Top 5 ways to choose the right recruitment channel.
To make sure that you pick the right talent from the right location, you need to choose the right recruitment channel to reach them. Below listed are the factors that you should consider while choosing the recruitment to make it right for you.
What are you looking for: Make sure that you are familiar with your requirements as there can be different types of job seekers present as different recruitment channels.
For instance, if you are looking for young demographics, social media will be the best option. Whereas, if you are looking for experienced candidates, they will be more active on the job boards.
Consider the job role: Identify industry and role specific recruitment channels to attract the target applicants. It will save you time and effort to a greater extent. For example, if you are in search of freelancers, you can post your open position on “Upwork”.
Compare the cost: Most of the recruitment channels offer organic or paid services. It depends on the features you wish to unlock while posting the job. Opt for the option that suits you the best in accordance with your budget.
What do you want others to perceive: Consider flaunting your employer brand whenever possible. Employer brand highly affects the candidate’s view towards your organization. Social media serves as the best way to represent your employer brand and let the candidates perceive what you want them to perceive.
Research, research and research: Analyze the best channels that generate higher returns in terms of qualified candidates with being cost-effective and time-savior. Study the recent trends and assess the movement of candidates.
HROne empowers you to connect various job portals altogether. Integrate the recruitment management software with different job portals to do bulk actions in one go.
How to evaluate if the chosen recruitment channel is the best?
To evaluate the chosen recruitment channel, following are the metrics you need to take in consideration:
Number of applications: Evaluate the raw applications received through your recruitment channel. It will help you to estimate the reach of the channel to the targeted talent pool.
Cost-per-hire: Cost-per-hire is the cost of hiring the talent to your company. Some recruitment channels may ask for subscription fee or platform fee or paid job posting. Calculate the cost and choose the optimum recruitment channel for your job openings.
Quality of application: To ensure expectations are being met, examine the applicant’s qualities by matching your requirements with the applications received. It will allow you to identify the quality applicant pickers.
Candidate engagement: Apart from filling in the application, check how engaged the applicant is with your job posting. With this you can recognize genuinely interested applicants. Click-through rate can be your tool with “track my application” option on the channel to identify the same.
Remember that “One right step can get you to your desired destination without any obstacle.” Be a smart recruiter and harness the best resources available to attract the finest talents for your vacancies.
We hope that our blog has helped you to understand and decide which recruitment channel suits you the best. We would love to hear about our blogs on our LinkedIn handle- HROne.
Bhavna Singh leads Talent acquisition function for HROne. With Over 9+ years of experience in IT/Non IT and semi govt firms she has a vast experience in talent acquisition and employee onboarding.
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