people, whether it’s through paid ads on LinkedIn, a broad social media campaign, or SEO optimized website landing pages which act as your shop window.
These are some of the most effective ways to connect with talented professionals who may not be actively looking for a new job, but for whom the possibility may become attractive once they see the culture and benefits you have to offer. The purpose of this approach is not indiscriminately to draw in large numbers of potential candidates in the hope of landing a few winners - your aim should be to hire only the very best. But using all the platforms available will give you the highest calibre of choices.
If you think your employees are already the best, try to find people who are even better. That way your capacity will grow not just in numbers but in quality. And many of the people you are onboarding now will be leaders in the future - establishing a bond of trust and commitment with your new talent at the earliest opportunity will create the basis of an enduring and profitable relationship for all.
There is an art to successfully creating the right human resources environment to achieve true scalability. Recruitment consumes time and resources, but it is impossible to understate its importance to your future prosperity. Even the most efficient in-house recruitment teams can struggle with the demands of managing a policy aimed at scalability because they may not have the time or capacity to see the wider picture.
That is when it becomes essential to call on specialists like Coltech, who have worked with clients in various industries over many years to develop innovative staffing solutions designed to deliver highly effective scalability solutions. We have the contacts, the knowledge, and the experience to give you access to the very best talent in your industry. Ours is a bespoke service designed specifically for your business needs both now and in the future. Find out how we can help you. Call us now on 0203 946 2721 or email info@coltech.io
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February 8, 2022
Coltech Global
Name: Patrick Waites
Phone: +44 7767 477994
Email: patrick@coltech.io