Stop These Hiring Practices

Recruiting and selecting top talent is a challenging task. A positive candidate experience benefits current hiring endeavors and sets the foundation for future recruitment. Providing negative experiences to qualified candidates can damage the reputation of employers and hiring managers, affecting future hiring efforts.

Lack of communication and never set any expectation

Sometimes employers need to provide timely updates or feedback during the hiring process, and candidates are often in the dark for a few days before the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) sends an automated message or a Human Resources person reaches out about the next steps. It is understandable if many applicants are applying to a specific role, but setting a time expectation with candidates is essential for the current position and future hiring. When the employer is in a product or consumer servicing, this also creates bad word-of-mouth brand reputations. In other words, if the company does not respect qualifying candidates with good communication, it is unlikely to respect its customers.

Ghosting and lack of follow up

After participating in interviews or assessments, candidates have not received any further communication from the employer. They are left wondering about the outcome or whether they…