Allied Universal

Brenda Studley

In a competitive labor market, companies are pulling out all the stops to attract and hire quality candidates to drive their business forward. Injecting technology into your hiring process is critical to increase the volume of quality applicants and to increase the speed to hire. In the year 2020, it is clear that this is not your parent’s recruitment process.

To be successful, recruiters must embrace technology and use it to advance the speed, efficiency and branding of their recruiting machine. Companies, who actively hire hundreds or thousands of new employees each year, should be transparent about its workplace culture and recruitment and hiring processes, so they can attract and hire high potential candidates.

As a recruiter, you can utilize technology in order to recruit, attract, on-board and train top employees. Thanks to a recently implemented suite of technology solutions, we are now able to make a conditional job offer to a candidate in 24 hours or less. Recently, we had a candidate who applied at 3:30 a.m. and she received a job offer by 12 noon the same day!

Our investment in new recruitment technology includes the ability to engage, on a virtual level, with prospects where we learn about their needs, experiences and desired work location

The majority of candidates apply via their mobile phone. These candidates apply on our career page which includes information about open house events and detailed listings about specific jobs across the country. Our investment in new recruitment technology includes the ability to engage, on a virtual level, with prospects where we learn about their needs, experiences and desired work location. After the short exchange, we recommend specific jobs matched to the applicant’s needs. They can then choose to engage in our online interview process, or schedule an in-person interview with a hiring manager at one of our local offices. The online process allows a candidate to save time, interview from a convenient location and be hired much faster.

To date, the myriad of new recruitment tactics, coupled with our advanced technology, has resulted in increased applicant flow and hires during a year of historically low unemployment. We have also increased our candidate offer to hire conversion rate by leveraging technology to communicate to candidates in a timely way and increase the speed to hire.

Technology, however, is not the end-all be-all for successful recruiting. Establishing strategic alliances with key community organizations, and providing a positive candidate experience, are crucial. For example, we welcome the unique experience and talents our military veterans bring into the civilian workplace. By aligning with organizations such as Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, Wounded Warrior Project and HireVeterans, companies can ensure that they are maximizing their ability to recruit from this extremely qualified talent pool, and support those who have sacrificed so much to protect our freedom. These groups are dedicated to putting our nation’s military personnel to work, and can help employers and veterans alike.