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Minimize Your Time to Hire with These Awesome Strategies

Alex Miles 1 Stories

Wednesday November 28, 2018 , 2 min Read

Qualified employees are the foundation of any business. But hiring talented employees is not a cakewalk. Recruiters invest a lot of effort and time into sourcing qualified applicants for their open roles.

Some of them invest more than 20 hours of their work week to source for a single job position. Also, more than 40% of recruiters feel that they might not even find skillful applicants who meet their requirements.

If you are struggling to hire candidates quickly, here are some easy and time-efficient strategies to hire new candidates.

1. Provide a Great Experience to Your Candidates

Candidates who have had a great experience will consider accepting your offer as soon as possible. This speeds up the recruiting process. They are also likely to spread a positive word about your company so that more candidates might be interested in joining you.

To enhance the candidate experience, you can use platforms like Candidate Rewards. It will also help you speed up the recruiting process and increase your job offer acceptance rate. With the help of this platform, you can collect real-time data on candidates to understand what they value.

2. Leverage Social Media Platforms to Hire New Talent

Social media platforms are widening the scope for recruiters to find potential employees. Many companies are now willing to invest in social media platforms to find new candidates.

More than 80% of companies are keen to invest in social media platforms instead of traditional job ads. According to the same study, 88% of applicants are eager to build their social media presence. So, leverage social media for recruitment if you’re not already doing so.

3. Take Advantage of Artificial Intelligence

AI can enhance your recruitment process and make it more efficient. It can also minimize the errors and make the recruitment process more effective.

Because of this reason, 60% of tech companies are keen to invest in AI-driven recruiting software. And 70% of hiring professionals agree that AI will not only help them source new candidates but also increase the productivity.

AI-based recruiting software carries the potential to eliminate biases. And it speeds up the recruiting process.

For more information on how to minimize your time to hire new talent, check out the infographic below.