Tips for hiring trainees
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Are you looking to hire a trainee, or multiple trainees, but have no idea on how to go about this? No worries, we’ve got you! Below we have compiled a list with techniques you can use to attract trainees to your company. Good luck!
Contents
- 1. Show your company culture with photos and video
- 2. Avoid unclear and cliché job descriptions
- 3. Be open about opportunities to grow in the company
- 4. Build a talent community before your traineeship opens
- 5. Get your job opportunity with the right people
- 6. Respond to likes
- 7. Organise an inhouse- or e-house event
- Find the right trainees
1. Show your company culture with photos and video
When applying to traineeships, Gen Z and millennials find company culture to be very important. So make sure to add photos and video to your company page to show what it’s really like to work at your company.
2. Avoid unclear and cliché job descriptions
It’s important to write job descriptions that are clear and to the point. How? Use a catchy job title and then continue to give a step-by-step explanation of who you are looking for, what the company is like, what responsibilities the job includes and which growth opportunities the applicant can expect.
Recruitment trends show that Gen Z expects clarity, transparency, and authentic communication. They actively choose employers whose values and purpose align with their own. No wonder 49% of Gen Z candidates would reject an employer if its company values do not match their personal beliefs.
3. Be open about opportunities to grow in the company
Opportunities to grow (or the lack of such opportunities) is one of the main causes for young people to be unhappy with their current job. Creating realistic expectations helps avoid disappointment after an applicant has been hired.
4. Build a talent community before your traineeship opens
Imagine a student meets you at an event, visits your careers site or follows you on LinkedIn, but your traineeship is not open yet. It would be a shame to lose that connection. With a talent community for students and graduates, you stay visible to talent that has already shown interest in your organisation.
A basic job alert, ATS list or Excel sheet often is not enough: data becomes outdated quickly and manual follow-up takes time. By keeping talent warm early, you do not have to start from scratch once your traineeship goes live. You can activate interested candidates directly, save time and build a stronger pipeline from day one.
5. Get your job opportunity with the right people
Many traditional job boards still rely on the post and pray approach: you publish a vacancy and wait to see who responds. But in campus recruitment, you want to actively reach the right students and graduates. With Magnet.me, your traineeship vacancy is shown to relevant talent through smart matching, helping you connect with candidates who fit your target audience. Want to reach a specific audience? Promote your job or connect with selected talent directly through a targeted messaging campaign. This way, you do not just increase your reach, you improve the quality of your likes and applications.
6. Respond to likes
When approaching a like on your traineeship opportunity, the chances of that message leading to an application is 10x higher than when approaching some that has not (yet) liked your job opportunity. Take advantage of this by responding to all your job likes!
7. Organise an inhouse- or e-house event
Applying to an internship is a big step. That is why it helps to give interested candidates the opportunity to get acquainted with the traineeship and you as an employer in an easy and informal way through an inhouse- or (online) e-house event.
Before you schedule an inhouse- or e-house event, make sure you check the exam periods of your target audience on tentamenrooster.nl (in Dutch).
Find the right trainees
Finding the right trainee is just the start. Discover how Magnet.me can help you reach exactly the right young talent and build a network of promising professionals who already know your company.
