Recruiting Funnel

What is Recruiting Funnel?

A recruiting funnel is a structure that outlines each stage of the hiring procedure from beginning to end. The candidate pool is reduced as they progress through the hiring process until one is chosen.

What are the phases of a recruitment funnel? 

Awareness: Employer branding should be focused on at the awareness stage to attract as many qualified candidates as possible. The career site and social media accounts of a corporation are two crucial touch points during this stage. Both are venues for an organization to present its workplace culture, illustrate its values, and persuade potential employees to join its workforce.

Attraction: The attraction phase focuses on finding candidates. But creating a convincing job description is essential before you can market a position. The job description must be carefully written because it is frequently the initial point of contact for prospective candidates. In order to appear in relevant candidates' search results, it must pique interest in your business, highlight the crucial job criteria, and contain the appropriate keywords.

Finding the top job boards and social media sites where your job descriptions can draw in the most active candidates and passive candidates is another way to attract more relevant prospects.

Application: The applicant experience must be taken into consideration throughout the application stage in order to produce the greatest number of qualified applicants. To lower the number of dropouts, the application procedure must first be evaluated. Create a frictionless application process that requires as few clicks as possible for a candidate to submit their paperwork. More job seekers are using mobile devices to submit their applications. Make sure the mobile and tablet versions of your career page or online application work properly.

Another strategy for creating a great candidate experience is consistent communication. Send out pre-written emails to candidates informing them that their applications have been received, thanking them for submitting them, and outlining the next steps.

Selection: The interview procedure, candidate evaluation, and application shortlisting make up the selection step. During each stage, it is intended to eliminate certain candidates in order to focus on the select few who are given consideration for employment.

Hiring: The hiring process is the last step in the recruitment process. Making a job offer to the chosen candidate is the next step. Be willing to negotiate and adjust your offer in light of previous discussions. Since additional job offers are probably coming in for highly qualified candidates, you should already know the upper and lower boundaries of your salary range.

‍Conclusion

Hiring top talent who fits the job description and company culture is every recruiter's first goal. Due to the increasing number of applicants, it is becoming more and more difficult to follow each candidate and map out the best path for them to travel during the hiring process. This could lead to a worse quality candidate experience, which could reflect poorly on the business.