Whilst we have entered a slightly different market in recent times there have been some clients who have been looking at other options for recruitment and advertising directly.
There are a few questions to ask.
- How does your brand come across on an advert?
- How do candidates perceive the recruitment process, and will this affect future applications?
- Are the best candidates the ones that are applying for the jobs or are they in the main the candidates who are out of work or not always the creme de la crème?
We hear from candidates constantly many frustrations including that:
- I have applied for so many jobs and I never get a response
- I went for an interview but did not receive any feedback
It begs the
question – how effective is your in-house recruitment team? Are they
potentially damaging your company’s brand through lack of communication when a
simple, ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ is sometimes all it takes?
The worst
case I’ve heard was a candidate getting to final interview and then being
ghosted by the company.
Imagine the
shoe was on the other foot – after a lengthy recruitment process, you’ve
finally identified the perfect candidate and are ready to extend an offer to
them, but they ghost you and never return your calls/emails to explain why
they’re no longer interested in the job?
As with
everything, feedback should be a two-way conversation, this is even more so imperative
currently when we all need to think of others in difficult situations.
There are many reasons for clients to use an agency and looking to cut a corner for the sole reason of cost saving is not always the most cost-effective way in the short and long term ironically. As we all know the cost of a poor hire can be far higher than the cost of using an agency to get a fantastic new employee.
The Award-Winning Eventus Recruitment Group recruits talented legal, HR and finance professionals, throughout the UK and in particular, across Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, North East, Cumbria, Merseyside, Wales, Bristol, Somerset, Hampshire, London & Home Counties on both a permanent and contract basis. Eventus is Latin for “Results” and our main aim is to provide both candidates and clients with a thorough, professional, and effective service.