As a manager, it is important to understand all aspects of the hiring process. You’ve reviewed resumes, interviewed candidates, and you are finally ready to make an offer. What happens when your chosen candidate informs you they are no longer on the job market? Why does this happen? Understanding the reasons candidates aren’t accepting your job offer will help you make necessary changes in your hiring process. Here are a few of the reasons you may be losing out on candidates.

• A lack of feedback. You may be hiring in house or you may be working with a recruiter, but in either case it is your role to provide valuable and timely feedback. While rushing to a decision can have its own challenges, waiting too long to follow up will be very detrimental to the process. If you spend weeks interviewing candidates for the same role but you don’t touch base with them until you feel you’ve met everyone available, you will likely lose out on some of the best candidates from the beginning of the process. Job seekers do not stop looking and they are likely to take an official offer if they have waited too long to hear from you.
• Your sales pitch is weak. You may view the interviewing process as the method by which candidates sell their skills to you, but it is truly a give and take. You need to think about what your employees need in return. Look at your salary, benefits and employee work/life balance and see what a superstar candidate would be most interested in learning about. Meet their needs and they will want to work with your organization.
• Ask for help when you need it. A staffing agency has access to countless pre-qualified candidates who already have the skills you need for your organization. Working with recruiters can allow you to concentrate on running your business while they source, interview, and submit candidates for your review. You only need to follow up with one source to provide feedback and this will save you time and energy. A staffing service can also work with you to provide a temp to hire program so you can see how a new employee works on the job before making a permanent offer.

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