Five ways to streamline the hiring process

Posted by James Chadwick on May 14th, 2021

Every person who goes through a job interview wishes to hear only two words, “you’re hired.” But, getting hired isn’t that easy, especially in this fiercely competitive employment market.  

And as an employer or an HR, you must know how difficult it is to select the best candidate from piles of CVs based on various factors. But again, taking too long to recruit a candidate can result in missing out on the ideal candidate, meaning your existing employees will require covering extra workload for a longer time. However, there are ways of shortening the process of recruitment in Poole.  

In this blog, we will talk about those tips so you can spend more time training the newcomers rather than going through a lengthy hiring process.  

1- Establish a proper hiring process: Before you even make the vacancy news live, make sure to establish a hiring process. This way, everyone involved will know what their part in the process is. Have a discussion with the team to address and potential concerns beforehand.  

Decide how many rounds will be conducted, when the candidates will come in for the interview and who has the final say in the process.  

2- Know the hiring needs beforehand: It is wise to determine what positions are needed to be filled and when are they needed to be filled. If possible, be proactive and start hiring for the roles one or two months before.  

For cyclical hiring, it is wise to know when you will require hiring more candidates throughout the year. This way, you will have time for both hiring and training the candidate beforehand.  

3- Define the role properly: Whenever you are rehiring for a position, make sure to reassess the role before hiring the candidate. This is because the position may be vacant after many years, meaning responsibilities may have likely changed too.  

Make sure to update the things like job descriptions, salary, benefits and working hours.  

4- Keep the communication on during the process: Avoid bad hiring practice and make sure to keep up with the communication, or else you may end up losing potential candidates. 

Let the candidates know when they will hear from you, when you will be ready with the decision, etc. Also, let the unsuccessful candidates know about the decision too.  

5- Use recruiting agency: The best way to shorten the length of the hiring process is by working with a recruitment agency in Dorset. Recruitment agencies have a team of experts who create a pool of qualified candidates.  

Whatever investment you make in hiring a recruitment agency in Bournemouth will be offset by the quality candidates they present.  

Over to you

We know hiring new candidates every now and then can become a tiresome job. So, use the tips mentioned above to ensure the time consumed in hiring a new and reliable candidate is cut short. 

James Chadwick is the author of this article. To know more about Recruitment in Poole. Please visit our website: pineapplerecruitment.co.uk