Posts Tagged ‘Candidate Experience’
The Future of Talent Acquisition: Adapting to 2025’s Hiring Landscape
As a seasoned HR leader recalls, a candidate once astounded them by flawlessly adapting to the company’s application process, highlighting the stark contrasts between those who embrace change and those who resist. This story underscores a broader truth in talent acquisition: adaptability is crucial. Today, many organizations find themselves at a crossroads, needing to redefine…
Read MoreRecruiting Automation: Employer and Candidate Preferences [Infographic]
The world of recruitment is undergoing a seismic shift, thanks in no small part to advancements in artificial intelligence and automation. Recent data from our Lighthouse Research & Advisory Talent Acquisition Trends study underscores this transformation, revealing some thought-provoking trends. First, employers are now 41% more likely to report increased efficiencies in talent acquisition due…
Read MoreSpeed Counts in Hiring: How to Shorten Cycle Times and Increase Candidate Satisfaction [Infographic]
Today, creating a positive candidate experience is not just a nice-to-have; it’s a must-do. Recent data points from Lighthouse Research & Advisory studies offer a compelling insight into why this is more important now than ever: Two out of the top three reasons candidates ghost employers are directly tied to speed and hiring workflows. A…
Read MoreFirst Look at 2023 Talent Acquisition Research: Pay Transparency, Ghosting, and More
Updated December 2023 with new candidate data from Q3. Of all the aspects of human capital management, talent acquisition has seen a tremendous upheaval in the last three years. From a full stop in 2020 to full speed in 2021 and 2022, we’re now seeing some mixed signals about what the future holds. The essential…
Read MoreThe Candidate Experience: Perspectives on Video Interviews, Assessments, and Hiring
[Updated July 2021 with new insights] In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate interest, and are filtered down until the most promising candidate is offered a job. However, the technology we use has upgraded considerably over time. Today employers have tools to increase…
Read MoreHR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: HiringSolved
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves 40-60% of known candidates for open jobs already exist in internal talent pools for companies with significant hiring needs. Yet, in the war for talent, recruiters often find that they have to invest in more tools and solutions to see more candidates to…
Read MoreThe Videos Job Candidates Actually Want to See (Not Your Branding Video) [New Research]
Candidate experience is on everyone’s lips these days, but the discussion is rare when companies actually ask candidates what they want and attempt to provide it. In our latest research study on Video and the Candidate Experience, we looked not just at how companies are using video but also at how candidates want to consume…
Read More4 Research-Based Insights: What Candidates Want from Video Interviews
In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate interest, and are filtered down until the most promising candidate is offered a job. However, the technology we use has upgraded considerably over time. Today employers have tools to increase efficiency and efficacy, including video interviews,…
Read MoreRecruiting Effectiveness: Quality vs Quality of Candidates
While interviewing a talent acquisition leader for an upcoming podcast, I realized that part of our conversation was a direct tie-in to other discussions I have had in the past week that focused on the importance of candidate quality over quantity. It made me wonder just how often we focus on getting tons of candidates…
Read MoreHow to Measure Candidate Experience Metrics
Candidate experience matters. Despite companies saying it is increasingly difficult to find and hire quality candidates, many of them are not measuring or attempting to influence the candidate experience in a positive way. That’s like saying it’s important to eat healthy while you continue to pile up your plate with junk day after day. It’s a…
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