How to Boost Your Recruitment Strategy

How to Boost Your Recruitment Strategy

A robust recruitment strategy allows you to hire not only the best people but also the right ones for your organization. Unfortunately, many firms struggle with attracting top talent as they continue using traditional recruitment tools. In today’s candidate-driven market, this won’t sell.

Here, we’ll discuss three tips that will improve your firm’s recruitment strategy and process.

1. Create Talent Pipelines

Talent pipelines are a group of ready-to-be-hired candidates that fulfill your qualification requirements and are ready for the position you’ve opened up. Not only does it reduce the time-to-hire, but it makes recruiting more seamless, and you end up with better hires. Here are a few ways you can build an effective talent pipeline:

• Include internal employees who are looking to get promoted or change roles.
• Source external candidates from past recruitment cycles, networking events, or LinkedIn.
• A talent database or recruitment software would be best in managing this as it could store several candidate profiles and help you match them to specific roles.

2. Streamline your Application Process

If your application process isn’t streamlined and asks time-taking or irrelevant questions, the candidate could forego your application. Here are two simple ways to improve your process:

• Improve your job descriptions. Don’t start a guessing game with the applicants. Be clear and precise about your job requirements and job tasks. Add an FAQ section or chat option where applicants can send in their questions.
• Keep your applications short. Appcast research indicates that if a candidate has to spend more than 5 minutes completing an application, they most likely won’t complete it.

3. Utilize an Applicant Tracking System

An applicant tracking system (ATS) helps organizations analyze potential hires and identify flaws in the recruitment process. Going through each and every application can be extremely tedious, and there are chances of missing out on a good candidate.

Instead of going through each resume, the ATS would filter candidates automatically based on your hiring needs. It identifies keywords in a resume and assigns them ranks, making it easier for you to assess the candidate’s performance.

Take Advantage of Recruitment Management Systems in UAE

With DLI-IT’s state-of-the-art Recruitment Management System, talent acquisition becomes that much easier. The user-friendly recruitment software includes job portal integration, ATS, and several other recruitment tools that ensure you are fully equipped to hire only the best for your firm at reduced time and costs.

For more information, reach out to us today.