5 Tips to Hire a Great Recruiter with an ATS

So you want to hire an awesome recruiter for your company. But first, let’s be real for 10 seconds.
Recruiters know every recruitment trick in the book. They know what it takes to stand out in the hiring process. So if you want to stand out to them, you need an ATS.

For companies that are on the hunt for top-notch recruiters, the vacancies won’t magically get filled on their own. Hiring a recruiter is not easy because they’ve been in your shoes and in the driver’s seat during the recruitment process. Which means, their expectations are high.

So to attract and recruit the best candidate, you need advanced technology like an ATS to get the ball rolling.

Need a little more persuading? We got you covered!

Here are 5 awesome tips to hire a great recruiter for your company.

Write a compelling job description

Top recruiters who know they can add great value, won’t just settle for any job. They’re looking for a job that will help them thrive and grow in their careers. You want to grip them from the very start to compel them to apply.

Recruiters have experience in writing job descriptions, so they most likely know what to expect in terms of requirements and responsibilities. So when crafting a recruiter job description, you’ve got to be accurate.

You need to be specific and accurate with the list of skillsets:

• Exemplary communication skills
• Great listening skills
• Powerful writing skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Aptitude to quickly assess skillsets
• Excellent time management skills

These qualifications can help you craft an accurate recruiter job description. It will help recruiters know exactly what they need to do. It will even help the perfect candidate find your job when surfing through different job boards.

Not only that, but your job description should include selling points about your company. In the introduction, mention what benefits you offer, what makes your company unique, how your company operates, and a little glimpse into your culture. Now, if you’re not precisely sure what a recruiter’s day-to-day tasks, requirements, or responsibilities will look like – this is when the ATS steps in.

An ATS like EVA-REC can help you write accurate and relevant job descriptions that are accurate and relevant. The ATS brings more structure to the way job descriptions are created. By providing the ATS with the job title of the position, it will automatically autofill the skills section based on the up-to-date job requirements that are emerging in the marketplace. After all, jobs are evolving – and so are their responsibilities. So an intuitive applicant tracking system can help you post accurate job posts that will help you attract the perfect recruiter.

Post your job on the best job boards

Now that you wrote an awesome job description, it’s time to post your job on the right job boards. As a recruiter who’s hiring another recruiter, you know you need to play it smart. Recruiters know the best job boards like the back of their hands. They know where to look for top candidates, and they know where they want to be found. But if you’re not sure where to get started, don’t worry. We’ve got the perfect ATS for that.

We know it, you know it. It can be incredibly daunting to know where to post your job, especially when there are thousands of job boards out there to choose from. On the bright side, our award-winning ATS, EVA-REC, makes it simple to access and post job listings on a global portfolio of job boards, channels, niche sites, and social media – all without leaving EVA-REC.

Even better, as a recruiter, you now have easy access and a way to target your job ads based on the industry, job function, job title, or region. You can even get job board recommendations that is data-driven and help you post your job in the right places. And with a few clicks, your job ad will be published on all optimal channels.

Here’s how it works.

Our ATS is integrated with over 2,000 job boards. What does this mean for you? It means that In a few seconds, you can purchase credits and advertise your job across a variety of paid and nonpaid channels. So with a more targeted approach, it becomes seamlessly easier to attract and convert the best recruiters. This makes it much faster to optimize job listings without even leaving EVA-REC. And now, with quick access to a diversified set of job boards, it’s even easier for recruiters to identify top recruiters across multiple providers, with competitive pricing and pay-as-you-go flexibility.

Call references & run a quick background check

So you posted your job vacancy and interviewed a few great candidates. Then what? Hiring a great recruiter means that this needs to be trustworthy because they’ll be dealing with personnel and confidential information. So you need to make sure that this candidate is exactly who they claim to be. The first step is to confirm what’s included in their CV. Whether it’s from education, work experience, or volunteering to references – you need to do your due diligence.

And the best way to do that is through an ATS!

But we’re not just talking about any ATS. You need one that is integrated with the right tech provider to run the background checks for you. But before you run a background check, you need to get the candidate’s approval first. Where the ATS will provide you with a template form to send to the prospective candidate to get their approval.

With such integration at hand, you can use the ATS to initiate a screening with the click of a button. Then, you’ll get a comprehensive report on the candidate from the candidate’s profile on your ATS.

You might be wondering how this works right? Well, it’s fairly a simple process.

As soon as you request a background check on your ATS, the software you’re integrated with will receive your request and kick-start the screening process. Then, you’ll get a self-authenticated link that is provided in the candidate’s profile within the applicant tracking system.

By conducting background checks you can instantly unravel red flags and protect your company from making the wrong hire.

Now, background checks can’t exactly tell you if the candidate did his or her job right, but their manager can. So be sure to give them a quick call and ask them everything you need to know, such as:

• On what terms did the candidate leave the company?
• Did the candidate meet his or her KPIs?
• Do they work well under pressure?
• Is the candidate a dependable recruiter?

Collaborate with the team to reach a consensus

Your team collaboration is the foundation of your hiring success. But sometimes, collaborating with your team can be a tough pickle. Especially when you’re all working remotely and have no centralized method of communication.

Luckily, an ATS allows you to quickly engage with teammates and managers to decide on future hires and reach a consensus. In one centralized place (the ATS) can streamline communication, invite teammates to support you, assign tasks, specify roles, and make decisions in a fraction of time.

To start with, an ATS allows you to define each user group and their role when it comes to hiring the recruiter. You can easily specify their permissions and ability to make configurations in the system.
You can even keep the communication loop open by logging in any notes, feedback, or reminders your team has – at every step of the interview process.

So instead of waiting 17 hours to solicit interview feedback, you can use the ATS to engage in timely discussions. Where in seconds, your teammates can see your feedback, comments, or thoughts regarding a specific candidate – and give you their feedback too straightaway. Instead of having a never-ending email thread or relying on water cooler breaks to speak to a teammate – an ATS allows you to discuss and decide on the perfect candidate to recruit, on spot and with no delay.

Send out an electronic offer

After completing all the steps above, you have finally found the star recruiter that you want to move forward with. And it’s time to give them the good news! With an ATS like EVA-REC you can create your own personalized job offer template, making sure to include:

• The job title
• The salary
• Bonus (if any)
• The starting date
• Full job description

An ATS allows you to send your star candidate the offer, automatically as soon as they are transferred to the offer stage of the hiring process.

Once you’re done preparing the template, you’ll get to see a preview of what the candidate will receive. Which help you make any necessary changes where you see fit. Then, once the offer is officially sent, the candidate will receive an email that contains a link to sign the offer.

For example, many ATSs are integrated with top tech providers like DocuSign or HelloSign. Which allows candidates to sign separately in any required field found in the offer. Or just sign the document once – and the signature will be filled automatically in all pages and designated fields.

Parting tips

So, with all the tips and tricks we shared above, you’re now ready to do what you do best: recruit!

An ATS makes hiring a recruiter for your company a breeze. Not only that, but it also gives the prospective recruiter an exceptional hiring experience. Which will ultimately excite them to land the job, become a recruiter at your company, and use the ATS themselves!

Wondering how to kick off your hiring process on the best foot with an ATS? Look no further. You came to the right place.

EVA-REC is an award-winning ATS that helps small businesses to corporate giants build skillful workforces and hire top talent at scale. It makes it far easier for hiring teams to find, attract, and recruit top talent, each and every time. With world-class integrations and AI features, EVA-REC helps companies drive merit-based, objective, and fair hiring practices that minimize bias, without dehumanizing the hiring process. Seeling is believing! Request a free walk-through demo and see EVA-REC in action today!

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