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Top Reason Candidates Miss Your Job Postings and How to Fix It

Are you struggling to find applicants for your agriculture job postings? Lori from AgHires has the answer! In this video, she shares how the right keywords can enhance the visibility of your listings and attract the right talent. Learn about matching candidates’ search terms and get tips for refining job titles with industry-specific terms.

Questions Your Job Posting Should Answer

Discover if your company’s ag job postings are checking the boxes of candidates’ common questions when deciding if they want to apply.

4 Effective Ways to Screen Candidates Beyond the Interview

AgHires has four effective strategies for screening candidates that go beyond traditional interviews. Discover how to utilize social media insights, pre-hire assessments, reference checks, and background checks to make better-informed hiring decisions. Learn practical tips to avoid potential pitfalls and ensure you are selecting the right talent for your agricultural business.

4 Things Gen Z Prioritize When Choosing an Employer

Discover what Gen Z seeks in ag careers with Lila from AgHires as she highlights four key priorities for new grads. Learn how financial security, job stability, flexibility, and work-life balance play a crucial role in their decision-making. These insights are essential for ag employers aiming to remain competitive.

Leverage Your Employer Branding to Attract Talent

In this article, we dive into the critical role that employer branding plays in successful talent acquisition for your farm or agribusiness.

3 Essential Tips to Improve Your Company’s Work Culture Today

Are you ready to enhance your company's work culture? Lori shares three simple strategies you can implement today that can significantly boost team motivation and performance. 

How to Write Job Descriptions That Work

Discover the essential elements to include in your job postings to properly position your organization, from highlighting qualifications to showcasing your culture and benefits. 

How Long Should a Candidate Take to Accept a Job Offer?

Lori, the founder of AgHires, provides advice on establishing clear expectations for candidates after a job offer, recommending a response time of 3 to 4 days. Steer clear of pressure tactics and lengthy waits that may negatively impact hiring. Explore innovative ways to engage candidates, such as sending team messages and swag. Watch for tips on enhancing your recruitment strategy. 

4 Reasons You Should Onboard Your Farm Employees

Effective onboarding of new hires is crucial for the success of both your employees and your farm. It's more than just showing them where to clock in; it lays the groundwork for a successful career. We highlight four key reasons why onboarding is important for your agricultural business.

Top Reasons to Use Video Interviews in Your Hiring Strategy

Discover the advantages of video interviews in the hiring process. Video interviews offer deeper insights into candidates' professionalism and body language compared to traditional phone interviews. Candidates also get a more personal connection with your company. 

Is Your Long Hiring Process Turning Off Candidates?

Is your long hiring process driving away the best candidates? Lila explains how a prolonged recruitment cycle can deter top talent and offers tips on providing timely feedback, keeping candidates engaged, and shortening interview stages for a more effective hiring process.

Your Hiring Process is Affecting Your Bottom Line

As you know, the costs of high turnover can be detrimental to your company’s bottom line. Not only the expenses of recruitment, training, and resources - but also lost time and productivity. Find simple, low-cost solutions you can implement.

Avoid Losing Top Candidates with Low Salary Strategies

Are you losing candidates after extending an offer? Lori Culler from AgHires unpacks why strategies like 'prove it to me' and expecting counteroffers can actually deter high-quality candidates. Watch to get tips to enhance your hiring process and attract the best candidates.

Get the Full Story: Interview Questions to Discover Candidates' Strengths

Are you fully understanding your candidates during interviews? Learn to ask the right questions to uncover their true accomplishments, challenges, and scope of responsibility. Gain deeper insights to hire the best fit for your agricultural business.

Making the Hiring Process a Positive Experience for Candidates

Your hiring process provides candidates with a glimpse into your company and how it operates. Read our tips for ensuring your hiring process is attracting candidates and further contributing to their excitement about your organization.

8 Interview Preparation Tips for Hiring Managers

As a hiring manager in agriculture we know you're busy, but preparing for your next interview with potential candidates will improve your hiring process and help you retain employees.  AgHires Owner, Lori Culler, provides insights on effective candidate interviews, covering resume and social media analysis, role expectations, culture fit, compensation discussions, and interview structure. The video also includes tips for making candidates comfortable.

Colorado’s Clean Slate Act Effective July 1, 2024

Discover more about Colorado's Clean Slate Act and what it means for employers.

Do You Ask This Key Interview Question?

Don't miss this crucial question in candidate interviews. Ask about job transitions to gain insights into motivations and warning signs. For more tips, follow AgHires.

Ways to Market Your Farming Opportunity - Beyond Word of Mouth

Many of our farm clients find the majority of their new hires through word of mouth, limiting their candidate pool. Discover our top tips to market your farm openings beyond word of mouth.

Why Your New Hire Just Quit

One-third of new hires leave within the first 90 days due to unrealistic job expectations and ineffective onboarding processes. We provide tips for refining interview techniques and improving onboarding to help retain top talent.

Gain the Most Out of an Interview

Unlock the secrets to conducting successful interviews! Lila and Lori share their expertise on getting the most out of your interviews by focusing on three main goals: assessing candidate fit, gathering genuine information, and attracting top talent to your company. Learn how to create a relaxed interview setting, maintain a balanced conversation, and provide transparency about the role and company culture. These tips will ensure you make the right hire for your farm or agribusiness and build a strong, committed team.

Ask This, Not That | Illegal Vs Legal Interview Questions

Are your interview questions putting you at risk? We have a list of questions you should not ask during interviews with better alternative questions to get the answers you need to make an informed decision on your next hire while staying compliant. Learn which topics to avoid and how to frame your questions to get valuable answers while staying compliant. Watch now for these vital hiring insights!

Retain Employees with These 7 Onboarding Tips

Struggling with employee turnover in your farm or agribusiness? 1 out of 3 employees turnover within the first 90 days of starting a new job. Discover essential onboarding strategies with practical tips for creating a welcoming, well-structured first day and establishing a robust support system that fosters long-term retention.

How to Attract Your Ideal Hires

Discover AgHires' tips on how to attract your ideal hires so your farm or ag business can operate at its peak.

How To Dig Deeper During Interviews

AgHires Owner, Lori Culler, has tips for you on how to dig deeper beyond surface-level responses during job interviews. If you're a hiring manager wanting to enhance your interviewing skills, this video is perfect for you!

Why You Should Give a Recruiter Exclusivity

After a successful experience working with one recruiter, many employers make the mistake of assuming they’ll be able to double or triple their hiring success rate by bringing on additional recruiting firms. However, working with more than one recruiting firm for a single job opening can place your business at a major disadvantage.

How Much Paid Time Off Should You Offer?

Lori from AgHires dives into the often-asked question: How much paid time off (PTO) should farm and small agribusiness employers offer their teams? Whether you're looking to attract top talent or simply aiming to update your current policies, tune in for expert advice tailored specifically for farm owners and hiring managers in the agricultural field.

Company Culture Evaluation Checklist

In its simplest form, company culture is the personality of an organization. If you haven't evaluated your company culture recently, utilize our company culture checklist to see where your farm or agribusiness should begin evolving its culture.

Improve Employee Retention with Stay Interviews

Lori Culler, Owner of AgHires, guides you through the concept of "Stay Interviews" for your farm or agribusiness. This is a simple, yet, effective tool for improving employee satisfaction and retention.

Interview Prep and Questions

Learn proper interview prep, general and role-specific interview questions, and digging deeper during candidate interviews.

3 Easy Steps to Recruiting

How to properly leverage the agriculture process to attract, find and hire qualified candidates in 3 easy steps!

Interview Mistakes That Can Cost You Top Talent in Agriculture

Navigating the intricacies of the hiring process in the agriculture sector can be a challenge, especially when trying to secure top talent. Lori Culler from AgHires delves into six common mistakes ag hiring managers make during interviews. Get actionable advice to enhance your hiring practices.

States and Cities That Have Pay Transparency Laws

Are you required to share salary ranges? Some states are passing pay transparency laws and laws prohibiting discussing salary histories with job candidates​.

Niche Recruitment vs General Recruitment

Niche Recruitment vs General Recruitment for Agribusiness, Agriculture and Food Production

Why Are Candidates Not Willing to Move for a New Job?

Lori Culler, AgHires Owner, discusses why job candidates hesitate to relocate in 2023. Mortgage rates, limited housing inventory, and a growing preference for remote work in the agriculture industry. Follow AgHires for more employer tips in this candidate-driven market.

How to Create an Effective Career Page for Your Website

This ebook will give you tips on creating an effective career page and how to make an unforgettable impression on job seekers to
convert them to applicants.

Tips to Manage Unhappy Employees

Disgruntled or unhappy employees are something every manager or entrepreneur has to deal with from time to time. We have tips to help you manage unhappy employees and help them be more productive.

5 Questions to Ask Agriculture Candidates During an Interview

Looking to hire the right candidate for your agriculture business? Check out our top five questions you should ask every candidate, as recommended by the recruiting team at AgHires.

Six Recruiting Mistakes

Avoid these 6 recruiting mistakes to be successful with higher quality candidates.

5 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement

Improve performance and retain top talent by making employee engagement one of your top priorities!

Tips to Deliver a Job Offer Successfully

Learn how to successfully offer a job to a candidate with these easy steps! Lori, AgHires Owner, shares her expert advice on how to minimize the risk of declined offers and ensure you and the candidate are in alignment with compensation expectations.

Job Posting Checklist

Writing an effective job posting and description is key to finding highly qualified candidates for your agribusiness.

Tips for a Compelling Job Posting for Your Ag Business

Lori Culler, owner of AgHires, breaks down the essentials of crafting a compelling job posting that stands out. Discover the fine balance between a job posting and a detailed job description, learn how to briefly yet effectively summarize roles, and how to spotlight your company's unique selling points to attract the right candidates.

Tips for Training New Employees in Agriculture

A successful training program will begin with a well planned orientation, training and compliance, and lead to improvements for both the employee and the business as a whole during the course of the relationship!

Is a Key Leader Retiring? When to Start Looking For a Successor

Is your agricultural enterprise on the verge of a significant leadership change? Lori from AgHires explores the common pitfalls and strategic solutions in planning for a leadership role transition. This video will guide you through the recommended timeline to ensure a smooth transition.

Niche Recruitment vs General Recruitment

Niche Recruitment vs General Recruitment for Agribusiness, Agriculture and Food Production

New Hire Onboarding Checklist

Onboarding new hires is key to training and retaining new hires for your agribusiness. Use this checklist to set yourself up for successful onboarding,

Questions Your Job Posting Should Answer

Looking for insightful advice on creating attractive job postings? Lori Culler, founder of AgHires, breaks down the questions your job posting should answer.

How to Reach Passive Candidates

Passive candidates are not actively seeking a new role, but might consider a change should the right opportunity arise. This ebook will walk you through everything you need to know to reach passive candidates so you can hire the best individuals for your farm or agribusiness.

Hiring for Your Farm: Beyond Word of Mouth

Lori Culler, Owner of AgHires, has tips on attracting and securing the best talent for your farming operation in today's tight labor market. Whether you're struggling to find quality applicants or looking to improve your hiring process, this video is packed with strategies designed to elevate your agricultural workforce. 

How to Tailor Your Interview Questions Per Role

A one-size-fits-all approach is not effective when interviewing candidates. Discover our top tips for tailoring your interview questions per role to find the right hire the first time and set your ag business up for success.