5 Recruitment Analytics Hiring Managers Love

Numbers can really help a company paint a picture of the hiring process. For instance, the average time-to-hire from a company career site is 45 days. For each open position, employers receive about 118 applications on average. Only about 17 percent of employers find candidates with the skills they need for their company. These numbers explain just how tough the recruiting process can be.

Companies can quickly and efficiently tailor their strategy to the practices garnering the best results if they pay attention to recruitment analytics. Simplicant’s next-generation platform and applicant tracking system make it easier than ever to use analytics to discover what in your process works and what needs to be tweaked.

Here are some of the top recruiting analytics hiring managers love and how they can help your company streamline its hiring process to find the top talent:  Continue reading

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A Checklist When You’re Focused on Hiring the Very Best Talent- Guest Post on TLNT

When your business is rapidly growing, it is important to hire the best talent. It is also important to hire this talent as quickly as possible so your company can continue to grow and thrive. This is one reason why your company should be sure to have a hiring checklist to keep your recruiting efforts on track.

Perhaps new funding has made it possible for your company to finally branch out and hire the employees you need to stay competitive in the marketplace. Or maybe some top flight talent has flown the coop and you are stuck looking for an equally talented replacement. Whatever the reason, one bad hiring decision can really cost your company. Continue reading

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3 Hiring Lessons Learned from the World Series

There is nothing like going out for some peanuts and cracker jacks, especially around World Series time. Baseball is America’s number-one pastime because the sport is exciting and built on hard work and dedication.

These are also attributes companies search for in candidates when looking to fill open positions with top talent. Your company needs exciting, hard working, and dedicated employees to move the organization forward to meet goals and expand.

If you feel that your company keeps striking out when it comes to hiring, here are some tips from the World Series to help you hit a homerun when hiring your next star player:  Continue reading

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Simplicant Solutions: How Can I Tap Into Talent Communities?

Here at Simplicant, we want to help you find the best candidates for your open positions. We also want the process to be a fun, collaborative and useful exercise for you. We often get a lot of questions from readers about how to combine the Simplicant social networking and recruiting platform with best hiring practices. This column addresses some of these questions about all things hiring!

We’ve recently received some questions about talent communities. Our readers want to know what talent communities are, how to find them, and how best to utilize these communities in the hiring process. Continue reading

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