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Monday, December 6, 2010

How to Hire 5X Faster - Sourcing Channel Integration

If your recruiters waste a lot of time going from one job board to another and yet not find the right candidates on time, its about time you looked at Automatic Sourcing Channel Integration seriously.

A good sourcing solution could integrate these isolated islands of resumes -- that you get from different channels -- into one big ocean that all of your recruiters can use with ease.

Integrating all of your sourcing channels could add serious efficiency to your recruitment operations.

Before you make a purchase decision, a bit of home work could help you avoid ineffective solutions & choose one that fits your needs.

A good recruitment software solution should give you

1. Automatic One view of all applications that you receive from all your sources

At the very basic level a good solution would automatically capture all the applications that you receive from all of your channels, emails, job boards, referrals & others.

Be sure that your solution does not require any data entry and is able to parse & analyze all the resume formats automatically for you (pdf, doc, docx, rft, html, text)

2. Intelligent & Powerful Search over Integrated View

Even if a solution is able to capture all the applications for you, it is not of any use without a powerful resume search engine. An ideal resume search would be like Google that gives you top 10 web pages to visit out of billions out there. 

A good solution would be able to parse all the resumes automatically  & give you an ability to do a powerful search on top of 100s of thousands of applications / resumes that you receive from several channels.

Ability to focus on top 100 profiles out of thousands not only helps you avoid unnecessary effort of calling candidates who do not meet job requirements,  but also gives you the power to reach the best candidates before your competition, adding significant competitive advantage to your recruitment efforts.

3. Auto Productivity Engines such as Duplicate Detection

A good solution would have numerous other productivity enhancement features such as duplicate detection that can help you avoid the clutter & time waste involved in looking at the same resume again and again.

For example, if one person applies from Monster & Career Builder,  your solution should be smart enough to find that she is the same person & treat that resume as one application only.

4. Easy Recruitment Process Management 

A good solution would not only give you the best resumes out of thousands easily but also would help you manage the entire shortlisting,  interviewing & complete recruitment process online. 

In summary,  with the help of a good solution, you would be able to see an integrated view of all your sourcing channels & quickly reach the right candidates faster than your current process is capable of.

Happy Recruiting
Team HireMantra
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HireMantra online recruitment platform gives you a cost effective way to automate sourcing channel integration.  Powerful resume search tools coupled with easy and effective recruitment process management capability can help you recruit 5X faster than your current process. 

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