How Long Is Too Long Between Application and Job Offer?

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You may think your organization’s long, drawn-out hiring process is an example of due diligence, but to applicants, it signals the opposite: indifference. A long wait between taking applications and making job offers means a higher risk of losing top talent to your competitors. If it routinely takes more than three weeks to make an offer to candidates, that’s too long. Here’s why it’s important to speed up the process, and some tips on how to do it.

It’s Always a Seller’s Market

Employers often become complacent when the job market is soft, assuming that applicants are willing – or have no other choice than – to wait while hiring managers take their time making hiring decisions. Where top talent is concerned, however, it’s always a seller’s market. The best talent in your industry has no need to wait weeks for a job offer, because they can always find work with employers who are willing to seal the deal more quickly.

It’s Not Always the Red Tape

As a hiring manager, you may be muttering under your breath about the amount of red tape involved in making job offers. Eliminating all the stops between application and offer is impossible, but there are ways to whittle it down. First, make sure the job description you post is up-to-date and highlights the most important aspects of the position. Second, take it to where the best talent might be found – schools, universities, professional organizations, even friends in the industry. Ask for recommendations for hires, and put these at the top of your screening list.

It Takes Two

Two organizations working together, that is. When you use a staffing organization like Staffing Partners to fill vacancies, you’re eliminating many of the roadblocks that bring the hiring process to a halt. Staffing Partners will pre-screen applicants and take care of many of the pre-hire tasks that can make your time between application and hire slower than the ideal. Call our staffing experts today and see how they can jump-start your hiring process!

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