Common Mistakes You Don’t Want Your Recruiters Making

Recruitment is one of the key building blocks of an organization, and therefore, you want your recruiters and recruitment processes to be meaningful and uncomplicated. Recruiters are often the first point of contact with the organization for any potential candidate, and you want to make the best impression with the best and most suitable talent in the market.

Here are some common mistakes you don’t want your recruiters to make so as to ensure a hassle-free and engaging recruitment process:

Not Sourcing From Multiple Channels

Recruiters can become attuned to a way of working and not look beyond what they have to do. If something is working, they just keep doing the same instead of trying to improve it. This is the case with sourcing in many organizations. They often rely on a single job portal or use a single consultant to source their candidates.

This will shrink the talent pool, because of which the recruiters miss out on quality talent available elsewhere. Recruiters must seek multiple channels to source their candidates from.

Not Maintaining Communication

The recruitment process can run into months sometimes, and therefore, there needs to be constant communication between the organization and the candidate throughout this period. You don’t want the candidates second-guessing their choices or thinking that you don’t care about them enough to keep them apprised of developments.

Therefore, there is a need to have a mechanism through with effective and clear communication is maintained between the parties involved.

Both of the above points bring us to the last one, which is,

Not Using Technology

HR technology has improved leaps and bounds, and today, with HR solutions, you can do a lot with limited resources. The solution will help you source from multiple channels, schedule interviews and collate results and feedback, hand out offer letters, and even onboard new hires.

Also, the solution can be integrated with your job portals and social channels to ensure that you have a constant stream of good talent coming in. Also, the applicant tracking system or ATS will act as a platform between the recruiter and the candidate and keep all the parties informed.