Struggling to Find Great Candidates? Here are 5 Innovative Ways to Get on Top of That with a Hiring Platform

If you can’t seem to find good candidates, don’t worry. You’re not alone.

This month alone, plenty of companies experienced a large 24% drop in candidates per hire. Whether its because candidates were suddenly dropping out or ghosting recruiters after the interviews – the dilemma is real.

In short, it’s like a scavenger hunt for top talent right now.

But getting on top of the game is easy. You need to gear up with the best hiring platform in the market (hint: it’s us).

So, how can a hiring platform help you rise above the roadblocks and find the best candidates easily?

We lay it all out for you in this blog. Let’s dig in!

Convert candidates with accurate job descriptions

To find and engage top talent, you need to grab their attention. And with a little effort up front, you can get a wide range of qualified candidates to slip right into your pipeline.

And the best place to start is with your job descriptions.

Let’s clear this out first: Too much information will not make your job description stand out. It’s the right information that will. After all, informative job descriptions create a very good first impression.

Luckily, a hiring platform like EVA-REC can help you write job descriptions that are accurate and precise in every way. And above all, helps you attract candidates like a magnet. In essence, the hiring platform brings more structure to the way job descriptions are created and maintained. How?

All recruiters have to do is simply write the job title for the position, and EVA-REC will instantly generate the skill sets required for the job – in seconds!

It seamlessly autofill’s the skills section based on emerging jobs and up-to-date job requirements in the marketplace. Therefore, allowing you to post accurate job descriptions that attract the right candidates for the job.

And remember, when crafting your job descriptions, don’t just focus on the skillsets required. Be sure to also add some information that shed some light about your work-life balance and company culture. At the end of the day, if your job descriptions don’t give candidates a glimpse into the work environment, many of them won’t feel too enticed to apply.

Offer a richer and better candidate experience

It goes without saying that when you treat candidates great, you get more great candidates. But to do that, you need to delight candidates at every touchpoint.

Do you find yourself panicking over negative Glassdoor reviews? Do you wonder why candidates drop out mid-way? If you’re a recruiter or a hiring manager, you know how important it is to keep top talent happy – and above all, how hard it can be to build a wonderful and immersive candidate experience.

So here’s how a hiring platform can completely reshape and transform the candidate experience.

A hiring platform can help you streamline the hiring process entirely – and from the candidate’s perspective as well.

The recipe for an excellent candidate experience is simple. You just need a dollop of engagement and a touch of innovation. And of course, a hiring platform!

A hiring platform enables you to customize and personalize communication with candidates at every stage. So once candidates move from one stage to another, they will instantly receive an automated follow-up email that keeps them in the loop on their application status.

What’s more, a hiring platform offers more flexibility when it comes to scheduling interviews and the application process. Where candidates can apply to jobs through a short and brief application process that takes only a few clicks. They even have the option to self-schedule their own interviews at the time that suits them best!

Diversify your sourcing options

As a recruiter, talent acquisition specialist, or HR manager, you most likely have your go-to channels to find and source top talent. In fact, studies have shown that more than 50% of recruiters rely on their network to find top talent, whereas 28% of them resort to LinkedIn. Ultimately, they depend on their tried-and-true sourcing methods.

But is that the best option? Not always.

Tapping into a larger and more diverse group of top talent requires that you invest more time, and search outside of your traditional sources.

In short, it’s always better to add other sources to the mix.

Fortunately, you can now rely on a hiring platform like EVA-REC to save time and money and post your jobs on a global portfolio of 2,000+ job boards.

You can also effortlessly select the channels you want, and post all your jobs – hundreds of them – in one single click. Say goodbye to jumping between tabs just to post a single job ad. Instead, you can use our hiring platform to centralize the entire process in one place. You can even collect candidate information from job boards and see how many candidates came from each source. This way, you can organize and manage all your candidates from multiple sources effortlessly.

Create a human-centered hiring process

At Elevatus, we think it’s crucially important to create a human-centered hiring process where candidates can deeply understand who we are, learn more about the job, know who they will be working with, and what our work environment is all about.

And the truth is, finding and hiring top talent doesn’t always need to involve a plethora of resources or  fancy marketing campaigns. Sometimes, all you need a hiring platform.

An award-winning hiring platform like EVA-REC keeps the hiring process more human by simply keeping the candidate’s experience engaging and personalized. Without the right hiring technology, it can be relatively hard to customize everything that needs to be customized, such as communication.

For example, with our hiring platform, recruiters can constantly communicate and reach out to candidates throughout the process. With personalized and automated emails, candidates will always be kept in the loop. In fact, since the hiring platform automates the admin and saves more than 90% of the recruiter’s time, it leaves them with more time to communicate and build stronger connections with candidates.

It also helps candidates feel like they aren’t only communicating with bots or machines. There are humans out there who are keeping them in the loop, communicating with them, and answering their questions – whether they make it to the last round or not. So, by investing more time with candidates throughout the hiring process, you won’t only enhance their experience, but you will also humanize the hiring process effortlessly.

Build a great employer brand that tells your story

Your employer brand could either be the reason candidates respond well to your outreach, or the reason they’re ignoring it.

If you’re trying hard to find top talent, then consider employer branding to be your bait. A great employer brand can help you effortlessly find, attract, and retain top talent.

When you have a great employer brand and reputation as an employer, it will take you much less time and cost to fill a vacancy. With a polished employer brand, you won’t need to spend much on recruiting costs. Nor do you have to spend a large sum promoting your job openings on numerous job boards and career sites. Top talent will find you and apply to your vacancies organically. So you don’t have to spend a ginormous amount of time hunting for candidates… because they will find you!

And an easy way to do that is through a hiring platform.

An end-to-end hiring platform like EVA-REC helps you create a modern and branded career page that acts as your shop window. The great news is; you don’t even need to hire a bunch of developers to do it for you. You can do it all on your own.

Through this branded career page, you can easily attract the right candidates by providing a real sense of your work environment and culture. And we’re not just talking about posting pictures of your pinball machine. Candidates want to see your perks and benefits, value proposition, and what you have to offer.
We highly advise you that you ditch the Shutterstock images and use authentic ones of your team instead. Perhaps it’s from a company outing, an outdoor activity, or a regular day at the office. Also, remember to add awesome videos that give a real sense of what working for your company is really like. And remember, these videos don’t need to resemble a Warner Bros film production, they just need to offer an authentic peek behind the curtains of your company.

Keeping it short

Top talent know that they’re in high demand. So if you want to win them for your team, you have to leverage advanced technology to find the caliber of talent that your company needs to succeed.

Yes, finding and hiring top talent is not easy. In fact, it might be more challenging now more than ever before. However, the wide-use of hiring platforms is slowly making this challenge fade away.

EVA-REC is a multi-award-winning hiring platform that helps small businesses to corporate giants build skillful workforces and hire top talent at scale. It makes it far easier for recruiters to find, attract, and hire the right people, every time. With world-class integrations and AI features, EVA-REC creates a rich and immersive hiring experience for HR teams and candidates alike.

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