{"id":6452,"date":"2014-03-03T17:54:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T23:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/?p=621"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:52:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:52:53","slug":"your-lack-of-mobile-recruiting-is-hurting-your-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/your-lack-of-mobile-recruiting-is-hurting-your-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Lack of Mobile Recruiting is Hurting Your Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to let everyone in on a secret. Listen carefully because here it is: we are in 2014.\u00a0Pretty obvious right?\u00a0Well if you looked at some\u00a0major company\u2019s\u00a0application process you would think we are still in 1998. I hold more data in my right pocket than I will ever at my desktop computer. My smart phone processes probably five times more data on a daily basis then\u00a0said computer. And I have a strong suspicion that I am not the only one who can make that claim. So why are so many application processes and recruiting strategies in general so old-fashioned?<\/p>\n

First off, I want to let job seekers in on a truth echoed all throughout the recruiting industry;\u00a0the\u00a0application\u00a0process is a headache. I know you probably feel like your resume is the best one out there and the search should start and end at your application. \u00a0While that may be true, unfortunately\u00a0you are getting smothered in between applications of ridiculously unqualified talent. That retail worker who feels they handle enough cash transitions at the local supermarket to make them a CFO, or the recent grad who\u2019s been told how great their college work has been,\u00a0justifying themselves to be a senior level web developer.\u00a0For as many qualified resumes recruiters look at, they probably look at twice as many unqualified.<\/p>\n

So that brings us to the application process itself. While it may be a headache at times, it also can present recruiters with some great candidates. I have received a great job offer off of an application. That being said, with so many of the things we do being mobile, it only makes sense that our application process should be\u00a0as well. I have been a job seeker before. I know what it is like to look at jobs on my phone and get frustrated and give up on the\u00a0application half way through.\u00a0Some of you may be thinking \u201cwell if you are giving up so easily, then maybe it is best that you aren’t considered.\u201d \u00a0While that is a valid point, I counter with the fact that I would not want to work for a company whose recruiting process is so archaic. That is what mobile recruiting is like. It\u2019s not just about ease of use for the end user, but it also conveys an image that your company is in the know and up to date. The same way a company\u2019s web presence can persuade how the user feels about them.<\/p>\n

With LinkedIn\u2019s popularity increasing every day for job seekers, the \u201capply with your LinkedIn profile\u201d option is becoming a major success. Within just a few clicks your application is created and you are on your way to a hiring manager\u2019s desk. Or with services like Dropbox and Google Doc\u2019s it is so much easier to store a fully formatted Word Processed version of your resume on your phone to import into an application. The cloud is a beautiful thing. And Indeed.com has created an application process that couldn\u2019t be more\u00a0user friendly if you tried.<\/p>\n

Ultimately the company who has not adapted a mobile strategy is facing a major\u00a0problem.\u00a0By being behind in the hypothetical\u00a0digital\u00a0race you are losing out to your competitors who have\u00a0embraced\u00a0mobility and are gaining access to more candidates because they adapted to how\u00a0the world operates in\u00a02014. You wouldn\u2019t ask someone to fax their resume to you right? Well mobile friendly applications are becoming the trend the same way email was almost 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

I feel it is important that companies look at their current recruiting strategy and dive deep into how the process can be improved. Believe it or not, I had a client who still relied on paper applications.\u00a0Which is about as effective as putting up a \u201cNow Hiring\u201d sign.\u00a0\u00a0Not even the foot traffic on 5th\u00a0Avenue would benefit from that process. The candidate experience does not begin on the first interview. It begins the minute the candidate has any sort of interaction with your company, whether that is\u00a0your website or application process. You wouldn’t invite a candidate to interview in your storage room, why have\u00a0them\u00a0apply in the equivalent of a digital storage room?<\/p>\n

Written by: Chadd Balbi<\/a>. \u00a0Chadd is a featured writer who has been in both the staffing and corporate recruiting fields. \u00a0Follow him regularly\u00a0@CFBRecruiter and connect with him on Linkedin.<\/em><\/p>\n

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