Recruitment Fails

#Recruitment 

Following post has been doing rounds on linkedin. 

Let’s analyse the situation.

CVs Screened: 100

Relevant: 70

Spoken to: 50 (20 are not responding)

Interested: 20

Candidates within Salary Budget out of interested: 5

Shortlisted by concerns: 2

Interview scheduled: 1 (1 other is not available for the next whole week)

Candidate gets rejected for lack of skills...

Recruiter gets back to ZERO

#justathought

I have just a few queries if you don't mind

Recruitment is almost similar to sales in most of the cases.

Though I am no hardcore recruiter but still I have been successful in keeping my recruitment % to 70+

Let me summarize of 100 cv screened 70 were relevant 50 received the call 20 are interested 5 shortlisted and 2 scheduled for interview and 1 really got interviewed with hiring going to zero.

Few Questions and thoughts :-

1. Out of 70 that were deemed relevant 20 did not respond :-

* Were they contacted again or by other means of communication other than calling.

*Because I can understand they are not always waiting for a call from recruiter but busy in current work and life as well.

2. So out of 50 candidates spoken to only 20 were interested.

* Lets think why so ?

* As they all applied for a specific job but were not interested after spoken to.

* Did they actually apply for that position or their CVs were sorted or pulled from job portals using random keywords.

* If they did actually apply for the job, means they were interested, but then why back off after the call from recruiter ?

* Did they get a better understanding of the company after talking to the recruiter and found out that the company is not worth working for.

* Or did the recruiter tried to hire them for something lesser than they are working for ! Lets say a lower designation.

* Or was it the salary that repelled them.

3. Out of 20 only 5 were within salary bracket and 15 were not (75%)

* So it seems pretty certain that the said company is not giving salaries as per the market. That is why 75% of shortlisted candidates who have been spoken to are beyond your budget.

* So now you should re design your budget or at least work on it. Else in coming future even those 5 will be out of your budget.

* We all know if you #PayPeanutsGetMonkeys

* Even if someone joins such organisation for some reasons (Like loans and current unemployment) they will always keep looking for a way out and such companies who pay peanuts will never be able to retain talent.

3. Out of 5 candidates only 2 were shortlisted by the concerned for interview and 1 actually attended. Still that candidate was rejected for the lack of required skill. So productivity #zero

* 1 final candidate was not available for 1 full week!

May be that candidate backed of. Why ? Though he agreed for your salary budget but it was too low so he changed his mind and to be polite to you said he is not available for interview. May be he read employee reviews about the company and backed off. Or better still, got direct reviews and feedbacks from current or ex-employees suggesting not to join.

* Peer to peer references work a lot.

So finally we can say 3 points out of these :-

1. Sorting or selection of candidates was flawed. May be recruiter was not trained for this but given a specific target to fulfil.

2. Salary budget of the said company is so low from the market standards that no talented and experienced professional with good exposure wanted to join.

3. Reputation of the company in the market or as we say #Employer #Brand #Image is not good and not worth exploring by good candidates.

4. We should never short sell a candidate just because it does not for your budget.

5. One final question, how many candidates out of 100 applicants were actually given a feedback? My Guess and bet is on #Zero.

If you want to recruit good and loyal employees who will take your company forward at least work on these basics first.