Candidate Manager

Finding the right candidate for a job is not an easy process. The recession and current economic climate means that HR departments are dealing with more candidates for available positions than ever before. If you are starting up an HR department for your company, or looking to make changes that will make your HR division more effective, then creating a constant talent pool that you can tap into when you need is vital. It is not only good business sense, but can have massive implications for HR budgets which are usually stretched tight anyway.

It is important for any HR department to forge relationships with possible future employees, long before you actually need them. Using recruitment software and candidate management tools are one of the best ways of creating a talent pool and making it work for you. The first step is to define and develop job descriptions for every position in the company, this will go a long way to telling you about the characteristics of that people will need to work in your business. It also gives a clear picture of the future of the company and the business practices of every staff member.

You can then develop a list of these key attributes, qualifications and characteristics that you can use to screen candidates when they enter your talent pool. This can be done as part of an online recruitment drive, using recruiting software and applicant tracking, or for something as simple as a telephone interview. Using technology to spread the word about a potential future job opening is one of the best ways of recruiting people for your talent pool. Think of sites like LinkedIn, and Facebook as a way of recruiting people to your talent pool.

Use trade shows and networking conferences to enhance and grow the size of your talent pool. Encourage your employees to develop networks of people that they know are looking for positions. Let them in on your job description checklist and cast your net as wide as possible. Use your recruitment software as a means of collating and keeping track of potential candidates at all times

Recruitment is about sourcing the best people for the job. Having that talent pool on tap will ensure that the entire process is one of the best ways of ensuring productivity, growth and profits.