Naturally, as we enter the holiday season, our minds wander to vacation plans, baking cookies, shopping, etc. It is also the time to reflect on the year that's about to end. But every new year also marks a fresh start which means organizations should set new goals and step into the next year with a positive attitude.
So, are you making time to set goals for your recruitment process?
I believe there is no place for a stagnant hiring strategy in the recruitment process. You might be successful using your current recruitment process. But if you don't develop new hiring strategies, you could fall flat on this. So, it is time to make changes in your hiring approach and determine some SMART recruitment goals.
S: Specific
M: Measurable
A: Achievable
R: Reasonable
T: Time Based
Here let's discuss the benefits of setting recruitment goals that can help you find relevant and qualified candidates.
1. Analyze Recruitment Needs & Skill Gaps
Before creating your recruitment plan, the first step is to identify your hiring needs and fill your skill gaps. Start this process by analyzing the growth of your organization. Consider essential factors like employee turnover as they will impact your hiring needs. Find which department ad roles will need strengthening and why. Learn which skill your team is missing and the one you need to tackle the future workloads.
2. Identify the Tools You Need to Scale Your Hiring Process
Select some of the essential solutions for your recruitment tec stack like ATS (applicant tracking system). Invest in excellent screening tools so that recruiters can extract relevant candidates for the organization. A tool like CandidateZip is a global provider of fast and easy hiring workflows for recruiters. Through CandidateZip, recruiters can manage resumes/jobs easily in their hiring process without any technical hassle. They can easily automate their hiring process. This tool will help your team to streamline their organization's hiring efforts, automating time-consuming tasks.
3. Up Your Recruitment Marketing Efforts
Another smart recruitment goal in human resource management is to improve your recruiting game by raising the marketing strategy to hire relevant candidates. Recruitment is not a two-day process. It is something that an organization should put into their brains all year round, even when they are not hiring. Creating a brand image for your organization, investing in the perfect recruitment tools, attending different recruitment events, and creating connections with recruiters are some of the things that should be part of your hiring strategy. Through all these steps, you will make your recruitment process smooth and more fruitful.
Setting these recruitment goals for the year 2022 will help you amplify your organization's offer acceptance rate that strengthens your employer branding. This would be beneficial for the hiring process and gain good hire but will ultimately improve your company with great employees adding value to the organization.