7 Recruiting Activities That Can Improve the Candidate Experience
Whether you’re new to recruiting or bring years of experience to the table, you know that the candidate experience is important. Candidate impressions not only influence whether the candidate decides to take the job, it can also impact the company’s brand, which in turn can help or hurt the company’s bottom-line.
In my experience, organizations are always looking for tips and resources to improve their candidate experience. Sometimes it’s new ideas they haven’t tried. In other cases, it’s old ideas that they forgot worked. Here are seven articles that might spark some creative inspiration.
1. Connect and Engage with Job Candidates Using These 5 Recruiting Strategies
Recruiting strategies can help your business succeed so choosing the right strategy is important. Here are 5 recruiting strategies to consider.
2. Is It Okay to Contact a Job Candidate Via Their Work Email?
A job candidate may give recruiters their work email. Is it okay to contact them there? Several recruiters tell us how to handle candidate work emails.
3. Hiring Managers: 3 Strategies to Recruit and Select the Best Talent for Your Team
The hiring process can be overwhelming for many managers. Read this list of 3 strategies to find the right talent and make hiring easier.
4. Recruiting Biases: 10 Common Types
Biases can prevent hiring managers from focusing on the true candidate. Awareness of biases can help. Here are the 10 most common recruiting biases.
5. Social Media Background Checks: Are They Okay?
Social media background checks have become a regular part of recruiting. Attorney Heather Bussing shares her thoughts on using social media this way.
6. Candidate Experience: Engaging Job Seekers During the Silent Period
Candidate experience can be improved by engaging job candidates during the silent period – those periods when they don’t hear from you. Here are some solutions.
7. Onboarding: Take Your Process from Basic to Strategic
Onboarding is the foundation of employee engagement. Be strategic in your onboarding process following these 4 trends that engage new hires.
Recruiting teams need to be prepared for a challenging 2020. It’s still a candidate’s market. The good news is that organizations can continue to improve the candidate experience in ways that cost very little. Those activities can make a big difference in attracting the right talent.
Image captured by Sharlyn Lauby while exploring The Margaritaville Resort in Orlando, FL
18