Hiring is a delicate and often frustrating process. Hire too quickly, and you may miss out on some highly qualified talent. But hiring too slowly can be expensive and leave your company short-staffed. Here’s why, and how, to shorten your hiring process.
Why Hire Faster?
One of the biggest reasons not to drag your feet is the expense. The hiring process isn’t cheap, and costs can quickly rise the longer the process takes. It also ties up other resources, including your hiring manager’s time.
Hiring more quickly also creates a better candidate experience, which makes you less likely to lose top talent to your competition. No one likes to be called back for endless rounds of interviews or to wait weeks without hearing anything from you. Being decisive, while still allowing enough time to vet prospects thoroughly, will increase acceptance rates from selected candidates.
How to Speed Up Hiring
If you’re struggling to get through a pile of resumes, you might feel like speeding up the process is merely impossible. But there are a few easy to implement strategies that can help you streamline the entire hiring experience.
The easiest way to shorten your time to hire is to work with a staffing firm. Since recruiting is their entire job, staffing agencies have strong existing talent pools along with existing step by step processes to assess and select candidates. Just tell the agency what you’re looking for, and you will be presented with either a qualified worker (temp and temp to hire positions) or a few fully vetted candidates ready for you to make a hiring decision (direct hire positions).
You can also streamline hiring by administering skills tests early in the process. This will weed out unqualified candidates who look good on paper, without wasting time on interviews. If you’re working with a staffing agency, ask them to recommend some tests that are appropriate to your industry.
Make the most of your interviewing time by scheduling multiple interviews back to back. You can make an initial cut with a group interview in the morning, and then follow it up with one on one interviews that afternoon or the next day. Prepare your interview questions in advance, and try to spend no more than 30 minutes on each. You can then move to more in-depth interviews with your shortlist of candidates, rather than putting a great deal of time into each applicant.
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