Sourcing Pools Dried Up?
First time posting in here. I work for a staffing agency in Wisconsin, and we use Indeed, as well as our ATS systems for sourcing candidates with over 10k resumes in it from the past 10ish years. However, our candidate pool has been extremely dry - we are having very few inbound applicants (even fewer that are qualified, and most of them have already applied) and not receiving calls back from candidates we call/text. We have tried Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Facebook, posting flyers around town, referral bonuses, radio ads, billboards, etc.. The roles we are struggling to fill right now are:
- Construction
- General Labor (even entry level - no-one is calling us back or applying!)
- Skilled machine operators
My question is - are there any other resources (free) that we should be using to find candidates? Any job boards specific to these types of jobs that I'm missing out on? Any tips or tricks I should try for getting more inbound applicants?
A few things to note in WI:
- The unemployment rate is low
- the labor participation rate dropped by about 15%
Any pointers are appreciated. Thank you :)