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July 23, 2017
Why Top Candidates Bail From Your Hiring Process
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A-Player candidates are attainable, and they have multiple good options to choose from. But many companies will not land these top sales reps. There are too many negative signals during the sourcing and hiring process.
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In this post, I’ll share a method to test your own processes. It’s a mystery shop Hiring Process Mystery Shop. It can be used by to uncover gaps in your hiring processes.
Top sales candidates are discerning their next career step. To land them, you have to know what turns them off. If they encounter certain signals, they may cross your company off the list. The hiring process contains many factors- any one of which could be negatively perceived. Then you lose the candidate.
Here are some of those factors, grouped by 3 areas:
Social Footprint
Hiring Process
These are the areas that can give the most negative signals. However, they’re also the ones you have the most control over.
Company Environment
This is a lengthy list to pay attention to. While you can’t make all of it perfect, you can find gaps. Do this by following a mystery shopping process. Here are some steps:
1. Coordinate someone to be a “fake” candidate. Use more than one to test different aspects of hiring. Leveraging interns or freelancers for this works well.
2. Download the Hiring Process Mystery Shop. It gives you the checklist of things to look for. Sales Reps can leverage this tool to compare potential employers.
3. Run the mystery shop over a pre-determined time frame. This period should coincide with actual hiring activities. That way, you can compare the mystery shop data with actual feedback from new hires.
4. During this mystery shop period, interview some candidates that didn’t get hired. Ask them for feedback on what negative perceptions they had of the hiring process.
5. Develop an improvement plan. Work with any recruiting agencies you employ to fix gaps.
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