Streamlining your hiring process reduces your time to hire and cost per hire. Requiring fewer days for a candidate to accept a job offer also helps maintain productivity.
Although the average time to hire varies by industry, the average across industries is approximately 34-36 days. In most cases, it is best to keep pace with or outperform your industry standard.
Choose among these strategies to streamline your hiring process and reduce your time to hire.
Use an Applicant Tracking System
An applicant tracking system (ATS) elevates efficiency throughout your hiring process. For instance, the ATS can post job advertisements on job boards, sort resumes, and schedule interviews. These activities reduce your time to hire.
Collect Relevant Hiring Process Data
Use your ATS to gather the following data:
- Ratio of good to poor applications typically received
- Number of days needed to move candidates between stages
- Number of days from your final selection to making the job offer
- Number of days needed to fill a role
- How your time to hire compares to the industry standard
Identify the most concerning data and develop strategies to improve it. For instance, if it typically takes 2 days for candidates to submit their resumes and 7 days for hiring managers to reply, consider automating tasks such as resume screening, interview scheduling, and pre-employment testing to help candidates move through your process faster.
Speed Up Your Interview Process
Implement an automated interview scheduling tool to streamline the interview process. The technology can coordinate the hiring team’s schedules and let candidates select appropriate times to meet. These activities increase efficiency in your hiring process.
Build a Talent Pipeline
Have vetted candidates ready for specific roles. Then, you can quickly extend job offers and begin onboarding and training to support productivity.
You can follow these steps to build a talent pipeline:
- Identify the roles you often need to fill.
- Determine the education, skills, experience, cultural fit, and other role requirements.
- Develop strategies to reach ideal candidates, such as employee referrals, social networks such as LinkedIn, conferences, and industry events.
- Reach out to relevant active and passive candidates.
- Build relationships with interested candidates through personalized messaging, meaningful content, and coffee invitations to discuss job opportunities.
Partner with HireCall
HireCall’s expertise can help streamline your Oklahoma company’s hiring process to secure top talent faster. Contact us to learn more, or easily request an employee today.
