Craft a Departmental Candidate Sourcing Plan
You've identified the candidates you need; now it’s time to bring them in.
- Only half of organizations have a candidate sourcing plan, yet planning is crucial to sourcing success.
- Collectively, time constraints and poor execution of the recruitment process lead to costly hiring mistakes for organizations.
- Recruiters are often given either no autonomy in source selection, or too much - they are left to select sources on a position-by-position basis or they are given blanket “go to” sources that only meet sourcing needs in specific situations.
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- The key to a successful and efficient sourcing process is to involve hiring managers throughout, not just for the interview and the hiring decision. However, hiring managers do not have time to be involved in all aspects of the sourcing process. Get the most from manager involvement by focusing their attention on activities that have the most impact on sourcing success: identifying department hiring needs, determining characteristics of the ideal hire, and employment testing.
- Sourcing guidelines are essential to help guide recruiter efforts and ensure the best candidates are found. Without them, recruiters can waste time on ineffective and inefficient processes and cost the business time and money.
Impact and Result
- Organizations who put a high level of effort into sourcing make better hiring decisions. This reduces the costs and grief associated with bad hires.
- Recruiters can learn to source effectively using easily tailored templates and tools that support them every step of the way – saving time and frustration.
- HR saves time and money by providing a source of best practice guidelines that are ready to be incorporated into sourcing materials, and templates that can be easily modified and utilized in the sourcing process.
- A formal process protects hiring managers and the company from poor hiring practices that can expose the organization to prospective employee backlash or even legal issues.
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