What’s Your Score? Self-Audit For a Candidate-Friendly Job Application Process
Simply Hired Staff
Everywhere you turn it seems as if there is great news to be had when it comes to the US job market. Unemployment is down, wages are starting to rise, and the general feeling is one of confidence and excitement for growth. These are all great bits of news. That is unless you’re in the job of hiring.
Quality candidates have more options than ever nowadays. This means that the hiring field is solidly a candidate’s market. Professionals from recruiters to hiring managers are needing to rethink their standard processes in order to locate, attract, and onboard quality individuals. Cumbersome online applications with a host of onerous and lengthy processes are going to see recruiters losing out on top talent. Similarly long and over-wieldy interview sessions will turn off all but the most desperate on the job market.
If you’re serious about hiring serious candidates, employers need to take a step back and evaluate all aspects of their hiring process. From recruitment and identification to the application process to follow up and communication, even the small details can make a big difference in hiring and retaining the best quality talent.
Are you potentially losing quality candidates who are turned off by your process? Want to know how you stack up with other major players? Are your applications accessible across the widest number of platforms? We’ve tasked our professionals to come up with a self-audit to see just where your hiring process is at. Answer honestly and get help identifying easy changes to improve your hiring chances.
1. Perform an online search for “[your company] careers.”
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2. What is on your “Careers” landing page?
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3. When you click on a job description, what happens?
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4. What is the application process?
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5. What is the notification process?
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6. What is the mobile experience? (Conduct the same search on a smartphone.)
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7. How does your interview process measure up?
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8. What follow up do you provide?
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Scoring
If you scored a perfect 16, congratulations! You’re the type of place that will easily attract and onboard high-quality talent. Your listings will naturally appear at the top of job listings given your mobile-friendly status and plenty of information. Last, but not least, rejected applicants will maintain a great impression of your organization and will help keep your reputation high.
While we all strive for perfection, it’s a tough task to obtain, and maintain for that matter. If your evaluation put the light on a few areas in need of improvement, it’s time to take action. Many hiring processes can be fixed or upgraded with minor and easy to implement changes. If you lost points in the mobile category, a quick call to your tech team should do the trick. In person interviews not your strong suit? Several best practices sessions can help make huge improvements in your hiring managers.
At Simply Hired we want to navigate the recruitment waters and help your company obtain the best employees for the toughest of positions in a demanding job market. Check back into this space often as we delve into the do’s, don’ts and tips for improving your hiring process including real-world examples of employers that do things right.
Article Updated from the Original on July 31, 2018
