Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 7: Follow-Up Communication
- Basic Recruiting Stuff
Most candidates abandon searches because of one thing recruiters consistently botch: keeping them informed. Your “quick hire” just became a 6-month nightmare because nobody returned a call.
🚨 Basic Recruiting Stuff, Week 7 🚨
Welcome to Week 7 of my “Basic Recruiting Stuff” series—your weekly dose of recruiting fundamentals, common pitfalls, and practical solutions from nearly two decades in the search business.
💥This Week’s Focus: Follow-Up Communication💥
✅ What Should Happen: Candidates receive timely updates at every stage, know exactly where they stand, and feel valued throughout the process—regardless of outcome.
🚩 What Usually Happens: Candidates get ghosted after interviews, wait weeks for status updates, and receive conflicting messages from different team members. Meanwhile, hiring managers wonder why their top choice accepted another offer. The dreaded “we’ll be in touch” becomes a black hole of silence that drives 54% of candidates to abandon the process entirely when a dedicated timeline commitment flips that % on it’s head.
💡 Why It Matters: Poor follow-up communication is the #1 reason candidates withdraw from searches. When 75% of candidates report poor communication during hiring, you’re literally competing against radio silence.
🛠️ The Asymmetric Talent Solutions Approach: Our real-time client portal eliminates communication gaps entirely. Candidates receive real-time updates at each stage, hiring managers see progress live, and our structured timeline ensures no one falls through the cracks. We maintain “warm” candidate relationships with regular touchpoints, delivering 3x higher engagement rates and keeping finalist candidates committed to your opportunity. Our shortlist has resulted in >1 candidate who is offer eligible and provides our clients the most reliable insurance policy a hiring process has ever integrally produced.
🎯 The Takeaway: If your recruiting process treats candidates like numbers in a database instead of people making career decisions, don’t be surprised when they choose employers who actually communicate like professionals.
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