While you wait, your competition is acting

It’s important to find the right person for your business – but both a too-lax and a too-strict approach to recruitment and hiring can lead to the loss of a great candidate.

The old recruitment style is on the way out and job postings with long-winded selection criteria and demands for cover letters may get glazed over. These asks don’t actually guarantee the best candidate and, in fact, many of your ideal applicants will probably skip over them in favour of a more immediate process. This is because we live in a culture of now – and you need to act quickly and move efficiently to succeed. Rather than having a candidate list their qualifications and skills, it’s more advantageous to meet with them and see how they fit in with your company’s culture.

You also need to take into consideration that if the potential employee is a strong fit for your company, there’s also a good chance they’ll be coveted by your competitor. Any delay in the enrolment process – be it the interview setup, the pay rate debate or an interruption in communication – could mean a loss for your business. While you wait, your competition is acting.

As such, it’s important to have a clear, seamless hiring system in place to make sure that the right, qualified candidates are coming directly to you.

CTC can help streamline your recruitment and fill your vacancies quickly.