{"id":5892,"date":"2022-09-07T11:27:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seedpeopleconsulting.com.au\/?p=5892"},"modified":"2024-12-13T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:29:02","slug":"secure-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedpeopleconsulting.com.au\/secure-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enhance the candidate experience and secure talent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to enhance the candidate experience and secure talent <\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Struggling to fill roles right now? You\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n

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According to recent data<\/a> by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 31 per cent of Australian businesses surveyed in June are finding it difficult to find staff. But we don\u2019t need statistics to tell us that. We hear it in conversations every day.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to COVID, the job market has undergone transformative change over the last few years. The so-called \u2018Great Resignation\u2019 has hit our shores, and we\u2019re currently seeing a tight talent pool and a decline in job applications coming through as people re-evaluate their life and work priorities.<\/p>\n

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Having faced lockdowns, safety threats, and a situation where work from home was seen to work, employees are no longer willing to stay in jobs where they\u2019re not valued, endure long commutes or have no flexibility.<\/p>\n

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People want to work for companies that treat them as human beings with lives, needs and families beyond work, not just as cogs in the machine. If they\u2019re getting that, they stay. If they\u2019re not, they look for it elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Because of this, the key to attracting talent and filling roles today is being an awesome employer delivering an enhanced candidate experience.<\/p>\n

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An enhanced experience starts early<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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But what can you do to achieve an enhanced candidate experience?<\/p>\n

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Our advice? Move to a recruitment and selection process that focuses on those early customer touchpoints. In other words, put your efforts into proactively and thoughtfully engaging with candidates early in the process.<\/p>\n

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This allows your organisation to build connections and nurture relationships \u2013 things that ultimately strengthen your brand and place you as the \u2018front of mind\u2019 employer when people are presented with multiple job offers.<\/p>\n

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As the old saying goes, \u2018The early bird catches the worm!\u2019 or as we prefer to say, \u2018The proactive business pulls in the talent!\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Tactics to make candidates choose you<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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There are a number of things you can do to enhance the candidate experience in the early recruitment and selection stage. They really can make a difference!<\/p>\n

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Create a brilliant careers page <\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Your website careers page isn\u2019t just a place to pop your latest vacancies. Think of it as a personal pitch to potential candidates. The more appealing and engaging you can make it, the more likely you are to win candidates over.<\/p>\n

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