How recruiters can find the BEST applicants

HR specific software has come a long way!! These days there are many fantastic products on the market that help us to categorise, track and manage our candidates. Certainly this makes it MUCH easier for us when it comes time to fill a placement, as we have already qualified and categorised those who would be the best match/fit for our vacancy - and quick response times with well matched applicants is one of the foundations to bringing us more business!

Now, whilst we all have our favourite Applicant Tracking Systems to help us automate, optimise and streamline managing our candidates and allow us to cleverly match through skills matrices, the actual problem really lies in FINDING the good talent!!

Surveys list one of the BIGGEST challenges for Recruiters as lack of good candidates. There's no arguing the point that it is much easier to place a "good" candidate and therefore they are the ones that stay on your Talent Management System for the LEAST amount of time. But the difficulty actually lies in attracting more of those "good" candidates!

What are some tips for FINDING good applicants?

1. Many recruiters are looking to Social Media to access new and great talent - FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter are all a fantastic way to expand your pool of talent, but they can be time consuming!
2. Another way to fill your applicant pipeline is Talent Generation, which is certainly becoming a science! Talent Generation software is designed specifically to help recruiters PROACTIVELY find the best talent available in a fast, efficient and cost effective manner - capturing these ideal candidates into the hiring process. It also allows recruiters to market open positions in a broader manner and better engage with clients! and finally
3. tapping into a great Job Board partner! In Australia we all know who the big gun is - there is no denying they do what they do extremely well - BUT there are a lot of fantastic applicants who are utilising other methods of promoting themselves as they don't want to get lost in the tide of vacancies and applicants!

In fact we know first hand the talented job seekers who are attracted to our site love our fresh quick mobile solution and they love having another Ace up their sleeve, when compared with the average "Seek - er"!

Isn't this exactly the type of applicant you are seeking?? Someone who doesn't just want to be a sheep and follow the others, but who makes the next step to utilise services that give them the advantage in their job hunt! We welcome all recruiters to come and try our services out, see for yourself that you can access excellent candidate talent!!

Fill more roles faster by utilising the talent pool we already have!

PS: we'd love to hear about how advances in HR software have helped your recruiting processes, feel free to drop us a line!