If your recruitment process relies on Outlook and Excel then you could be losing good candidates, and worse still, having a negative impact on your bottom line. Research carried out by Mystery Applicant shows that 38% of job applicants are less likely to buy from or use a company’s products or services after their job seeking experience. As anyone recruiting with Outlook and Excel will know, providing a seamless and standardised recruitment process is difficult. And because of this, losing good candidates - and potentially their business as a consumer – is a very real and present danger. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Technology is freely available to help you streamline your recruitment process. It won’t cost you anything but will bring huge benefits. If you are still finding it hard to give up on Outlook and Excel, then we have created a list of 10 reasons to let go of the old ways of recruiting in order for you to embrace the new.

1. 10 reasons to
ditch Outlook &
Excel for
recruitment

2. You are losing GOOD
candidates in the
process
Tracking candidates can be tricky
Candidates are easily lost and
forgotten about!

3. You are
wasting time
repeating the
same tasks
• Your spending lots of time copying &
pasting
• Automate your repetitive tasks

4. You provide a low-quality
candidate experience
Candidates need to know where they are
in the process
58% of them say they don’t receive those
regular updates.

5. It is difficult to
promote your
vacancies
You have to include and
upload vacancies manually
on career sites, and amend
jobs as and when require

6. Staying compliant is a
real challenge
It’s difficult to comply with data
protection & local employment laws
Use a free ATS to stay compliant

7. It is almost impossible to
report quickly on your
recruitment activity
The new breed of free recruitment
technologies offer reporting as
standard, such as Qandidate.com

8. It is hard to create
a talentpool
Are your email folders
and/or spreadsheet a
help or a hindrance
when you need to
review previous
candidates?

9. Recruitment
admin takes
up too much
time
Automate the admin tasks, and focus on
sourcing and interviewing qandidates

10. Your time to hire is
longer
So, more expensive…
•Connect al stakeholders to one solution,
to save time
•Cut the time to hire, and save money

11. You are wasting
valuable business time
Centralise your recruitment
process, so linemanagers don’t
have to be so involved

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