3 Simple Rules for Optimizing Your Recruiting Process

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”
— John Ruskin

Intelligent effort: no shortage of this magic ingredient has been applied to the recruiting sector's drive to consistently produce quality hires. Over the past decade alone, the list of new ideas that have been heralded as the beginning of a new era in recruiting is long and varied, packed with all sorts of new tools, approaches, technologies and methodologies.

With so many options to consider, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the details. The key to success, however, is to keep the complete picture in focus. If you start there and proceed logically, it is possible to transform recruiting into a repeatable process that can take you all the way from “we need someone” to a quality hire, every time.

This sounds difficult, but it doesn't have to be. All it requires is a broad perspective, a clear applicant data management strategy and a little more of that magic ingredient: intelligent effort. To that end, this paper examines the hiring process as a whole and proposes three basic rules that can help your organization achieve consistent quality hires. It also provides some real world examples that demonstrate how these rules can translate into results.