A hiring or recruiting process is a process that involves all the necessary series of steps taken from planning, identifying, attracting, and screening, to hiring top candidates for the open position in an organization. These recruitment process steps further have sub-processes to select suitable candidates for employment, which we will further discuss in this article.
The objective is to find and hire candidates that have all the necessary experience, skills, education, and personality traits to fit the role and culture of the organization.
A whole department of the hiring team, having the HR, hiring manager, interviewer, and other parties such as the department manager, team lead and sometimes the CEO are involved in carrying out the process.
The nature, time, and cost of the process entirely depend on the size, structure, and requirements of the company and additionally the needs of the open job position.
An efficient recruitment process is one that targets finding the perfect candidate for the open job role at the right time, ultimately the one that requires minimum hiring cost, time, and effort. It aims to encourage the maximum number of possible applicants to apply for the job, who can help the company grow. It consists of steps, whose count entirely varies from company to company depending upon their structure, size, nature of operations, existing processes, and needs. The recruitment process of any organization needs to be efficient, standardized, and optimized, for the company to grow and stand out from its competitors.
The goal is to implement a hiring process, that ensures finding and hiring the best candidates for the open roles, that too quickly, with minimum cost.
As mentioned above that any recruitment process of a company is broken down into several components, whose count varies from organization to organization, but here, we've collected the most basic but important steps, which further include parts, and without them, the efficiency of the process is incomplete. Read all these steps below, gathered all in one place, and click on the links provided inside the topics if you want to explore more about them.
For your clarity, we have divided the hiring process into 5 different sections, and below is a little detail of every section.
This is the initial section of the recruitment process, without which you can start the process and the result is obvious, that is failing to hire the right talent at the right time. So in order to have the top talent onboarded in your organization, you need to have a successful recruitment process, which is possible through proper planning, structure, and preparation. The goal is to build a talent pool with the maximum number of candidates and hire the right candidates in the minimum time period. So you must write down all the necessary measures and steps, to achieve the goal.
There are several ways to source targeted candidates, through different mediums and tools. You need to attract active and passive candidates to hire current openings and build your talent pool for the future respectively. Write effective job descriptions and share them on different platforms and within your network. Visualize the picture of your ideal candidate and search accordingly.
After gathering a good number of talented candidates, the next phase is to screen them according to the open job and the needs of the company. There are plenty of methods, platforms, and tools available out there to screen candidates in an optimized way. Strategize and devise methods, be clear and write down the requirements and evaluate candidates according to them.
Draft an efficient offer letter to the selected candidates, that is easy to understand having all the necessary policies, job details, rules, values, and aims, and at the end provide them with multiple contacts in case of any query
Any hiring process cannot be efficient 100%, there are weak points, bad experiences, and much more, probably in every stage of the process, but the goal is to identify, understand and overcome them and make sure they are not repeated in the next hiring cycle. You can use several methods such as reviews, feedback, meetings, data analysis, and much more to identify the issues within the process.
Below are the 5 Recruitment sections and their components
Planning every stage before starting them is very crucial, you don't just need to plan before starting the process, it is an ongoing step and is important at every stage of the hiring process. You need to determine your goals, address the needs of the job and the organization, and develop a standardized plan according to it.
This includes the preparation of the hiring process on a broader level. What are the long-term goals, and requirements that need to be considered? This can include questions such as:
Q1. How can we increase the efficiency of the process?
Q2. What needs to be achieved at the end of the recruitment process?
Q3. What is the estimated time and cost required for the overall process?
Q4. What is plan B, if the process does not go as expected?
Q5. What members should be actively involved in the process?
Q6. What and how many stages should be involved in the recruitment process?
There can be multiple questions, depending on the needs of the organization and the requirements of the open position, above mentioned are just samples for your clarity.
Mid-term goals are those which serve as stepping stones to help you get closer to your long-term goals. You need to define proper procedures and deadlines for these goals. The planning of these goals includes preparation of the recruitment process on-stage levels. These stages collect up to build up the hiring process, if these stages are not optimized or planned, they will spoil the overall hiring process. Following are a few sample questions that you can include in your mid-level hiring planning:
Q1. What should be expected at the end of the interview stage?
Q2. What type of reviews or feedback should be conducted in the hiring optimization stage?
Q3. How much maximum time should be allotted to the marketing of the job opening?
Q4. What precautions should be adopted while screening the candidates?
All these questions, requirements, their solutions should be documented properly. You can use several documentation tools available online and minimize your effort.
In this type of planning, goals are defined for a shorter time period. They involve digging down into the stages of the hiring process and setting goals related to the processes involved in each stage. These goals are the most basic, yet important as if they are not set and planned properly, they will destroy the base of the whole recruitment process. You need to focus on every minor detail at each step of the process. Below are a few sample questions, that might help you while planning short-term goals:
Q1. How much maximum time should be spent on writing the job description?
Q2. What keywords should be observed, while screening resumes?
Q3. How many social media posts should be posted during the cycle?
Q4. Which platforms or means should be used for targeting passive candidates?
Now it's time to prepare your hiring team to start the recruitment process. You can't start searching for candidates until you have cleared in your mind, what are the requirements and responsibilities of the open positions, what skill set is required in order to fit the role, and for this, we have job descriptions.
Usually, the HR or hiring manager, with the help of the team lead writes a job description. It is a document that includes the experience, responsibilities, qualifications, a defined salary, and much more. The goal is to write efficient job descriptions that are clear and realistic.
Checklist to write perfect Job Descriptions
Following is a checklist to help you write a job description that covers all the necessary details related to the job role and some working conditions.
After crafting the job description, you now know your targeted audience, but still, you want to have a picture of your ideal candidates, you want to know who are the best fits, this means you should have certain criteria, planned before searching candidates. You need to know what skills, expertise, qualifications, and personality traits, are required by the candidate in order to be accepted in the organization. This is where we have candidate personas.
Candidate personas are generally a guide that includes the requirements of what type of person you need for a particular open job role. It is used to define detailed skills, experience, education, and qualities that an ideal candidate should possess. Plan and craft a clear picture of your ideal candidate, so that you target candidates according to that.
After creating the job description and candidate persona, you now know your targeted audience, the next step is to search potential candidates and gather a pool of top talent. You can search candidates through different means and platforms, but make sure not to spend too much time of the process, searching for more and more best candidates, else you'll ultimately lose a perfect candidate for the open role. For example, if you have a job opening for an 'Associate Software Engineer', and you have defined a special skill set required by the candidate in order to get hired for the position. You found a candidate that matches 90% of the skill set but you are still searching for a candidate whose skill set matches 100% or even more, with the defined skill set. This may result in the loss of a potential candidate, whose skill set might not be 100% but he may have the potential and can turn out to be a great cultural fit, this can eventually result in a waste of both, hiring cost and time.
Make sure you estimate the time and cost required beforehand, in the planning phase, and work accordingly. Whenever you open a job position in your company, there are generally two types of job seekers.
These are the candidates who are actively looking for jobs, taking an interest in them, and then applying for the open jobs. They reach out to hiring managers or recruiters directly and are generally more responsive.
Passive candidates are not actively looking for jobs, they are already employed, but they could be open to new opportunities if offered to them. They are skilled and need a little convincing that the role and the company are the perfect fit for them. The passive recruitment process involves searching, locating, and securing talented individuals and requires specialized methods.
Passive candidates are skilled and experts in their domain, they don't apply to the open roles, because they are already employed and are ready to switch only if presented with an excellent job offer. As they are not available to switch immediately, you can create a talent pipeline and contact them later when the hiring need arises.
As a recruiter, you need to reach out to passive candidates yourself, using the power of social recruiting tools, job boards, advertisements, job ads, building your network, optimizing your careers page, and much more. You can craft a detailed message and send them on their social profiles such as LinkedIn or emails, mentioning all the necessary details about the position and the company.
The goal is to reach out or attract as many potential and qualified candidates as possible and that too effectively.
Here are a few ways, means, and mediums to source and attract candidates at different platforms or in different ways:
When it comes to candidate sourcing, social media proves to be one of the most effective methods for finding and attracting top talent. Posting jobs on social media recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Youtube and etc helps grab the attention of both active and passive candidates as these platforms keep them updated about the current open positions within the organization.
Unlock the power of these social platforms, as they have a lot of advantages and a few are mentioned below:
Create efficient job posts and mention all the necessary details in them, don't forget to leave your or your company's contact information at the end of the post. You can post the job openings on different mediums, depending upon where your maximum target audience lies.
Promoting job ads, help generate awareness about your company, its open positions, culture, aims, and value and reaches the potential candidates. For example, if a candidate is open to any offer, but somehow couldn't reach it and misses the opportunity, here if job ads are implemented, will grab the attention of the candidate, if not the first, maybe the second time and he might eventually apply for the role.
There are several online groups, generally created for posting job openings. Several job seekers and recruiters are part of these groups. The recruiters get a quick glance at the candidate's profile and reach them through several means with the help of the candidate's contact mentioned in the profile. On the other hand, job seekers look for opportunities that match their skill set and qualifications and contact the respective person or apply for the individual role. One example of such a group is a small group created on Facebook.
Employee referrals mean asking your current employees to refer or recommend candidates, that they think are fit for the open job role within their organization. As employees of your company are more familiar with company culture, its aims and values and clearly understand the requirements of the job role, they always recommend someone they find suitable for the role, saving the candidate searching cost in the hiring process. It can prove to be an essential source of talent for organizations and can develop trust among the company and employees. Employee referrals are usually carried out through a whole employee referral program, as discussed below.
An employee referral program is a structured method, carried out by the hiring team to motivate and encourage employees to refer suitable candidates for job openings within the organization. As existing employees are familiar with the job and company requirements, they can help you find the right fit, and facilitate sourcing candidates faster, improving the retention rate and optimizing the hiring process.
A successful referral program has plenty of benefits, some of which are mentioned below:
You know that your current employees put in a lot of effort, searching for the ideal fit within their network and they try to refer applicants that they find fit for the role. But you need to keep them motivated, in order for them to take full interest in the process and stay motivated for presenting quality candidates.
So, to encourage employees to find and refer suitable candidates, employee referral bonuses are provided to the employees. These referral bonuses do not necessarily mean cash prizes, they can be anything, from gifts, trips, vacations, prizes, and appreciation to certificates, depending upon the organization.
These bonuses encourage employees to go the extra mile, searching for the ideal fit, ultimately optimizing the hiring time and cost.
A company's career page is usually a site that showcases or represents a company's culture, aims, values, and current job openings within the company.
Most job seekers visit the company's career page, to apply for the current job openings, so your career page must be creative, and engaging and should grab the attention of every visitor.
As the company's careers page is the first page, which candidates will interact with, in order to look or apply for the open position or to know more about your company, it better be informative, and clear and should stand out from the rest of the company's career pages.
While visiting the career page, they'll have several questions in mind, and you should be providing answers to all those questions. Following are a few samples, drafted for you to keep in mind while creating your company's career page
Q1. What are your company's mission, aims, and values?
Q2. What is the company's culture or what kind of activities are held here?
Q3. What is the look of the office?
Q4. What is the number of staff in the company?
Q5. What positions are open currently in the organization?
Q6. What are the working conditions in the company?
Q7. What are the benefits of working here?
Q8. How this organization is different from the rest of the organizations or what makes this organization stand out from the rest?
Q9. What are some impacts of the company on a community, industry, or the world?
Q10. What does their recruitment process look like?
Make sure to use clear language and be honest. Your tone should not support a single group or community based on their color, caste, religion, etc. Don't forget the use of keywords, to maximize the reach of your audience.
Craft an effective career page, but how will your audience know? They won't randomly search for your company and apply for the role or why would they want to know details about your company?
You need to grab their attention and for that, you can post articles, videos, job openings, images and etc, on several social recruiting platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube and etc, that can have the link to your company's career page.
The more effective your career page, the more streamlined your recruitment process becomes, as the benefits include:
Career fairs or campus recruitment are the meeting organized by the universities, to help job candidates reach the recruiters or hiring managers of the company, eliminating the barrier of search for both, the candidates, by helping them interact with multiple companies at a single platform and helping recruiters communicate with a pool of several talented candidates.
Job fairs are helpful for both, the recruiters and the job seekers.
Helpful for job seekers:
Helpful for the recruiter's
The most important element in the recruitment process is that helps in convincing top candidates to join your company. The stronger the employer brand, the more strong pool of quality candidates.
If no one knows about your brand, you might want to change that. Aim to create awareness among candidates regarding the products of your company or what services you’re offering. Improve your employer brand and create a forward-thinking organization that recognizes the value of its employees.
Following are a few tips to help you improve your employer brand:
The aim is not to promote that you’re a good employer; it's about being one.
After finding and sourcing candidates, it's not obvious that all the candidates that you reach or reach your company are top candidates. You need to define certain criteria and select candidates that match that criteria, also you have a specific number of job openings that you have to fill, the number of job openings can vary a little, depending upon the quality of the candidate pool.
Screening, also called filtering applicants is done for the further selection process. It is a process that includes reviewing and finding which candidate's information, skills, qualifications, and personality traits are closest to the job description. It basically narrow down the pool of candidates by removing unqualified or irrelevant candidates, which were received through sourcing and ensuring that the shortlisted are a good fit for both the role and the company.
There are several methods and means for candidate assessment that can help you go through and evaluate candidates' resumes, qualifications, experience, and personality, which can help you identify whether they are suitable for the open position or not.
Following is a checklist of basic aspects that you should tick while screening candidates:
Important things to keep in mind:
It would be best if you never judged a candidate based on his/her personal information, this aspect is called blind hiring, in which a candidate's personal or demographic details are hidden from the recruiter, to provide equal opportunities to everyone, remove biases and promote workplace diversity.
So never include checking the personal or demographic details of a candidate.
Some of the methods and processes for screening candidates and finding the best fit among them within a short time are defined below:
This is the phase that demands a lot of time if done manually, as recruiters or HR have to go through a lot of resumes in order to find the best fit and they further have to match the details of job seekers with the requirements of the job description.
A resume should generally tell a story about a candidate's education, experiences, interests, and skills. It should paint a clear picture of the candidate's journey so that you know what to expect from them.
It should generally include the following elements:
The choice of what to include or exclude in a resume completely depends upon the applicant, the above-mentioned are just some basic but important elements to keep in mind while crafting a resume because recruiters do search for these details.
There are also candidates that mention fake information in their resumes, just to get hired by chance or try to sneak out in the resume phase somehow, but it entirely depends on how efficient and planned your recruitment process is, which can minimize the chances of resume fraud.
It becomes very risky for both candidate and the recruiter if resume fraud is detected. If an applicant is caught lying on a resume, it can have a negative effect on his career and he can be disqualified immediately from consideration. On the other hand, if an applicant is hired by a company, that lied about his resume, can make fun of the hiring process, and will spread the word in his circle, related to how easily he can deceive the whole company process, that can leave a very bad impression of the company and can affect company's products or services.
References help you gather and validate skill or work-related information about the candidate. If a candidate has prior work experience, references may be the only source, other than the candidate themselves, that can help you get details of the applicant's workplace performance.
There are generally 2 types of reference
References in a resume:
You can include professional references of your seniors or teachers, you have worked with, but after seeking their permission. They can help validate your mentioned education or qualifications, as recruiters call and check with the mentioned references. Keep in mind to mention references if you are required to do so, otherwise, skip mentioning them as they might provide some irrelevant or unimportant details that can affect your impression on the recruiter.
References through the employee referral :
In an employee referral, an employee of the company recommends or refers an applicant, that he may find fit for the open position within the company. Employees can refer a friend or family member for an open job at the company if they think they are the perfect match for the role. It is considered the most efficient method as employees are fully aware of the company culture and refers people who might be the cultural and ideal, reducing hiring cost and time.
You can find out a lot about a candidate, just by looking at their social profiles, such as Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram and etc. It is worthwhile checking out a candidate on social media as it can help recruiters validate the candidate's experience from their LinkedIn profile. It can help, hiring managers to find out the applicant's previous records, whether he was or is involved in any illegal activities or any other additional information that might affect the company in the future.
What else can you find out from a candidate's social profile?
It is important to validate and check all the candidate's background information such as the candidate's education, work history, criminal records, and other specific information, mentioned in the resume to ensure its accuracy and integrity. But keep in mind to ask for written consent from the candidate, before running a background check, to avoid any misconceptions and employers must follow rules, laws, and privacy requirements while conducting background checks.
Tests, Assignments, or assessments are the most crucial part of the hiring process and are conducted to assess the candidate's skills, education, abilities, and knowledge for the open position. These tests are the methods to help hiring managers determine whether a candidate is fit for a particular role or not. These are generally written tests that can be conducted at any time in the recruitment process. There are several types of pre-employment tests that are conducted during the recruitment process, the most important ones are the following:
Keep in mind that the test should be related, valid, and non-discriminatory to avoid any biases and promote equality.
The interview process is the crucial and most essential part of the recruitment process, which involves several stages to assess candidates for the open job role. The shortlisted, qualified candidates from resumes and tests are contacted for an interview for further evaluation.
In an interview procedure, the recruiters and interviewer evaluate a candidate on certain aspects and make fairer comparisons between candidates, choose who passes the defined criteria, and move them to the next stage of the recruitment process.
The interview is always planned, before conducting to avoid any inconvenience or negative impression on the candidate.
Following is a very short 10-step guide to the interview method:
It generally depends upon the requirements of the open position and the company, to organize how many types of interviews. But the following are some basic types of interviews:
Informational interview
In an informational, there is no specific procedure or method, as it is organized just to gather more information about a particular employer, career path, industry, or specific job role. The aim is to ask questions and learn about a particular industry from an experienced professional, working in that industry.
Phone interview
Phone interview serves as an initial screening, to evaluate a candidate's qualifications and most importantly, communication skills. These interviews are done to get a brief introduction of the candidate and narrow down the pool of candidates before moving toward the face-to-face interview.
Phone interviews eliminate the hassle of traveling, however, the recruiter cannot judge the body language during the conversation and sometimes distractions from either side can take place.
Online interview
An online interview or a virtual interview is an interview that is conducted remotely, for candidates who can't make it to the office, over different online platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, Google Hangouts, Skype, and Microsoft Teams. In this type of interview, the interviewer/s and candidate connect in real-time, regardless of their physical locations, allowing interviewers to assess candidates' qualifications, communication skills, and overall fit for the role.
Behavioral Interview
A behavioral interview focuses on a candidate's past experiences or behavior and assesses how they handled a particular situation, in order to predict how they might perform in the future. Rather than asking direct questions like 'How would you behave in ___ situation?', you might want to ask 'How did you handle ___ situation?'. A few more examples of such questions are:
Q1. How did you handle a situation in which you were the leader of a group presentation and one of your team members didn't want to perform?
Q2. How did you handle the situation in which your team member did not finish the task before the deadline?
Q3. Give us an example of a short-term goal you failed to meet, and how did you handle it?
Q4. Tell us how did you handle a situation, in which you were given a task that wasn't part of your job description?
Technical Interview
Technical interviews are generally conducted to assess an applicant's technical skills, knowledge, and creative problem-solving abilities related to a particular field or career, such as IT, data science, engineering and etc. The purpose of a technical interview is to ask technical questions relevant to the job description, in order to assess the understanding of the technical concepts and the depth of the candidate's knowledge in the selected field.
Task-based interview
As the name suggests, task-based interviews generally involve assigning a task to the applicant, to complete during the interview procedure. Task-based interviews are conducted to practically assess a candidate's skills and abilities. The assigned tasks can vary depending on the nature of the open position, they are applying for. A few examples of such interviews are:
Stress interview
Stress interviews are conducted to assess how candidates will respond to a situation that is stressful. The interviewer intentionally creates a challenging environment for the applicant to assess how the candidate handles pressure and stress. These interviews give an idea to hiring managers, of how an applicant will respond, while dealing with challenges, difficulties, solving high-priority tasks, meeting deadlines and etc.
There are generally 3 approaches to conducting an interview:
One on one interview: In an individual one-on-one interview, each candidate is interviewed separately by one interviewer. It is a two-way communication interview and a visual interaction between two people. In one on one interviews, the interviewer asks questions related to the candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications, followed by a brief introduction.
Panel interview: In this type of interview, a single candidate is evaluated by a group of interviewers, which can include the hiring manager, a senior employee, a team lead, and other different parties. It is basically conducted to assess applicants from different perspectives. Each interviewer asks the questions from candidates one by one, and they also access an applicant's communication skills.
Group of candidates and a group of interviewers: An interview with a group of candidates and a group of interviewers is held typically when multiple interviewers need to assess the team working abilities and collaboration of a large number of candidates with other team members, at the same time. In this interview, a group of candidates is interviewed together.
Following are a few most important advantages of the interview method, if done efficiently:
The aim of candidate selection is to evaluate job applicants on specific criteria and check their fit for a specific open position within an organization. The objective is to find out the most suitable candidates, who match the job description and possess all the required qualities for the open role, from a large pool of applicants.
To screen a candidate, the following elements are checked and then the results are analyzed to make a decision about moving the candidate further in the process or not.
After the screening, the final step of the recruitment process is offering the job to qualified candidates, and welcoming them to join the organization for the specific position.
The job offer consists of a document, called 'The offer letter', followed by some additional things such as cards, small gifts, etc, showing a friendly and welcoming gesture to the candidate and congratulating the candidate for making it to the end of the hiring process.
The offer letter is a document that contains the terms of employment for a new hire. It is basically a contract of employment between the selected candidate, the CEO of the company, and the hiring manager. The candidate may take time, carefully review the offer letter and make informed decisions that align with their career goals.
The offer letter should be clear and to the point. It should convey all the necessary details to the candidates and leave no ambiguity for them. It should outline several aspects related to the job role and the company. The main elements of an offer letter are:
There are generally 2 ways to send the offer letter to the selected candidate:
Note: It is important to call a candidate before sending the offer letter formally, congratulating them on their successful hiring journey and giving brief detail regarding the offer letter.
The onboarding process is the process to welcome or induct the new employee, after his acceptance of the job offer. The aim of onboarding is to make sure the new employee is informed and aware of the organization's policies, processes, expectations, culture, and other important elements to succeed in their job role. The new employees are provided with a supportive environment so that they feel comfortable fulfilling their duties, seeking assistance, and sharing any concerns or ideas. Typically a warm welcome, followed by a few decorations and a brief introduction of colleagues or other employees is held on the first day of the newly hired employee.
A guide or a document along with the assigned tasks and their deadlines are conveyed to the new employee, by their immediate supervisor or team lead, to avoid any miscommunication or ambiguity.
The aim is to have an excellent hiring process, that is well-organized, systematic, standardized, and can attract top-quality candidates within a short time period. This means that all the stages of the recruitment process should be planned and structured to avoid any undesirable effects on the reputation of an organization.
The recruitment process of an organization entirely depends upon the requirements and needs of the organization and it varies from organization to organization.
No recruitment process can be 100% efficient, there are certain aspects that are overlooked before, during, or after the process, but the goal is to learn from the mistakes, find their root cause, and try to improve them.
You can never identify the weaknesses of your recruitment process, until and unless you have documented them. Note, note and note everything! Ask and gather applicant reviews or feedback, ask them about their experience, what did they love about the process? and what did they hate about the process. Which part of the process was the best for them?
You can also have a meeting with your hiring team and ask them about the overall process, what did they feel about the process? How easy was the recruitment process? Did they face any challenges? Which part of the process was the most difficult one and why? What do they want to change in the process and why?
Answer to these questions will make half of your work done as you now have a list of the problems, the next step is to think about reducing them and what steps should be taken to do so.
Following are some key aspects to keep in mind while recruiting:
Your tests, assignments, interviews, job description, and many other things should be organized in such a way, that they show or contain no biases or discrimination, as it will have very negative feedback from the candidates, risking the company's reputation.
Biasness means supporting or in opposition to a particular person, a group, a community, or an idea, in a way that is unfair and suppresses that party. It can include favoring or opposing a specific person or a group on the basis of their gender, culture, race, age, or religion.
It is very important to eliminate biases, promote fairness and provide equal treatment to every individual. You can do the following to eliminate biases from the recruitment process:
Ask questions related to the field or personality of the individual only. Avoid any personal questions such as the following:
Q1. What's your age?
Q2. What are your personal beliefs?
Q3. What do you think about a certain caste?
These questions should be strictly restricted, to prevent bias. Also, adopt blind hiring strategies, such as Blind Resume Screening, which removes the personal information of the candidate like name, age, gender, color, caste and etc from the resume, so that candidate is judged only on the basis of his skills, qualification, and education.
Maintain an appropriate tone, one that is professional and clear. Don't use a tone that leaves the candidate confused as it will have a bad impact on the company, and on them. Avoid a casual tone and remain serious, but not serious in a way that can sound rude to the candidate. Moreover, along with an appropriate tone, you should also listen to the applicants carefully and actively, never show that you are not interested in listening to them.
Uphold a suitable tone in the recruitment process, that can enhance the candidate experience and ultimately leaves a positive impression of the organization.
In order to have an effective recruitment process, besides planning, collaboration is the most essential factor, whether it's team collaboration or candidate engagement. Most of the qualified candidates accept the job offer, entirely on the basis of good candidate experience, they spread the word, leaving a positive image of the company. Most of the best hiring decisions are made with effective and timely team collaboration, speeding up the hiring process. As a company, do your best to cooperate with the job seekers, and leave no reason for them to reject the offer.
No recruitment process will ever be successful without a recruitment team that is best in terms of planning, collaboration, execution, and optimization. Set up the best hiring team that can make the recruitment process stand out from the rest to improve the company's reputation.
Setting up the Best Recruitment Team
In order to set up the most efficient recruitment team, keep the following tips in your mind:
The better the hiring team, the more motivated and interested they will be in hiring new job applicants. The hiring team must build and maintain a positive relationship with the applicants in order to enhance their overall candidate experience.
Though these two terms look a lot similar, they have a few differences:
Craft an efficient candidate engagement plan which includes all the necessary steps to keep candidates updated. The goal is to show candidates their value, be respectful and motivate them throughout their candidate journey so that they have a positive candidate experience.
Implement clear and transparent candidate evaluations to make informed hiring decisions and guarantee a fair recruitment process. Following are a few key elements to conduct effective candidate evaluations:
You never want to do extra work, recruiting candidates, that's for sure! Who doesn't love to hire top talent, with minimum efforts within the planned time period? All this can be achieved, after having the right tools at your hand.
The initial step of the recruitment process, which is also the base of the whole recruitment process, should be done efficiently. You don't want to write your recruitment plan manually on pieces of paper? who will organize a lot of papers? who will structure or manage them? All these will require a lot of time. Multiple planning tools are available online, removing all the difficulties of manually managing notes, documents, and plans. Some of these tools are:
Just like there are tools available for planning, there are also online tools available for sourcing candidates, to eliminate the manual work and optimize the time and cost of the recruitment process. Some commonly used sourcing tools are:
Screening tools or assessment tools are the methods used to evaluate whether the job candidate is fit for a particular role or not. These tools are used to evaluate the candidate on the basis of their skills, experience, education, and expertise. The most basic used screening tools in recruitment are:
Isn't it remarkable if all your hiring hassle is automated? You're tired of traditional hiring? Who doesn't love to finish the recruitment process as quickly as possible, but efficiently, i.e. to onboard the maximum number of quality candidates within a short time period? Well, we've got you a magic tool, called an Applicant Tracking System.
An Applicant Tracking System or an ATS makes the recruitment process a lot easier, more comfortable, and quicker. It enhances the experience of both, the recruiter and the job seeker.
The system organizes, structures, documents, highlights, and gathers all the necessary details of the applicants, all in one place. It has defined criteria, templates, notes, filters, scoring, screening mechanisms, and multiple different features for every stage of the hiring process.
Some of the most basic features of the ATS include:
For sourcing:
Following are a few features for finding candidates:
For screening:
Following are a few features for evaluating candidates:
For offer:
Following is a feature of an ATS for sending offers to candidates:
As you can see, using an ATS minimizes the time and effort required to hire potential candidates by nearly 50%. That is the reason why most companies use the power of ATS to save their hiring cost, and time and improve the recruitment budget.
One example of an ATS that covers all these key features mentioned above, is Hirecinch. Hirecinch structures and arranges all the applicant and team data, in one place, reducing the trouble to stack up multiple documents, managing records, and reducing the time to hire. It has all the basic features to source, screen, and offer candidates, additionally, you can keep track of applicants' and team's data, all at this one platform.
The most efficient recruitment process is the one that identifies, targets, and hires the best among all candidates, that too within a short time period, saving the company cost.
The offer letter is usually written by the hiring manager and the HR department and sent to the candidate selected for the open position, after their and CEO's signature.
Background checks are very essential component while screening candidates as they verify candidates' information, credentials, criminal records, and other stuff to avoid any problems in the future. If these checks are skipped, as a recruiter, hiring manager, or even the company, they might leave you in trouble, if any issue occurs.
There is a term called "referral bonus", which can include prizes, gifts, trips, vacations, cash, recognition, and a lot of stuff that can be offered to employees who refer a potential candidate for an open position and get hired successfully.