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Among numerous recruitment metrics, two of them primarily demonstrate a company’s recruitment efficiency. Time-to-Hire and Time-to-Fill can sometimes be misunderstood as the same KPI. However, they indicate different timeframes throughout the recruiting funnel. What do they each represent? Which one is more important? Time-to-Hire The Time-to-Hire rate is a candidate-centric metric. It refers to the...
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One of a recruiter’s major tasks is reaching out to candidates for job opportunities. It is comparatively easier to contact active candidates who have applied for the jobs you posted because sourcing passive candidates takes more time. You spend a lot of time sending emails and messages to candidates whom you are unsure are open...
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I have been through several cases recently where candidates didn’t act honestly or transparently about their interview status. I don’t know how other recruiters handle this, but it has been bothering me a lot – I can’t figure out the logic behind it. I want to share two stories I have recently experienced. Story 1:...
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How should you prepare before an interview? You might say, “list all possible questions and prepare the answers.” It might work. But can you predict all the interview questions? I have seen people write down questions and answers word for word, then recite them. It looks funny to me. First of all, repeating those recited...
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Recently, I had a chat with my friend Cindy, who has been working for two years and is currently seeking a career move. She shared with me one of her candidate experiences with a company that she had recently attended an interview for: Cindy got an interview invitation with the company she has been dreaming...
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