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19 Recruiting Tips For 2019 PDF
19 Recruiting Tips For 2019 PDF
Recruiting
Tips for 2019
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iCIMS | 19 Recruiting Tips for 2019
In this eBook we’ll explore 19 key tips to achieve your 2019 recruiting goals.
table of contents
Ch. 1 Take Your Efforts to New Heights with Mobile, AI, and Beyond Ch. 4 Differentiate with a Strong Candidate Experience
Tip #1: Master Mobile Recruiting 5 Tip #12: Treat Candidates Like Customers 14
Tip #2: Change the Game with AI 5 Tip #13: Embrace Application Strategy 14
Tip #3: Capitalize on Video Screening 6 Tip #14: Inspire New Hires Before Day One 15
Tip #4: UNIFi All Processes into ONE System of Record 6 Tip #15: Create a Coaching Culture 15
Tip #16: Be More Visible 16
Ch. 2 Find Top Talent, Even in High Volume Recruiting
Tip #5: Define Your Ideal Hires 8 Ch. 5 Work Smarter with Big Data
Tip #6: Get the Right Recruitment Marketing Tools 8 Tip #17: Let Data Drive Your Recruiting 18
Tip #7: Stay Ahead of Skills Gaps 9 Tip #18: Ensure Data is Secure 18
Tip #8: Watch Labor Trends 9 Tip #19: Share Support & Value with Executives. 19
Tip Tip
Master Mobile Recruiting Change the Game with AI
#1 #2
Increasingly, people search and apply for jobs on their Advances in AI can accelerate your time-to-hire by allowing candidates
phones. Lean into mobile tools and technologies and to engage with customized chatbots through text messaging.
see your recruitment efforts take off.
Recruiters can save themselves time and ensure candidates receive
the ongoing updates and communication they need throughout the
Nearly 70% of highly skilled application process.
potentials said they are more drawn
to organizations with a mobile
recruitment option.1
Don’t miss out on these candidates.
2. Pew Research Center, Automation in Everyday Life, 2017. | 3. HRWINS, The Future of HR Technology, 2016.
Most important factors for job seekers when looking for a new role:4
90% Compensation
4. iCIMS, Recruitment Marketing: Fad or Future?, 2016. | 5. iCIMS, Recruitment Marketing: Fad or Future?, 2016.
Tip Tip
Stay Ahead of Skills Gaps Watch Labor Trends
#7 #8
59% of HR professionals report some
level of basic skills and knowledge
deficits among job applicants over the
previous 12 months.6
From STEM to leadership, skills gaps are only expected to increase.
Hiring people who have the right skills for the roles you’re looking
to fill fuels your company’s success.
6. Bersin by Deloitte, Bersin Report: A Look Ahead at Talent Acquisition 2016/2017, 2016.
Tip Tip
Engage with Job Descriptions Invest in Employee Referrals
#9 #10
Job descriptions stand out when they include inviting titles and A company’s best employees often know the best candidates.
details. Where it makes sense, include photos, videos, listed
88% is the average satisfaction rating referred employees feel
benefits and opportunities for growth.
towards their ability to fulfill their job duties. Likewise, 88% of
iCIMS gives candidates a chance to learn about a company’s employers rate employee referrals above all other sources for
team through branded content and embedded video. quality hires.8
Job seekers want to know about your company’s values Ask your employees to participate and allocate budget towards
and culture. Keep your website content updated and leverage software that enables them to easily submit a referral.
social media as a way to give candidates an inside look into
what they really care about – why your company is somewhere
they want to work.
7. Talent Board, 2017 North American Candidate Experience Research Report, 2017. 8. iCIMS, The Impact of Successful Employee Referral Programs, 2015.
Tip
Get Your Name Out in Front of Contingent Workers
#11
Contingent workers are professionals that work for an organization but are Contingent works can be used strategically in order to meet your business
not considered permanent employees. These workers work independently, objectives on a temporary or ongoing basis. With iCIMS Recruit, you can
often seasonally, as freelancers, consultants, or contractors, and many send your jobs to hundreds of niche job sites with the click of a button.
choose to do so for the flexibility it provides.
Tip Tip
Treat Candidates Like Customers Embrace Application Strategy
#12 #13
If one of your customers called saying they were concerned about 43% of companies reported that social professional networks were
your services, would you wait days before returning their call? their top source of quality hires.11
Probably not. The same should hold true for your candidates. Provide candidates with a quick and easy way to apply for a job by
parsing relevant information from their social profiles, like LinkedIn,
51% of candidates will share their positive into their job application fields.
experiences and 35% will share their Already logged in, there’s no need to re-enter a password, saving a job
negative experiences publicly online.10 seeker time to do what they want to—apply for your open position.
Good or bad, candidate experience has a The easier the experience, the better chance a candidate completes
direct impact on your brand. an application, and moves through your hiring process.
10. Talent Board, 2017 North American Candidate Experience Research Report, 2017. | 11. LinkedIn, Global Recruiting Trends 2016, 2016.
Tip Tip
Inspire New Hires Before Day One Create a Coaching Culture
#14 #15
Have your new hires fill out necessary paperwork and familiarize Many of today’s candidates won’t consider a position if training,
themselves with what to expect when they arrive – before they coaching, or mentoring is not offered. Providing these options
step foot in the office on their first day. also gives your new hires a reason to stay.
This is a simple way to make your new hires feel both welcomed
Those with mentors are twice as likely to
and valued while also setting the stage for introductions with
other employees. stay with a company more than 5 years
77% of new hires who hit
(68% vs 32%).13
their first performance If your company does not yet have the resources to provide
milestone had formal formal in-house trainings or the funds to send employees to
onboarding training.12 industry events, then consider a company-wide subscription to
an online video training platform.
iCIMS offers a
personalized onboarding
experience, displaying
targeted content.
12. Urban Bound, The Onboarding Statistics You Need to Know, 2015.
13. Deloitte, One Foot Out the Door, 2016.
Tip
Be More Visible
#16
For over a decade, more
than 70% of job searches
started on Google.14
Google for Jobs makes it easier
for candidates to find and apply to
jobs quickly and on the go. iCIMS’
partnership with Google can also help
reduce recruitment advertising costs
by ensuring job postings are visible in
search results.
Tip Tip
Let Data Drive Your Recruiting Ensure Data is Secure
#17 #18
When talent acquisition teams used data to hire, they Talent acquisition solutions hold an incredible amount of
were more likely to reduce costs and improve their sensitive data and unfortunately, data breaches do happen.
recruiting efforts.
40% of CEOs report that cyber threats
Companies know that analytics are important to their
business success when it comes to their products and have them ‘extremely concerned’ about
solutions, so why should it be any different with hiring? the impact on their organizations’
The ability to report on recruiting performance, such as growth prospects.15
time-to-fill, cost-per-hires and candidate quality can help
Don’t leave your company’s information vulnerable to hackers
you hire better and faster.
or to major outages. Ensure that your talent acquisition provider
has necessary protection in place.
Tip
Share Support & Value With Executives
#19
According to PwC, finding the right talent is one of
the top concerns of CEOs, so offer executives a high
level overview of how your recruiting efforts are doing.
Where possible, make it known just how valuable and
impactful your talent acquisition efforts have been to the
company’s success and how valuable they could be with
additional support.