Guiding Hiring Decisions with Candidate Personas
A comprehensive candidate persona can help your talent team know the exact fit for a role. A candidate persona enables us with a deeper understanding of the talent pool and increases the likelihood of rich, valuable engagement. Combine existing employee data with your...The Hiring Process: How Long is Too Long?
According to Glassdoor, the interview process can now on average take over 20 days. That’s up 10 days from 2011, and the now even lengthier process asks candidates for much more than patience. Everything from background checks, skill tests, and personality tests...Explaining Candidate Rejection: the Importance of Common Courtesy
You can’t escape rejection in the recruitment process. The candidate feels crappy; the recruiter feels crappy. It just sucks. But how we let down candidates can make a world of difference for everyone involved, including the employer. A survey conducted by...The Risky Business Associated with Weighing ‘Culture Fit’
When determining which candidates would succeed in a given work environment, more and more companies are prioritizing cultural fit. This basic notion stems from the idea that employees with similar goals, work ethic, and enthusiasm will create a thriving, successful...4 Tricks to Maintain Candidate Interest in a Competitive Environment
“The candidate seemed interested a few days ago! What changed?” A recruiter spends hours trying to get in contact with a candidate. He or she spends even more time negotiating with candidate and client, selling the position, and arranging interviews. Everything is...