VIDEO: 5 Employee Recruitment Strategies To Improve Your Hiring Process

a fussy application process can seriously harm your efforts at attracting top talent but there are so many other factors to consider for recruiting in this video we'll take a look at five strategies that you can use to improve your hiring process but if it's software you're looking for we've got you covered use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of applicant tracking software recommendations suited to your needs click the link in the description below to get started all right our first recommendation is to develop a clear employer brand your brand is what sets you apart from all the other companies and sells you to the candidates it's important to make sure that your branding is consistent across your website and social media but also consider these questions why would someone want to work here how many of our current employees would recommend us as a great place to work what are our core values it's also important to make a good first impression for most candidates their first impression of your company will be a job post your job posts should tell candidates what your company is all about embracing your brand while still keeping it professional and organized this is really a representation of your company's culture so spend some time reflecting on that before writing your first post an applicant tracking system or ats is a software system that helps automate the recruitment process posting jobs reviewing resumes scheduling interviews and so on there are multiple ats solutions on the market but some of the most popular systems are job fight icims jazz hr workable and greenhouse if you want personalized recommendations based on your specific business needs use the tool on our website by clicking the link in the description it can be tricky to stand out on big job board sites and some sites charge you to post if your company falls into a more narrowly defined category try looking at niche job boards sometimes these are websites but it's increasingly common to find these niche job boards in the form of slack workplaces facebook or linkedin groups and even email newsletters even if you don't think there are specific job boards for your industry or sector do some research because you might be surprised say someone applies for an open position at your company but they aren't quite the right fit at the time if you know that you'll be opening more positions soon it's a good idea to build a passive applicant pool this is just a simple database of past candidates who you think could be better suited for positions that open in the future then when a position opens up that you think a previous candidate might be good for you can invite them to apply now if you're ready to adopt applicant tracking software or if you're ready to switch to a different ats system we can help use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of ats recommendations click the button on the left to get started

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