According to a study published by CareerBuilder, 32% of workers in 2019 were actively searching to change their workplace.  With the advancements of technology, applying for a job has become easier, leading to a higher rate of job applications. This, however, has created issues and has expanded the recruitment process to a lengthier one. Streamlining your recruitment process has become a very important factor in order to have an efficient process. The experienced recruiters at GCS Recruitment, outline some streamlining tips below. 

Assess Your Recruitment Strategy

When promoting jobs on various social media platforms and websites, you would benefit from various advantages. However, this is the reason why there is an overflow of applications. Rather than promoting various job openings across a number of channels, consider partnering with recruitment agencies to do the outreach on your behalf. It will enable you to reach a smaller pool of highly targeted candidates to fit your job description. 

Sourcing workers from within your company can be beneficial. According to previous studies, it’s more cost-effective to train an employee for a new role. This can be referred to as upskilling and reskilling existing employees.

Invest in Innovation

Technological innovation will, for the most part, improve the recruiting effectiveness and streamline the process. Applicant tracking software is an essential feature of any human resources department or company. While ATS helps consolidate and filter candidates based on information in their application, it is also helpful to invest in other innovative tools that can improve the recruitment of success rates.

Online psychometric tests are used by many organizations. These include personality profiling, which allows an employer to predict future results and whether the candidate will be able to cope with the work in the long run, by means of these tests. Experience tells us that in a given work environment, some types of personalities can cope better than others. Hence, a personality profile can help make better decisions for both applicants and employers.

Automate

Some of the above tips may not be technically feasible when recruiting traditional skilled workers. Scaling up an automation system may be the solution to quickly and efficiently process applications in these cases. When it comes to recruitment, a lot of it can be seamlessly automated.

This entails sourcing candidates through programmatic recruitment ads, pre-screening with the help of automated resume scrapers, screening with video-analysing tools in videotaped interviews looking for body signs and word choices and communicating with candidates about their application. Automation can also be applied to other Human Resources areas, such as onboarding.

Create Checklists through the Entire Process

The recruitment process between one candidate and another can alter, meaning recruitment procedures can be ineffective. As an example, your recruitment metrics between recruiting internally and externally would differentiate.  To streamline these scenarios, it is suggested to create a workflow chart that lists every step in the interview process to ensure recruiters execute a streamlined process. 

GCS Recruitment is here to help you find the perfect candidate to sustain employee growth. For more information on how our team of professional recruiters can help you, get in touch today on info@maltacareers.com.