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5 Reasons Why A Candidate Portal Is The Solution To Your Hiring Problem

You’ve got an awesome employer brand- and everyone knows it. Candidates want to work for you, competitors want to be you and your CEO loves you. Your recent recruitment campaign was so successful you’re turning away top talent. As far as employer brand goes- you’re singing in the rain and walking on sunshine at the same time.

There’s just one problem. There’s a bottleneck in your recruitment process and you can’t figure out where. You’ve been racking your brain for weeks. Your time to hire is creeping up. You’re losing candidates somewhere between screening and interview. And worst of all- you’ve got a 60% no-show rate for interviews.

Sound familiar? This kind of issue is not uncommon- even if the singing in the rain/walking on sunshine part was a bit far-fetched.  When you’ve got a disconnect between parts of your recruitment process then technology may provide the additional support you need.

A candidate portal could bridge the gap between your candidate facing processes (employer brand, job descriptions etc.) and your internal, back end processes (selection process, interview scheduling etc.). A candidate portal is the part of your careers site where candidates can log in and manage their application- or applications. Here are 5 Reasons we think a Candidate Portal could be the solution to your hiring problem.

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