What Stands in the Way of Delivering a Great Candidate Experience?
It’s a safe bet that if you’re in the staffing industry, you understand the importance of a great candidate experience. But delivering a great candidate experience is easier said than done. It takes a deliberate effort on the part of your firm, and even then, there are forces outside of your control that can hinder the experience a candidate has with your firm.
We asked over 1400 staffing professionals to list the obstacles that stand in the way of providing the best candidate experience possible. These are the themes that appeared most consistently:
What Stands in the Way of Delivering a Great Candidate Experience?
Above all else, staffing professionals cited challenges setting appropriate expectations for candidates and maintaining consistent communication. But many other issues can arise as well. Here are some illuminating responses from staffing professionals.
Recognizing the obstacles that prevent you from delivering a great candidate experience is the first step to fixing them. But in order to make a real change, it needs to be a visible part of your firm’s strategy. For the how and why of building candidate engagement into your firm’s DNA, check out this new guide from our friends at Herefish: “The Case for Candidate Engagement.”
