It is an undeniable fact that the future and success of your company depends on the kind of team you have. You may have

a great business plan but, if the individuals executing the plans are not skilled enough, you can’t expect to be successful. Which is why it is very important that you hire people who are in-sync with your organizational goals, possess the right skill set and can contribute towards the growth of the company. A sloppy recruitment process is just a waste of valuable resources,

time and money. 

Here are 5 Tips on streamlining the recruitment process:

1. Use Technology: In the digital age, you have a substantial pool of talent to choose from. However, not all candidates possess the skills and abilities you may be looking for. Employers can be inundated with hundreds of resumes while only a few are from qualified candidates. Don’t despair! There are software and tools available that can help you identify and filter the right candidates for a given position from this pool. Choosing the right software and tool to use may take a while. But, once you do, choosing a candidate with the right skill set will be much more effective and easy.
2.  Change Your Mode of Interview: Conducting interviews are a great opportunity to get to know a potential employee better and figuring out whether they will be able to adapt the organization’s culture. But, at the same time, they can be too time consuming and the candidates tend to become fatigued too. Create online interview forms instead for the filtered candidates that focus on important aspects and follow a grading system to rate the potential employees. 
3. Make Skill Testing a Part of the Hiring Process: Many employers still test skills at the workplace, this takes up a lot of time and lengthen the hiring process. While you are automating the initial interviews, why not the skill testing as well? Create online tests for candidates to take and submit in a specified amount of time. These tests can be reviewed manually or you can create a grading system to make the process faster. Also, for a more practical industry you can create augmented reality scenarios to test candidates’ experience.  
4. Make Use of Your Network: Business networking can be very beneficial, especially when you are hiring. Recruiting a candidate that someone in your network has recommended and vouched for significantly boosts their chances of success. Even with technology taking over our lives, a good word about a person from someone you know can lead to you discovering just the talent you were looking for. 
5. Promote your vacancy effectively: Whether you are using social media or recruitment websites to promote the job opening, make sure that you are doing it effectively. Limit your options and specify the requirements. Posting about the opening everywhere and keeping the job description brief is like casting a very wide net. As a result your inbox will be flooded with candidate profiles who may or may not meet your requirements. So, conserve your resources and time with effective promotion. 

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