Filling open jobs in a timely fashion with a high-quality candidate is a problem for companies and recruiters alike. The longer a position remains open, the more costly that opening becomes.
The situation isn’t getting any better, either. According to the Dice-DFH Vacancy Duration Measure, it now takes an average of over 27 working days for an organization to fill an open position. That’s the longest average time span since the beginning of this century.
Not only that, but according to Indeed’s recent report, “The 30-Day Tipping Point,” for businesses that fail to fill a job opening within the first month, there is a 57% chance that the position will remain open for three months or more.
So the first 30 days are extremely important, and that’s where erecruitment enters the picture. Erecruitment, as just about everybody knows, is the process of recruiting using electronic resources, specifically the Internet. In the same vein, you may also be familiar with the many positive attributes of erecruitment:
- More efficiency
- Greater reach
- Broader candidate pool
- Lower cost
However, in this day and age of rampant technological advancement and innovation, how do you leverage erecruitment to your advantage? After all, if everybody has access to it, how can you gain a competitive edge?
Below are three ways to use erecruitment to your advantage:
#1—Your applicant tracking system (ATS)
Speed is essential when it comes to erecruitment. After all, that is its main benefit: finding qualified candidates more quickly. That’s why it’s crucial to find an ATS that complements the way you run your desk and/or the way you run your firm. You don’t want a package that’s so convoluted and complicated that it slows down your process. Slowing down is the opposite of what you want.
#2—Your recruiting website
These days, recruiters are making placements with their firm’s website. That’s right, their site is helping them to attract and qualify candidates for their open job orders, while they turn their attention to completing other tasks on their desk. Is your firm’s website able to accomplish this? Is it SEO-friendly? Is it “sticky”? Does it allow visitors to view your hottest jobs?
#3—Your job posting efforts
Exposure for your open jobs is of paramount importance, and that is why many recruiters use the erecruitment avenue of job posting. However, you must “inspect what you expect.” Are you posting to the correct places? What kind of ROI are you receiving on your investment in job posting? In other words, are you making placements as a direct result of it?
Erecruitment is all about finding and successfully recruiting the best candidates in the marketplace before your competition does. However, not only are there multiple tools for achieving this objective, but there are also best practices for doing so.
How much is your recruiting firm using erecruitment to its advantage? How long does it take for your clients to fill their available positions? How long does it take for YOU to fill their open job orders?
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