1. PROBLEM
STATEMENT
…who needs a better
way to manage the
time demands of
recruiters because this
would remove the
stress from the
process and allow the
preparation needed
for best performance
LISA...
...is a fulltime student
in her final year of
University. She gets
very good grades and
is highly motivated
and doesn’t want to
follow the same
career path as her
fellow students

2. 1. Apply for fewer roles
2. Use Facebook for scheduling
3. Use Gmail for scheduling
4. Use Outlook for scheduling
5. Use Evite for scheduling
6. Use a bespoke scheduling
platform
7. Interview by email
8. Interview using Skype
9. Interview using Web-meeting
10. Interview through Google
Hangouts
11. Have fewer interviews
12. Have shorter interviews
13. Have no phone interviews
14. Only do phone interviews at
pre-scheduled times
15. Boot-camp format - run entire
process in one day or two full
consecutive days
16. Single process used by all
employers (single mix of phone
interviews, F2F interviews, group
interviews, tasks etc)
17. Communicate ahead of time
what the requirements are; and
what the schedule of events is
18. Start process earlier - second
year - to stretch it over longer
period of time
19. See fewer candidates as a
whole
20. Pre-screen out more
candidates earlier in the process
21. Select a smaller starting pool
of candidates
22. Use alternatives to interviews
to make selections
23. More online assessments
24. Use a spreadsheet to plan
schedule in advance
25. Dedicated liaison to manage
students through recruitment
process
26. Interviewing on campus to
better integrate with regular
academic day to day schedule
27. Video conference facilities on
campus
28. Give candidates more
influence to drive the process
29. Online screening tools -
candidate can respond at a time
best for them within an envelope
30. Let candidates book all their
own appointments for interviews
31. Send meeting invites prior to
phone conversations
32. Give students a way to give
visibility of their schedule to
employers to help them plan
contact
33. Government run portal used
to manage all interactions
between students and employers
34. Let students video their
responses to set interview
questions
35. Interview students by having
them respond to recorded
questions over the phone
(students can do this anytime)
36. Automate Skype interviews -
students respond to automated
questions in recorded Skype
session
37. Use Twitter for interviews -
asynchronously
38. Charge students to apply for
roles - fewer roles applied for =
more flexibility to accommodate
the schedules of those that do
apply
39. Offer tax advantages to
businesses that make the
selection process the smoothest
for students
40. Legislate to force businesses
to make the selection process
more uniform and responsive to
student schedules
41. Provide funding incentives to
universities that provide tools to
better manage recruitment of
their students
42. Better integrate internships
to recruitment to reduce need for
interviews all at end of university
career
43. Provide prospective
employers with access to all
student data - social
media, academic
transcripts, taxes (work history)
so that less time with the student
is needed
44. Use predictive modelling and
data points collected from
childhood to determine student
aptitudes and capability early
without need for interviewing
45. Create a templated project
management tool for students to
use to better plan and manage
the recruitment process
46. Use brochures to teaching
students how to use excel to
create their own recruitment
project plan
47. Offer classes to teach
students how to better manage
the recruitment process
48. Offer classes to students to
teach them how to respond
quickly, and adapt rapidly to
change in the context for school -
work transition
49. Teach students time
management skills
50. Offer students an
online/app/cloud based ‘to-do
list’ / project management tool
that sets out what they need to
do & when and then helps them
manage the whole process
51. Replace interview process
with on-the-job assessments -
large number of students apply
and start work and are evaluated
'on the job'

3. The most disruptive idea
Offer taxation benefits or
other Government financial
incentives to businesses
that make their graduate
recruitment process as
smooth and well planned
for the student as possible
The most practical idea
Offer classes to teach
students how to better
manage the recruitment
process - what is
involved and what they
should do at each stage
My favourite idea
Offer students an
online/app/cloud based
‘to-do list’ / project
management tool that
sets out what they need
to do & when and then
helps them manage the
whole process